Check out my new website

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Please check out my new website and let me know what you think. I haven't started to sell them yet but I'm hoping to soon.

Thanks,
C.

www.woodriverstones.com

[ksn]

TBH, it kind of looks like a website from the late 90s. The grid sizes and banner height on stone page 1 and 2 are different (maybe make stones 2 a subsection of stones 1?). The entire site moves a few pixels right when going from stones 2 to dealers. I don't think anybody uses page counters anymore, it doesn't help the customers, and you can get free tracking through a third party such as google analytics. The wall of text on the front page is a bit hard to read (font isn't helping with readability either).

The stones look really cool though, I really like the ones with the knots in them.

Edit: I like this one ;D

[ksn]

I'm not a graphic designer so feel free to ignore my suggestions

You could clear up a lot of space with something like this:


The black is kind of overwhelming, but I'm on 2560 resolution so more than half the page is black for me.

[highbrow]

I am happy to see two things on this site, first a board member with great art, then a board member who has excellent input and goes as far as to show what he is explaining. Most boards would have been a dog pile of posts regarding a back and fourth not pertaining to the great new art at hand or how the site could be improved. On a side note I would also start a post in sculpture forum as well for these beauties

[goldenrose]

Cool site!

[|peetov|]

cool idea. great to see someone get something like this going after what sounds like a long time experimenting and a lot of work. i'm partial to the purple ones myself.

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Dec 1, 2012 2:52:02 GMT -8 ksn said:

I'm not a graphic designer so feel free to ignore my suggestions

You could clear up a lot of space with something like this:


The black is kind of overwhelming, but I'm on 2560 resolution so more than half the page is black for me.

Thanks for the feedback. I made some changes to all the pages. Let me know if it reads any better now.

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Dec 2, 2012 13:28:16 GMT -8 goldenrose said:

Cool site!

Thanks!

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Dec 2, 2012 15:43:44 GMT -8 |peetov| said:

cool idea. great to see someone get something like this going after what sounds like a long time experimenting and a lot of work. i'm partial to the purple ones myself.

No doubt. Lots of trial and error. The purple pieces of wood are cedar or purple heart.

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Edit: I like this one ;D [/quote]

A piece of scrap Cherry wood turned into a cool "stone"

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Dec 1, 2012 8:06:41 GMT -8 highbrow said:

I am happy to see two things on this site, first a board member with great art, then a board member who has excellent input and goes as far as to show what he is explaining. Most boards would have been a dog pile of posts regarding a back and fourth not pertaining to the great new art at hand or how the site could be improved. On a side note I would also start a post in sculpture forum as well for these beauties

All true. This site has always been very helpful.

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Dec 3, 2012 9:21:33 GMT -8 @wackypackages said:

Dec 1, 2012 8:06:41 GMT -8 highbrow said:

I am happy to see two things on this site, first a board member with great art, then a board member who has excellent input and goes as far as to show what he is explaining. Most boards would have been a dog pile of posts regarding a back and fourth not pertaining to the great new art at hand or how the site could be improved. On a side note I would also start a post in sculpture forum as well for these beauties

All true. This site has always been very helpful.

Added a lot of new wood species as well as a few dealers in NYC, Boston, Maine and New Hampshire.