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capty99
post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:01 PM
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Alright guys, please ignore this if you don't have a couple of minutes to drill my site.

Having trouble keeping hits, my bounce rate on the index is something ridiculous meaning everyone shows up and leaves.

Not in huge need of design help, unless its something that really irks you and detracts from your enjoyment of the site.

Just tear it apart though and let me know what you think, what to keep what to trash, I have to improve some performance.

http://www.youraddressmagazine.com
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post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:03 PM
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I think one of the reasons your bounce rate is so high is that there are many links in your navigation that open the same site in a new window/tab. Is that supposed to happen?
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capty99
post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:07 PM
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like you mean when you click 'the magazine' some of the same content will show up as the content that is under the tabs for 'the magazine' like recent articles etc... ?

if so, i agree, it would be easier for maintenance and awesomeness if i just removed the links on the main navigation and made the user drill down to the next subject...

is that too much work for the user though is my question.
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post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:17 PM
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What I mean is if I mouseover the first item in your navigation, then select one of the sub items it opens it in a new tab in Firefox, in IE6 it opens it in a new window all together.
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capty99
post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:46 PM
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that would be incredibly annoying...

except i've never experienced that, at home or in the office, on mac or pc, ff or ie.

you running something strange?

anyone else experience this?
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post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:48 PM
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Im just running the latest version of Firefox and Windows Vista. I checked it on my son's PC and it's doing the same thing there as well. The weird thing is it's not the same links every time doing it, it's as if it's completely random.
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post 25 Mar, 2008 - 10:59 PM
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sometimes i throw some javascript in there to randomly add a target=_blank.


okay, i will test it out on a bunch of comps tomorrow at the library and see if i can recreate it.
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post 26 Mar, 2008 - 04:04 AM
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I am irked by the menu not lining up with the gray lines behind it - it drops down just a bit. Also... the "Home" link stays highlighted no matter what page you are on. You can tell me to shut-up of you want, just tossing out my irkings.

However, I also have a thought on your bounce rate ... and again, it's your menu - it's a cool idea - the italicized text in the white space below the menu bar, but it's not immediately recognizable as additional menu options. Unless you are actually reading everything that shows up on mouse-over, it just looks like tag lines. And the "Shop" and "Relocation Guide" choices take you to the same page whether you choose the link from the main menu or the submenu - seems like superfluous links. I would bounce off this site because of the menu set-up. Love the idea, but the implementation is a little unclear.
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post 26 Mar, 2008 - 01:06 PM
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My work forces us to use ie6. Your Home button is highlighted up at the top, but the rest of the links do not.

I can look deeper at it at home, but from here I am stuck in NT technology land.

Other than that, everything seems to lay out nicely.

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post 26 Mar, 2008 - 01:35 PM
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Here are the links that open in a new FF tab:

Everything under "The Magazine"
Under "About Us": All except "Contact Us"
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post 26 Mar, 2008 - 01:56 PM
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I was noticing that the calendar is coming up with 1am start times. I know the Hill country is a happening place but is that correct?
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capty99
post 26 Mar, 2008 - 02:10 PM
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psycho, i'll take another gander at the code for those tonight. thanks.

anixter ,
the event views module for drupal is a little strange, as far as I know there isn't a way around this. all those items are actually set to 'all day'.

i could code up a fix but its low on the list right now.

thanks guys for taking looks. if you keep going i will keep liking you

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