[Adinfinitum]

Hello all,

I know this is nothing new to most of you, but I'm excited. I've just published my first website and wanted to share.

Tony Heyward Images

There is still much work to do cleaning it up but any thoughts, suggestions or criticisms are welcome from you all.

Regards
Tony

[adpo]

looks great, although I did find the jump in layout between the main site and the blog to be a bit jarring.

[thedollarbill]

Hello all,

I know this is nothing new to most of you, but I'm excited. I've just published my first website and wanted to share.

Tony Heyward Images

There is still much work to do cleaning it up but any thoughts, suggestions or criticisms are welcome from you all.

Regards
Tony

Nice website. The black background is a classic for many photographer websites. And your images are outstanding and of great quality. Nice work!

BUT one thing bothered me. (My own opinion)

I don't really like the small slideshow on the center of the screen that is on the homepage. I think the slideshow on the homepage should be HUGE. Make a impression on the viewer/ reader, and make use of those megapixels. I also noticed the slideshow is a java or something like that, so I tried accessing the site from my iPhone. And as I expected (accessing the FULL SITE, Smugmug does offer mobile version but I just tapped full site), the slideshow couldn't load. So I suggest something that is more compatible with a wider variety of devices (don't use the mobile version) and will load faster, Java seems to load slow.

Sorry, I guess this may be a bit too much to say of just a small little slideshow, but I do really believe that the homepage is really key for a photographer's site. Your work is great and use that homepage to give the reader a reason to stay.

Keep up the good work

-Steve

[Old Man]

I loved it, it is uplifting and you take exquisite photos. Maybe the slide show photos would be a little better if they were larger, but they held my attention and I enjoyed them all.
Congratulations on a great job.

[psychdoc]

I agree the slide show is a little too small.

[halfspin]

Hello all,

I know this is nothing new to most of you, but I'm excited. I've just published my first website and wanted to share.

Tony Heyward Images

There is still much work to do cleaning it up but any thoughts, suggestions or criticisms are welcome from you all.

Regards
Tony

any thoughts, suggestions or criticisms are welcome from you all.

Very nice photos! I suggest centering your header on all pages (like how it is on your blog). Also black is great for viewing photos but horrible for reading text..a white background with black text on the blog would be easier on the eyes. Other than that it's a very nice site with excellent photos. Your reptile shots are amazing.

[Na Horuk]

Good website and amazing photos. Thanks for sharing

[Adinfinitum]

Maybe the slide show photos would be a little better if they were larger

I agree the slide show is a little too small.

Thank you all for the feed back. The one common factor as pointed out by you was a big help. The slide show looked great on IE but failed in Chrome. I think I can safely guess that those of you who commented re the slideshow size were on Chrome, if not can you let me know. I believe I've fixed this now so of any of you still see a small slide show, I would appreciate your feedback and include your browser type.

looks great, although I did find the jump in layout between the main site and the blog to be a bit jarring.

Thanks adpo, My next move will be to work on the blog. Because it is actually hosted elsewhere, I will need some more HTML skills to fix this.

...I tried accessing the site from my iPhone. And as I expected (accessing the FULL SITE, Smugmug does offer mobile version but I just tapped full site), the slideshow couldn't load. So I suggest something that is more compatible with a wider variety of devices (don't use the mobile version) and will load faster, Java seems to load slow.-Steve

As to mobile site, I'm not sure what to do about that. I really like the slide-show style but I don't think there is a way to make the slide-show mobile friendly. Or more accurately, that is WAY beyond my ability. The SmugMug mobile site works fine but it is much more stripped down. That may be a long term work.

I thank you all for taking the time to view and comments. I have found your advice of great benefit.

Regards
Tony

[Tako Kichi]

Thank you all for the feed back. The one common factor as pointed out by you was a big help. The slide show looked great on IE but failed in Chrome. I think I can safely guess that those of you who commented re the slideshow size were on Chrome, if not can you let me know. I believe I've fixed this now so of any of you still see a small slide show, I would appreciate your feedback and include your browser type.

The slide show size looks reasonable to me using Firefox v22.

Some great shots on the site BTW.

[Adinfinitum]

The slide show size looks reasonable to me using Firefox v22.

Some great shots on the site BTW.

Thank you kindly Tako, for the feedback and the compliment.
That takes care of 3/4 of the most common browsers. Anyone on Safari (not mobile version)?

[Old Man]

I just went thru the slide show again. I love it and I am using IE10, I really can't remember what size it showed up before. Did it also change in IE as well as Chrome? They just seem bigger and sharper to me.
You do great work, and really should be proud of it.

[Adinfinitum]

I just went thru the slide show again. I love it and I am using IE10, I really can't remember what size it showed up before. Did it also change in IE as well as Chrome? They just seem bigger and sharper to me.
You do great work, and really should be proud of it.

Thank you. I made global changes to the whole slideshow setup. It's just that the custom set-up before worked well in IE so the change isn't as noticeable as it will be in Chrome. The main different might be I removed the border, perhaps that makes the pictures seem sharper?