Opinions about my Site

[Bounce-A-Roo]

www.bouncearoojumps.com

[(jj)]

You really should read THIS THREAD (http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?t=14149).

[Bounce-A-Roo]

Ahh! I see now. My request for website critique is not spam related. My name is Chris from
Mississippi. I'm 21 years old and own (2) Small Businesses (Vending & SpaceJump Rentals)
I recently built my 1st website ever and would appreciate any comments or suggestions you
Pros may have.

Thanks,
Chris

[amo]

Well, it scrolls off the right side of my screen (1024 x 768), which is generally not a good idea.

-amo
www.amopage.com

[Marko Peric]

Yes, the main page is too wide for a 1024x768 screen, which means it would look downright awful at 800x600, which a lot of people still use.
As for other suggestions, I see you are using Times New Roman, which is good for print use but it's not a great web font. Maybe take a look at Tahoma, Trebuchet, or good old simple Arial (stay away from Verdana, though). Cut down on the all caps, which I see used heavily on the Q & A page.
Graphically, you might want to take a look at some of your images and work on the quality. Some are good, but some are really rather grainy. Nice sharp images serve to make your products look better and make your site appear to be more professional.
I see you have some links. It would be good to have these open in new windows, so your visitors won't leave your site. Also, how many of these links are direct competition?
Overall, not bad for a first site.

[Bounce-A-Roo]

Marko, I have since update clearer pics and I would like to know how to change the resolution of the webpage . You had mentioned it runs of the screen!? How is that fixable?


Thanks,
Chris

[Marko Peric]

Right on your first page, there are three images side by side. They way they are positioned causes anyone viewing the page at 1024x768 resolution to have to scroll sideways to see everything. I don't know what your screen resolution is, so maybe this doesn't happen for you. I haven't viewed the site on my notebook with it's 1280x800 screen, maybe it's fine on that, but a lot more people are using 1024x768.
To quickly fix this, instead of having the three images all side by side, with one below, maybe have two side by side on two rows. You could do this easily with a table, and to make the table itself invisible, set border=0 on the table.
I suppose I should ask what software are you using to design your site?

[dapsgt]

This site is a good start. I would reduce the size of the pictures and give them a link to allow end users the option of clicking on the thumbnail and letting them see a description page with larger image. That will take care of the images going off the screen and allow faster download times.

The navigation is setup nicely, but I don't think the frames that you are using will allow future growth and direct links to products.

[Coolviper1985]

I would recomend moving multicolorcastle.jpg down a row and try to keep the whole site 2 pictures wide.

My rule of thumb is to make one large table 748px wide and go from there this way you can add borders and such and still look very clean to users that are running 800x600.

-Lucas

[YvetteKuhns]

My son loves those bouncy things! They don't let us grown ups play on them. When you plan your web page, look at it at 800x600 screen resolution so you know if the contents fit without horizontal scrolling. You can either make the images smaller or you can relocate the images so the total width does not exceed approximate 750 pixels (allowing for browser). Use relative widths for your tables.

The header and left menu are a fixed size and do not stretch to fill the screen. You could slice the image and stretch the middle where the color is solid or you can put a solid background color behind the image that stretches 100% wide.

There is no copyright info at the bottom of the page. But there is a site counter which is quite embarrassing, really. Just use webstats or hidden counters. This info is not helpful to visitors and should not be seen by them. Payment, privacy and refund info are found at the Q and A page. I didn't see an About Us page to tell about the rental company.

As for other suggestions, I see you are using Times New Roman, which is good for print use but it's not a great web font. Maybe take a look at Tahoma, Trebuchet, or good old simple Arial (stay away from Verdana, though). Cut down on the all caps, which I see used heavily on the Q & A page.

I agree on this. The pictures look blurry. Maybe I am just tired.