Comments on: Choowy Goowy website redesigned

By: Soul

Soul — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:19:27 +0000

Zabo0o6a.. To get to a state you are in, needs an appeal to buy and actually buy.

Its all about that.

~ Soul

By: zabo0o6a

zabo0o6a — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:09:52 +0000

aslong as the co0kies are so0 damn go0d i don’t care about the website i’m gonna eat them not browse them s0 stop giving essa a hard time !

By: didats

didats — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:20 +0000

flash = slow
flash = not seo (search engine optimization)

i agree with cajie and k.kuwaiti. flash is not a good choice. you should consider to make a html pages.

use xhtml and css, you can still keep your site theme and user doesn’t have to wait toooo long till the animation loaded.

By: Soul

Soul — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:19:32 +0000

Dude ChoowyGoovy..

Cool attempt. The design is OK. Music is Ok.. I aint YO! over it.. but its appropriate.

My suggestions:

1. Make the flash intro “All at once horizontally” concept.. rather than “One comes out and goes in and another comes out” concept.

Sweet n short is always appealing.

2. I had to look for the ENTER SITE .. people dont look to their left often. Keep it in middle or center.

3. Content is the KING.. Whole flash website is cool.. have another counter part in PHP, ASP or XHTML.. if not for anything atleast for Search Engines.

4. 3D text is a big NO NO.. unless used at right places. Cookies&Brownies look ok but the COLOR is killing it.

5. Use NUMBERS. People will MEASURE. I am assuming that one of the objectives of your website is to SELL. Am i right ?

Rest things might need carvings a bit here and there.. your site looks good to go..

And you decide on the market segment.. it helps big time to channelize your developments.

~ Soul

By: Sal

Sal — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:58:22 +0000

I agree with the opinions to ditch the flash intro. E-commerce sites do not use flash, period. Look at Amazon.com. You can use flash for your ads if any, but not for the e-commerce site itself. People are there to (hopefully) buy your products and not to admire the skills of the site designer.

In short, your site is essentially an ad for the web designer. He is using you to promote himself. Don’t be a sucker and ask him to remove the “Desined by R&D” label or ask him to pay for it.

Cheers

By: vampire

vampire — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:11:11 +0000

it is very beautiful site but not practical,, u paid some $$ for developing the site,, that’s why u want to stick to it,,

again,, it is well presented but not practical!

hence google is the most used search engine

focus on the sales, not the flashy pictures and sounds

By: K.TheKuwaiti

K.TheKuwaiti — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:43:04 +0000

ChoowyGoowy:
I agree with Cajie, I don’t know many people that would watch a flash intro again (or even the first time).

And the issue with flash is that its hard to make modifications to the design (unless you are DB driven). You would need to redo the website if you add a new product/flavor.

IMO, ditch the flash website .. switch to a dynamic page (PHP/ASP). A few of the benefits are that you can easily add/modify the information on your site and keep track of customers (including their previous orders).

By: Aziz

Aziz — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:51:10 +0000

maybe they should “redesign” their prices.

By: ChoowyGoowy

ChoowyGoowy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:53:23 +0000

wel cajie as u can see alot of people are loving the website so there are difftent of intrest , and diffrent taste , if in ur flife you have never seen a perfect intro that can make u go ( ooooh ) then we cant make things perfect because nothing is ! choowygoowy is a fun profcut our theme and concept is amazing people love it , and u said nothing makes u want the cookies or we are not concentrating on the cookies just see the intro again and se how everysingle kind we gave its on theme , just go easy on us man ;p nothing is perfect ,

By: D

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:11:01 +0000

amazing site, very creative
keep up the good work

By: eyePatch

eyePatch — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:16:29 +0000

cookies*

By: eyePatch

eyePatch — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:16:14 +0000

and let em send me some free cooking for the correction =)

By: eyePatch

eyePatch — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:14:38 +0000

take a look at ‘order online’ page..

-Working hours:
from 8 tell 12 & 5 tell 9

someone must tell them to fix it to ’till’ lol

Mark ring em up..

By: Holla

Holla — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:08:47 +0000

yo choowygoowy man don’t i get some free cookies for unlocking ur iphone? ;)

By: cajie

cajie — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:50:48 +0000

@choowygoowy,
As you don’t have a brick-and-mortar presence, I assume you want to use the website to drive traffic to generate orders. If my assumption is correct, then you are not achieving your objective.
1. The slow flash-enabled site means most people (read:potential customers) who are on a slow link will give your site a pass.
2. The focus should be on the products, and not the site. So when I log in, I expect to see something like “This month’s special - Mark & Nat 18 cookies for the price of 12 - BUY NOW!”. I don’t want to waste my time watching a pretty intro.
BTW, in my entire life browsing websites, I have never come across a site where I said “ooooohhh, what a pretty intro. let me sit and watch this”.
lose the intro.
3. As other have said, focus on the products - provide hyperlinks, photos, nutritional info etc.