The Anthology website - prototypes and pictures

[TheEarl]

I'm quite proud ofthese screen mockups. Any queries, comments or questions should be voiced now, because these drawings will be what E-L's hubby will be designing our website from. If you don't like something, now is the time to say.

The Earl

The portal screen:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/690191portal.jpg

 

[TheEarl]

The home page:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/983655home_page.jpg

If you cannot seethe above pictures, all of the screenshots are in the zipped files attached.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

The Anthologies page:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/237313anthologies.jpg

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[TheEarl]

The Online Shop:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/032949shop.jpg

We must check if Cafe Press will allow us to use the images from their page. Clicking on the image would take you through to the corresponding page on the Cafe Press shop.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

About us:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/934464about_us.jpg

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[TheEarl]

The Links page:

http://www.imageshosted.com/images/421748links.jpg

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[TheEarl]

Feel free to give opinions any time.

The (very ego-fragile) Earl

 

[sophia jane]

Feel free to give opinions any time.

The (very ego-fragile) Earl

You're doing a great job!

Really.

SJ

 

[cloudy]

It all looks brilliant, Earl! and a

 

[minsue]

Well done, Earl!

 

[English Lady]

I really like it!

Ok so questions -big white block on homepage -what is going there?

Will the quote change from page to page? if not, should it really show on every page?

Love the author page, very nice

 

[English Lady]

PS -online store link just shoed me the "about us" page, did I miss it?*L*

 

[Songcatcher]

I get 404 for jpeg links.

Plus, the jpegs in zips are not readable.

Anyway, bump.

 

[Guest]

Plus, the jpegs in zips are not readable.

Idiot.

Nothing wrong with pictures.

 

[TheEarl]

I really like it!

Ok so questions -big white block on homepage -what is going there?

Will the quote change from page to page? if not, should it really show on every page?

Love the author page, very nice

The big white block on the homepage should be a picture of the thong if you look carefully. I think the quote should change from page to page - AFAIK it's a fairly easy buisness to set up a small database of quotes and then have one randomly selected each time you reload the page.

PS -online store link just shoed me the "about us" page, did I miss it?*L*

The zipped files aren't in the same order as the post that shows them. I was hoping everyone would be able to see the pictures in the posts, but obviously not, so I included the zipped files.

The Earl

 

[impressive]

The big white block on the homepage should be a picture of the thong if you look carefully.

When the pages are actually developed, those images can be pulled directly from CafePress rather than copied & re-uploaded to our domain. That should resolve the problem.

I think the quote should change from page to page - AFAIK it's a fairly easy buisness to set up a small database of quotes and then have one randomly selected each time you reload the page.

It's beyond my development expertise (without some quick study), but I do know it's possible.


NOTE: Don't forget to PM me your e-mail addresses for redirects. I've set up mine, BT's and EL's. Try 'em:

impressive
blacktulip
englishlady

each @eroticanthology.com ... and each will auto forward (invisibly) to the address provided.

There is also a "catchall" e-mail address so that any e-mail to an undefined address @eroticanthology.com will be delivered to the main address.

 

[TheEarl]

It's beyond my development expertise (without some quick study), but I do know it's possible.

http://www.natbat.co.uk/quotecode.php

How to have a random quote selector on your website. I may not know how to do it, but I know someone who knows how to do it.

The Earl

 

[Black Tulip]

All right! Earl, you did a great job. The pages look very slick.

Will the blue be as light as it is now? Perhaps it should be a tad bluer?

Ok, you said to nitpick, so I did:

illegal in your state/area

add: /country

On the homepage: use the empty box for the mention of our donating the money to a good cause?

Shop looks fine to me.

Something bothers me about the Anthologies page.
The box that contains the Volume 1 picture is too big.
Could you split it and fill the other half with the text from the back?
Or a picture of the back, something like that?

I like the look of the About Us page.
The links are nice too.

Final nitpick: the toolbar is not consistent, sometimes it's Home, sometimes I see Home Page.

All in all, I like what you did.



P.S. Should we add a something about safe sex somewhere?

 

[TheEarl]

add: /country

A state is a country.

On the homepage: use the empty box for the mention of our donating the money to a good cause?

Empty box? What empty box? Do you mean the bit at the bottom? The idea is that the homepage would have the news on it and, seeing as we only have two bits of news atm, it's a bit bare.

Shop looks fine to me.

Something bothers me about the Anthologies page.
The box that contains the Volume 1 picture is too big.
Could you split it and fill the other half with the text from the back?
Or a picture of the back, something like that?

I'm sorry, I'm confused.

P.S. Should we add a something about safe sex somewhere?

Very good call. Maybe on the portal page?

The Earl

 

[sophia jane]

Earl- just checked thru again. Love your little "blurbs" esp on the About Us page.

SJ

 

[English Lady]

Earl, big pic of a thong on the front page? Pic of the book I get, but the thong? not sure about that.


I know hubby can do the random quote thing, he already told me he could do that, he needs an index of quotes to do it from though *L*


Looks like the zipped files aren't showing up properly for me either, I can't see the pics, thry just ocme up as little crosses. I'll go thru'em all and see if I can find all the pieces.

 

[Black Tulip]

A state is a country.

I had the American states in mind. Sorry.

Empty box? What empty box? Do you mean the bit at the bottom? The idea is that the homepage would have the news on it and, seeing as we only have two bits of news atm, it's a bit bare.

I meant the bit at the bottom. If the other two items are the bits of news, you should get rid of the bar under the thong. It suggests there should be something else in the third space.
I agree with EL on the thong, perhaps a tanktop would be better?

I'm sorry, I'm confused.

The page for the Anthologies has the left space for a quote and the right space is divided in two horizontals.
The top part contains only a picture of volume 1. It is centered but I thought you could split it in two and use the other part for the back of volume 1.

Very good call. Maybe on the portal page?

The Earl

Yes, or on the home page?

 

[TheEarl]

Earl, big pic of a thong on the front page? Pic of the book I get, but the thong? not sure about that.


I know hubby can do the random quote thing, he already told me he could do that, he needs an index of quotes to do it from though *L*


Looks like the zipped files aren't showing up properly for me either, I can't see the pics, thry just ocme up as little crosses. I'll go thru'em all and see if I can find all the pieces.

EL: I'll e-mail them to you.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

About the thong: It's next to a news item about merchandise. That's a piece of merchandisethat we're selling, rather than just a random piece of underwear.

The Earl

 

[English Lady]

EL: I'll e-mail them to you.

The Earl

cheers

Actually, I think we're at cross purposes, I could see the thong and it's only a little white box, and thats quite ok but on the view i was getting of the home page on the far right there's a big rectangle that stretches virtually to the bottom of the page of nothing....looks very weird....might just be me though!