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New Pack River Knife web site - comments welcome
- Thread starter Mark Roe
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Wow Mark ! Thats a really nice look . Very professional looking.And like Brian said , content will come . It is amazing just how much time it takes to get everything " Published??" Some people just have a knack for what looks good & what doesn't on a website.You got it 
I don't 
I don't 
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Dan,
Do you mean on the opening page? I made it small enough to hopefully fit everyone's screen. Heck if I know how to fit it. It looks great on my screen.
David,
I sure would have traded having a good looking site for me pictured behind that bear on your web site. Too hot here this spring and I didn't see a single one. With all this rain, the fall should be great. Drew a moose permit on my 3rd try this year - YESSSS. I am a former Michigander and actually married one.
I sure appreciate the compliments.
Mark Roe
Do you mean on the opening page? I made it small enough to hopefully fit everyone's screen. Heck if I know how to fit it. It looks great on my screen.
David,
I sure would have traded having a good looking site for me pictured behind that bear on your web site. Too hot here this spring and I didn't see a single one. With all this rain, the fall should be great. Drew a moose permit on my 3rd try this year - YESSSS. I am a former Michigander and actually married one.
I sure appreciate the compliments.
Mark Roe
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You have a beautiful site there, Mark. I love the layout and the color scheme. I do have a couple of suggestions though if you're interested.
It might be a good idea to give the user some feedback as to where they are on the site, by maybe highlighting the links on rollover and on the open page. Or maybe putting a title on the page to confirm that they got to the link they were going for.
Also for all those colorblind folks. The beautiful butterscotch background is a little dark with the black type and is slightly difficult to read. Maybe you could lighten it up just a smidge to allow more contrast and facilitate easier readability.
Lastly, the white outline you are using is really nice and would really set off the photos as well.
Please don't take this as criticism. I just thought it might add a little to an already successful design.
Your knives are well represented. Keep up the good work!
It might be a good idea to give the user some feedback as to where they are on the site, by maybe highlighting the links on rollover and on the open page. Or maybe putting a title on the page to confirm that they got to the link they were going for.
Also for all those colorblind folks. The beautiful butterscotch background is a little dark with the black type and is slightly difficult to read. Maybe you could lighten it up just a smidge to allow more contrast and facilitate easier readability.
Lastly, the white outline you are using is really nice and would really set off the photos as well.
Please don't take this as criticism. I just thought it might add a little to an already successful design.
Your knives are well represented. Keep up the good work!
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Mark , I would give my eye teeth for a chance at a Moose Hunt !! We have got quite a few in these parts now , but , according to the DNR , not a huntable population , YET 
. I have spent quite a bit of time on Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior . I was 20 yds from a Huge Bull that looked to be about 12' tall at the shoulders (it wasn't,but it sure seemed that big 
). Very impressive animals , and from what I hear , TASTY . Looks like a guy would need to buy a new freezer though if he filled the tag.
Dan,I think you're correct about the browser thing.When you mentioned about not being able to scroll I had to go back and look again.No problems here,everything looked good.Just out of curiosity are you using something other than IE as your browser ?
. I have spent quite a bit of time on Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior . I was 20 yds from a Huge Bull that looked to be about 12' tall at the shoulders (it wasn't,but it sure seemed that big ). Very impressive animals , and from what I hear , TASTY . Looks like a guy would need to buy a new freezer though if he filled the tag.Dan,I think you're correct about the browser thing.When you mentioned about not being able to scroll I had to go back and look again.No problems here,everything looked good.Just out of curiosity are you using something other than IE as your browser ?
Mark,
I was recently on another maker's website and they had most of the available handle material pictured on the website. Extremely handy for someone that may not know exactly what they are looking for. How can you sell your knives for that price? Do you have elves in your basement working for cookies?
Matt Doyle
I was recently on another maker's website and they had most of the available handle material pictured on the website. Extremely handy for someone that may not know exactly what they are looking for. How can you sell your knives for that price? Do you have elves in your basement working for cookies?
Matt Doyle
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Wow, thanks for all the feedback.
CLW3, I will do some fiddling in FrontPage and see if I can make some changes. I like all of your suggestions.
David, I know what you mean about the moose size. I saw two bull battling last year and I swear the victor was the size of a VW bus. A new freezer is being looked at.
Matt, I hadn't thought about the handle material idea. I'll see what kind of pics I can put together and see how it fits. As far as the elves....no basement, just a really short crawl space.
CLW3, I will do some fiddling in FrontPage and see if I can make some changes. I like all of your suggestions.
