Best Actinic Site?

[AppleSound]

Who do you think has the best Actinic site and why?

[zmagyar]

Chris, isn't it something why we should enable the voting system on the forum?

[cdicken]

Chris, isn't it something why we should enable the voting system on the forum?

Err... if I worked out how to use it.

We could always have an awards ceremony or something. Best Design, Best Useability etc etc.

There are some nice ones in the 'Examples' area of the Actinic website. I keep on coming across nice ones like http://www.111-mobiles.co.uk/acatalog/ just when I'm searching on the internet in my lunch hour.

I'd be interested to see if anyone would like to tell us about a site that caught their eye (NOT their own )

[Paul@Cite]

Originally posted by cdicken
(NOT their own )

ahem, well its not my own, but one we've done

www.sqwubbsybooks.co.uk

[zmagyar]

Err... if I worked out how to use it.

It is just an option on the admin console.

Cheers,

[Jan]

This is one is nice - www.silverballoon.co.uk

Regards,

[NormanRouxel]

This is one is nice - www.silverballoon.co.uk

Wow! You'd never know that it's an Actinic site. I'd vote for them even though "Jan" and "Norman" aren't available names.

Norman

[taliesyn]

Originally posted by NormanRouxel
Wow! You'd never know that it's an Actinic site. I'd vote for them even though "Jan" and "Norman" aren't available names.

Norman

Neither is "Phil" , but it would get my vote as well. Highly original.

[rmladden]

It is beautiful, but I get a cookie error when I try to put something in the cart. I just went to several Actinic sites and the carts work there. Appearance is not everything.

I wish I had artistic ability. I had to use Actinic’s funky theme.

[garyhay]

With Normans and Zoltans help we managed to integrate Flash and a database search of 30,000 names into this site.

My Family Name

The name search is top right of the screen. It shows how it works if you type a name you know wont be in the database or some text blurb e.g. ccvvbbnn.

[Jan]

The music is good as well, I am totally addicted to buying these CD's as presents (I have a Zoe, an Amy, a Sophie and a Jack and Simon on the way ... those are CD's by the way not my kids!).

Cheers,

[NormanRouxel]

It is beautiful, but I get a cookie error when I try to put something in the cart.

Yes. I saw that too.

Going to http://www.silverballoon.com works correctly.

However t the URL www.silverballoon.co.uk seems to go via a redirector to the .com address. That redirector is using frames to force every page to appear from the root address www.silverballoon.co.uk and this is breaking the catalog.

Is this a oneandone.co.uk type domain perhaps? They do this with similar undesired results.

It might be better to change the .co.uk to redirect to a temporary page that re-re-directs you and breaks out of the frameset at the same time. Then things will work OK.

Norman

[zmagyar]

Originally posted by garyhay
With Normans and Zoltans help we managed to integrate Flash and a database search of 30,000 names into this site.

... but only Norman's name is included in the DB.

Cheers,

[JMK2]

I also had a problem with document relative links breaking the cart on our menus. In the end I just went with placing absolute URL's in all menus that were any level below the root and document relative links for all pages in the root and that seemed to help.

[rmladden]

Originally posted by NormanRouxel
Going to http://www.silverballoon.com works correctly.

The site is the most beautiful e-commerce site I have ever seen. It does make me want to buy (my youngest may still appreciate it).

It does have the advantage of only selling one basic product, so it is not cluttered with thumbnails and descriptions of many products.

Of course, the funky theme looks almost as good.