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I do appreciate the catch though! Always good to have another set of eyes double check your work!
You’re most welcome 🙂
Hello everyone! We just launched this past week and wanted to share what we’ve come up with using this wonderful theme! Thanks for letting us share here 🙂
Beautifully done Vrai!
Hi Eric, nice site, the images of the food look amazing! Are those photos of your actual dishes or are they stock photos? Regardless, they made me quite hungry! =)
Here are my personal observations as UX enthusiast and huge advocate of making websites work for their users instead of them simply being a “brochure” or “business card” site.
A few suggestions based on current UX standards…
1) The sound clip is unnecessary. Thankfully it didn’t auto load when I opened the page, but when I pressed play, all I heard were crickets. I realize there is music that starts playing in the background…but the crickets are too loud in comparison, they drown out the music. Also, even the music is unnecessary. People come to the site to find where you are located, what cuisine you have to offer, and be persuaded to eat there. The sound clip does none of that. It distracted me as a user to the site. I see absolutely no benefit to it as an objective observer.
2) Sliders are generally a big “no-no” when it comes to design. They must serve a purpose (usually showcasing a gallery of some sort). I suppose an argument could be made that you have a “gallery” of entries you want to display, so it it may be fine. However….
…the 2nd slide serves no purpose. It’s just a blurred image. It’s a distraction.
…you aren’t showing off art, you are showing off dishes to entice potential customers to visit. I think those slide images would be better served by having a caption under each dish that gives the name as well as a brief description. The home page should be SELLING your entire concept to your market audience. Having a slider w/ some images just doesn’t do that. Provide info and I think the slider will work (if you really want to use it).I think those are the 2 most noticeable issues that I’d personally be concerned with.
For more info why music is a bad idea:
http://www.zigpress.com/2009/10/30/10-reasons-websites-should-not-play-music/
http://boutiquebydesign.com/5-reasons-why-website-music-is-a-bad-idea/For more info why auto-sliders (carousels) are a bad idea):
http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/
http://searchengineland.com/homepage-sliders-are-bad-for-seo-usability-163496
https://managewp.com/slider-alternatives
http://conversionxl.com/dont-use-automatic-image-sliders-or-carousels-ignore-the-fad/Great resource using science, on how to properly design a productive site (do’s and don’t’s):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983330735/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1—
The restaurant food (if that is actually your food) looks absolutely amazing and I’d visit based on the menu.
Jeremy,
Those are some wonderful insights. I can tell you’ve built a site or two in your day 🙂
There are some important takeaways for everyone with the wisdom Jeremy is sharing. Specifically, that the name of the game is selling, converting to a lead, getting people to buy, or do whatever the desired call to action is on your website. As much as humanly possible try to start with a clear, defined call to action (what you would hope everyone who comes to your website would do in a perfect world), then build out your site’s content to get visitors to do just that.
Eric, in your example it may be one of a couple things 1) Call your restaurant for more info or 2) Come by and visit. Once you determine what that main thing is, ask yourself whether each element you are about to place helps you achieve that goal or is just brochure type material that Jeremy spoke to above.
It’s great seeing these contributions from others in our community as it helps all learn how to make more engaging, high converting websites!
@jeremy: Thanks for your suggestions!
1. Removed the audio
2. Removed the 2nd slide
3. Will work on the sales copy of the slidesPS. The photos are not stock photos. They are the actual dishes!
IMHO, they taste better than they look 😉
Drop by when you’re in the area! 🙂
@kyle: Definitely agree that the purpose is to SELL: AIDA.
Thanks for your contributions!
Hi Fellow X users,
Loving the configurability of X, especially as I have very little HTML,Java,CSS know how.
Fire away with any critiques regarding my site
Cheers Guys
Hey guys. Here is mine (in French). it is about Green Plants Design. Enjoy 🙂 I think I have used all possible functions (mix of regular menu and one-page menu, etc…)
And thanks for this great theme !
Good luck for yours
Marc
Thanks for sharing Marc.
Awesome to see that a few of these examples are websites for design agencies, further proof that X theme meets the expectations of those in the industry!
I just launched my site a few days ago, pretty happy with it, took less than a day to put together. Thankyou X!
You’re welcome Matt and thank you for your kind words.