David, I know what you mean about the moose size. I saw two bull battling last year and I swear the victor was the size of a VW bus. A new freezer is being looked at.
Matt, I hadn't thought about the handle material idea. I'll see what kind of pics I can put together and see how it fits. As far as the elves....no basement, just a really short crawl space.
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Mark when you said "FrontPage" that's it I'm sure.. it's not a HTML write type program for IE if I am corect
Dave yes IE
yes Moose taste better than Deer for sure. up here then can be 900- and up to 1100 pounds
mark your page starts out with
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Pack River Knife Company</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {height: 100%; overflow:hidden}
#main{
width: 100%;
height: 95%;
border: none;
you have on your front page and not the others
"100%; overflow:hidden"
I think that's the problem
with front page or similar you work on the front side we that write HTML work under the hood sorta speak ..
one of mine starts like this
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Gray Knives, Hand Made Custom Knives, Offering a complete line of fixed blade, custom cutlery, built one at a time strong and functional offering custom hand made Knife sheaths, custom ivory folders, and custom Knife Makers web pages, hunting knives in damascus knife blades, custom knife makers, www. grayknives.com</TITLE>
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Gray Knives Offering a complete line of fixed blade, custom cutlery, built one at a time strong and functional, This web site will show you the many varieties of blades I make, from exotic hard woods and horns to Ivorys I use for handles, and different styles of my custom sheaths">
<META NAME="keywords" content="custom knives, custom handmade knives, Knifes sheaths, custom Knife makers, hunting knives, damascus knife blades, custom knife sheath makers, www.grayknives.com, tree stump leather sheaths, maine made art knives, holsters, wild rose trading com, tree stump leather,Gray knives">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL">
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX,FOLLOW">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL">
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENTS="10 days">
</HEAD>
this is meta that the engines and directories see not the surfer
IMO you'll have a problem listed with them also..
Dave yes IE
yes Moose taste better than Deer for sure. up here then can be 900- and up to 1100 pounds
mark your page starts out with
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Pack River Knife Company</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {height: 100%; overflow:hidden}
#main{
width: 100%;
height: 95%;
border: none;
you have on your front page and not the others
"100%; overflow:hidden"
I think that's the problem
with front page or similar you work on the front side we that write HTML work under the hood sorta speak ..
one of mine starts like this
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Gray Knives, Hand Made Custom Knives, Offering a complete line of fixed blade, custom cutlery, built one at a time strong and functional offering custom hand made Knife sheaths, custom ivory folders, and custom Knife Makers web pages, hunting knives in damascus knife blades, custom knife makers, www. grayknives.com</TITLE>
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Gray Knives Offering a complete line of fixed blade, custom cutlery, built one at a time strong and functional, This web site will show you the many varieties of blades I make, from exotic hard woods and horns to Ivorys I use for handles, and different styles of my custom sheaths">
<META NAME="keywords" content="custom knives, custom handmade knives, Knifes sheaths, custom Knife makers, hunting knives, damascus knife blades, custom knife sheath makers, www.grayknives.com, tree stump leather sheaths, maine made art knives, holsters, wild rose trading com, tree stump leather,Gray knives">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL">
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX,FOLLOW">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="ALL">
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENTS="10 days">
</HEAD>
this is meta that the engines and directories see not the surfer
IMO you'll have a problem listed with them also..
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your site looks real nice, simple is better. i have been building websites for a long time and love just the simple look. If any one needs help with there site i would love to help. this is the kind of work i do
http://www.footbagsewing.com
This is my webpage, it has been up for around 3 months and is going good. I am going to build a knife site for my knives soon, maybe this weekend.
http://www.footbagsewing.com
This is my webpage, it has been up for around 3 months and is going good. I am going to build a knife site for my knives soon, maybe this weekend.
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JT
I just looked at your site Cool but I did see also this
Everyone loves Tutorials, especially the people that are just starting to make fiitbags. here is where you will find the tutorials for all the footbag patterns. we are hoping to have these tutorials in video format as well as in writing
(fiitbags) is that right?? not poking at it but just wondering if it's meant to be that way I'm not familiar with foot bags..
My sons would have been when they were in school I'm sure.
I just looked at your site Cool but I did see also this
Everyone loves Tutorials, especially the people that are just starting to make fiitbags. here is where you will find the tutorials for all the footbag patterns. we are hoping to have these tutorials in video format as well as in writing
(fiitbags) is that right?? not poking at it but just wondering if it's meant to be that way I'm not familiar with foot bags..
My sons would have been when they were in school I'm sure.