Finished site...opinions?

[reuber1]

OK, I finally finished this bugger that I've been working on for a while now. Most of that time was spent working around the backend database (despite the documentation stating that 'the designer doesn't need to know how our database works before they design their skin' and other such inaccurate info).

http://www.creamcitymusic.com

Now, before you go all "Well this page is empty" or "These Add To Wishlist buttons keep poking out of the page", well, the former is to be handled by them and the latter is something happening in IE that will be fixed when we upgrade our version of the storefront...the only way to fix it with the current version is to change a &nbsp; to a <br/> and recompile the entire frackin' code. Also, the layout of any content pages is up to them as well; the service our company is offering is essentially designing the outer skin for stores who sign up for the e-commerce suite we offer so they have something better looking than the default skin supplied. Long story short, anything that is populated in the main content section is not from me.

CSS pointers would be nice, I commented what is mine and what is supplied by the storefront. I know Ned mentioned previously that I essentially have too many nested DIVs. This was one of my first all CSS projects so it certainly could be better semantically speaking.

Here's what it looked like before if you want to take a look:
http://www.creamcitymusic.com/?skinid=5

To switch back to the current version, change the 5 to a 1.

NOTE: they insisted on having the phone number in the left nav area. :/

[MikeTheVike]

OK, I finally finished this bugger that I've been working on for a while now. Most of that time was spent working around the backend database (despite the documentation stating that 'the designer doesn't need to know how our database works before they design their skin' and other such inaccurate info).

http://www.creamcitymusic.com

Now, before you go all "Well this page is empty" or "These Add To Wishlist buttons keep poking out of the page", well, the former is to be handled by them and the latter is something happening in IE that will be fixed when we upgrade our version of the storefront...the only way to fix it with the current version is to change a &nbsp; to a <br/> and recompile the entire frackin' code. Also, the layout of any content pages is up to them as well; the service our company is offering is essentially designing the outer skin for stores who sign up for the e-commerce suite we offer so they have something better looking than the default skin supplied. Long story short, anything that is populated in the main content section is not from me.

CSS pointers would be nice, I commented what is mine and what is supplied by the storefront. I know Ned mentioned previously that I essentially have too many nested DIVs. This was one of my first all CSS projects so it certainly could be better semantically speaking.

Here's what it looked like before if you want to take a look:
http://www.creamcitymusic.com/?skinid=5

To switch back to the current version, change the 5 to a 1.

NOTE: they insisted on having the phone number in the left nav area. :/

What was the problem with the nested divs? Doesn't look like a lot to me, But I'm a newb as well.

[reuber1]

I think the structure might be wrong. I'm not even totally sure, that's why I'm asking for these sort of things so I can keep a look out from here on out. ;)

[reuber1]

Bump.

[Kool]

Looks pretty good to me. Did they make you put that Dobro guitar in a starburst? :)

[reuber1]

Looks pretty good to me. Did they make you put that Dobro guitar in a starburst? :)
lol, yeah, they wanted that image in the back, that's their logo, aside from the logotype at the top.

[colonel5]

that has to be the same company of the guy I know, he makes his own custom pedals, he must have partnered with whoever warpdrive music is owned by

The navigation on the side could have a little more excitment to it but I think the site gets the job done. I look forward to seeing what kind of cool instruments they have to offer... i might just have to make myself a purchase

[reuber1]

that has to be the same company of the guy I know, he makes his own custom pedals, he must have partnered with whoever warpdrive music is owned by

The navigation on the side could have a little more excitment to it but I think the site gets the job done. I look forward to seeing what kind of cool instruments they have to offer... i might just have to make myself a purchase
Hopefully they fix their inventory issues. I just double checked today and most of the inventory has vanished...don't know if they changed things in our software (for the company I work for) or what.

I did have a heck of a time thinking of what to do with the left side nav, I couldn't come up with anything more stunning. I tried background color changes on rollover and a few other things, but nothing really looked that good.

[Drazan]

First thing I noticed.

<title>Enter your site title here</title>

else the random template text the site looks well put together. Normally I don't like multiple menus, but for this site it seems to work.

Good job.

[reuber1]

Thanks for catching that Draz, the thing is though, that comes from the Database at their end and not mine rather...well, technically I could set it to something hard coded, but it would stay the same every single page considering all of the content is generated within one template.

The Title basically has (!METATITLE!) within it's tags, which pulls from the database whichever assigned title is associated with the current page. The main page is different than the others for some strange reason, and it is looking at the setup section in the administration site that they need to setup.

[Drazan]

gotcha. :)