new website!

pukar · Post by **pukar** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:40 am

hi guys, i have just launched my website.....can i have some feedback (be gentle, i am not a website building guru

)...a fair bit of alpina content to muse over....thanks guys!

www.pukardesigns.com

D3orbust · Post by **D3orbust** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:03 am

Well it's not working on my I-phone

But if there's a sales section I'll be placing an order ASAP.

pukar · Post by **pukar** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:13 am

D3orbust wrote:Well it's not working on my I-phone

But if there's a sales section I'll be placing an order ASAP.

ah, that is one issue i have to iron out! it's a flash website instead of HTML 5, so doesn't work on apple devices. i didn't know this until i had completed it

, but there is some software that will help me switch. i should hopefully be doing this soon...sorry apple guys, but i'm sure you have laptops at home?

there is a sales cart there. i have the most popular stuff for sale, but i can still be contacted about more bespoke items.

atul

IAM Joe · Post by **IAM Joe** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:02 am

Works fine here on the old lap top.

Nice site, seems easy enough to browse. Well done!

joylove · Post by **joylove** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:11 am

Looks good!

Like the customer testimonies and the reasonable prices, although the image for the Performance garage UAE looks a little dithered. Are you dithering to stop people stealing your images and hard work or is it a jpeg artifact?

Also

Many of the decals have been copied from original stickers either scanned of photograped by me.

Stuart Truman · Post by **Stuart Truman** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:35 am

It's well designed and usable, nice job.

You've already had the feedback on Flash. My only other "very" minor comment would be lose the click noises when you select a menu.

As to photos, either watermark them, or code the website such that it adds a banner if downloaded. To keep yourself completely clean, if you're taking a picture of someone's car to use on a commercial website, you might want to get a release form signed, or if you're applying decals yourself in your workshop, put it in your T&Cs that you are allowed to take pictures and use the images to promote your work. Also mark all pictures (c) and all rights reserved. This will cover you if you do ever need to ask someone to stop using one of your images.

ade and liz flint · Post by **ade and liz flint** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:38 am

Great advice Stu!

Liking the website, Atul. Well done mate!

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:06 pm

Good job Atul ... nothing to add

pukar · Post by **pukar** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:40 pm

hi chaps, thanks for the great feedback.

so, lose the clicks & learn grammar...got it.

the UAE sticker is a bit dithered. TBH, it is there at the moment just to show i can do custom work, but i will retake a proper pic when i get a chance.

the photos of the stickers should all have a watermark, but i will put a copyright logo on as recommended, so not used without permission.

the people have supplied their own photos so already have their permission...

thanks for all the other comments, i will re-read and make the changes.

jamesa · Post by **jamesa** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:02 pm

Atul ... for items not shown on the `site` should we post here or drop you a PM ?

T8ono · Post by **T8ono** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:00 pm

ah, that is one issue i have to iron out! it's a flash website instead of HTML 5, so doesn't work on apple devices. i didn't know this until i had completed it , but there is some software that will help me switch. i should hopefully be doing this soon...sorry apple guys, but i'm sure you have laptops at home?

Use puffin web browser. It's free and allows you to view flash websites on your apple device.
Handy to have..

pukar · Post by **pukar** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:50 pm

jamesa wrote:Atul ... for items not shown on the `site` should we post here or drop you a PM ?

pm is good, email is best

pukar_designs@aol.com

if you go to the contacts page, then i get emailed to this address btw

what are you after?

Bri-E · Post by **Bri-E** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:47 pm

Just got round to viewing web site, excellent and I agree with removing the clicking sound.

Great to meet you in person today at Gaydon

pukar · Post by **pukar** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:40 pm

thanks, it was really great to see a lot of faces, hopefully will bump into you guys again soon...sorry if i was rushing around and didn't get to see all your cars, but i though it was an excellent show with some real beauties!

SleeperService · Post by **SleeperService** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:27 am

Hi,

I think it looks nice and clean and easy to navigate.

Its probably worth noting that all support for Flash on mobile devices will be stopped very soon. As we know iOS has never supported it and now Android Jelly Bean 4.1 will not have a flash player, and the app has even been removed from the Google Play store. Older versions of Flash will continue to work in Ice Cream Sandwich and Gingerbread devices but if you upgrade the OS you will become unstuck!!

As Adobe states in its blog: 'If a device is upgraded from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1, the current version of Flash Player may exhibit unpredictable behavior, as it is not certified for use with Android 4.1. Future updates to Flash Player will not work. We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1.' So you have been warned.

With more and more of us using tablets and large screen mobile devices its worth keeping this in mind!

Cheers..