Homepage re-done...

[Jim Alfredson]

Hey folks... I just got done re-doing the home page at www.organissimo.org I just realized I didn't put the Alexa counter on... oh well.

Comments, criticisms, suggestions?

[rockefeller center]

There's a problem on the about, biographies, photos and music pages. The pictures are linked to your local hard disk. The site looks very good though I don't like the font you're using, for example, on the "contact" page (the last four lines <For questions... - Email info@organissimo.org> are below the beige background. Not sure if that's intended).

[brownie]

What!!?! No link to Blue Note????

Seriously, this looks good. Will look even better when the photos will show up...

[Guest Chaney]

Adding to the above, I would suggest making the folloing MUCH more bold and vivid as it seems to get lost as it's currently formatted:

Welcome to organissimo.org, the offical homepage of organissimo! Here you will find everything you want to know about this innovative organ trio!

[Joe G]

Nice work, as always, Jim. I don't see anything to add beyond what's mentioned above.

[Rooster_Ties]

Just an FYI...

The phrase "More information here." would seem like it ought to be a link to another page, but it (currently) doesn't link to anything - it's just regular text on the page (it's right at the bottom of the list of "upcoming gigs", on the front page).

By the way, I like that you call them "gigs" instead of "shows".

[Dan Gould]

Looks good but you might put up the news about Clearwater. Can't hurt to get the word out early!

[RonF]

Nice, clean, tasteful. Good work Jim. B)

[Jim Alfredson]

Thanks everyone! Man, you would think Dreamweaver would automatically update the links for pages that I transfered from the old site to the new one! Instead it just linked all the pictures to files on my harddrive, instead of on the server. Doh!

So I fixed that, I believe. I also fixed the link on the homepage "More information here". Thanks Rooster. I changed the welcome.... thanks Chaney. Is that bold enough? I'm not sure what else to do with it.

rockefeller, which font would you prefer? I like the one I'm using and it should be standard across all browsers. It's supposed to be "Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" according to Dreamweaver. On the old page I used Courier and I got tired of that. I'm open to suggestions.

couw, concerning the flash animation in the corner, I meant the top bar to not be as thick as the corner. Is this a design no-no? I supposed I could line the welcome box right up to the top bar... it would fill that space in nicely.

Whaddya think?

[Noj]

I tried to play your samples and get "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" for all three. Help?

[Jim Alfredson]

Good suggestions, couw. Thank you! I tried to implement the ones you mentioned. I don't quite get what you mean by linking the gigs on the welcome page one-by-one, but I did add links to the dates that take you to the gig page.

I also fixed the white bars on the contact, gig, and links pages.

Does anyone know if slicing images really helps them load faster (even if they're relatively small to begin with?)

[Jim Alfredson]

Noj, try it now. That was another linking problem thanks to Dreamweaver (or my lack of understanding on how to use the program effectively!)

Thanks for trouble-shooting this with me, folks!

[Noj]

All 3 sound excellent, B-3er. I hope to work a purchase into my budget soon!

[catesta]

Put the counter back on if you can, I like to keep track of how I spend my time, and who I spend it with.

[Jim Alfredson]

Done and done.... it's on the main page (which, btw, is available by clicking the big words "organissimo" at the top if you're somewhere else in the website).

But y'all better start spending more time here... we haven't been under 300,000 this month!!!

[Use3D]

Does anyone know if slicing images really helps them load faster (even if they're relatively small to begin with?)

Yes.