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Originally Posted by cdorob
Only one comment, the homepage looks a little crowded...Too many links and too many interest point on the upper side.
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Hi cdorob,
Thanks for the input. I can appreciate that the home page is a bit busy. Can I ask you the favor of telling me what you would recommend eliminating or moving or changing?
Before you elaborate, let me first explain the overall strategy of the existing upper part of the homepage:
1) The hover buttons across the top are uniform throughout the site. I could probably eliminate the "Submit your ideas" button - maybe replace it with something else like "What's New" or ??? But the strategy behind the buttons is to give the user uniform access to the entire site - no matter where in the site he currently is.
2) The next items down (from left to right) are
2.1) Woman of the Month
2.2) A banner ad
2.3) A google search box
Those three items are also common across the entire site - although in many of the site sections, I move the remaining page content down a bit so that it doesn't look so busy. If I added some space between this second section and the rest of the home page content - would that address what you are saying sufficiently? Or do you feel that some or all of those three items don't belong? I personally like the "Woman of the Month" thing because, well, it is a midlife bachelor site, and guys need some kind of potential treat. I like the banner ad at that location because it gives the ad good exposure. And I like the google search box up there because it is handy.
Okay - so that is the strategy behind the upper part of the current home page (and also the rest of the pages on the site). Any additional resolution you can give me on what you would personally recommend I change would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for everything - and have a great day!
Greg