v8 Showcase / Example Sites

[lessharma]

Hi,

Just upgraded Abc Baby Gifts to V8. URL www.abcbabygifts.co.uk

[Andrew]

Hi Les

Nice crisp site.

Just a quick question. Why do you not cater for triplets? You have twins? I have triplet daughters.

Andrew

[pixelhaus]

Here's my latest: currently running in test mode prior to launch.
http://www.worldofthomas.co.uk

[pinbrook]

"wild goat" an untamed goat or a goaty that has not been trimmed?

just one who is furious that we are abusing his culture

[RuralWeb]

http://www.wholemindbodysoul.co.uk/ just needing final tweeking (eg PSPs) and loading up with products. V8.5

[jont]

www.cookingexpert.co.uk

All product pages and sections in CSS

[leehack]

Great looking site Jont, really looks nice.

The "how to find us" link in the footer doesn't work, apart from that, very impressive.

[Duncan Rounding]

www.cookingexpert.co.uk

All product pages and sections in CSS

Very nice Jonty. One little thing - when viewing the cart the RHS of the cart slips under the RHS 'Course and Events' div 'box'.

[G3iDesigner]

http://www.ford-shop.com is my V8 site - im about to re-do it to have a proper website home page and re-organise it a little bit but its my first real attempt and changing an actinic theme as before ive only really used actinic express and had one v7 site which i only changed the colours on

[leehack]

Looks nice Joanna, 2 main things i notice. The left hand navigation could be wider as there is a lot of wasted space in the main area and the cart summary would be far better in an area where it could be easily seen. Towards the top is a must for this IMO. Maybe have the search at the top of the left hand nav and the cart summary where the search currently is.

[G3iDesigner]

Im sure i tried to make the nav wider and couldnt for some reason - i will have another look into it because i agree it would look better if it was

[fleetwood]

www.cookingexpert.co.uk

Very nice Jont.
Has a clean fresh look.
Congrats on the fully tableless design.

If I put my over critical hat on -

In the cart, the text for checkout/continue etc is a little light.
I waited for the bounce, and when it didn't happen I found myself looking for the continue button. It only took a sec longer than it should have to see it, but may be worth just darkening the text slightly.

using blue on product titles implies they should be clickable (even though your links are orange, this is a common perception).

In the right hand sidebars, the hover state on 'find out more..' is the same colour (black) as body text, so the link loses its emphasis.

If you read 'Don't Make Me Think' by Krug (wasn't it you who recommnded it? ), the user should not be in the position of thinking...is that a link or isn't it?

[jont]

The "how to find us" link in the footer doesn't work, apart from that, very impressive.

Cheers Lee. Yep - that's on the list of stuff to sort once I get the direction map sorted

when viewing the cart the RHS of the cart slips under the RHS 'Course and Events' div 'box'.

Cheers Duncan - I was messing on Saturday to remove the tables in the top level section list and the new arrivals / best sellers so must have upset something - thanks for the spot.

I found myself looking for the continue button.

Yep - they are the untouched out-of-the-box buttons and really should sort with a stronger colour and image

[pixelhaus]

This is our latest (now live) site built entirely in Designer 8.5 with a bit of help from Dreamweaver 8. No problems to report with either.
http://www.bluestreakbeads.co.uk

[leej]

OK Folks,

Here's another one from Future Media just about to go live in a couple of weeks. It may interest some of you who like sports footwear.

Please note that this is still in final development.

http://actinic.fmedia.co.uk

Let me know what you think.