WindShack New Website

Hello everyone,
we are proud to announce that Windshack's new website is live!
We are looking forward to your constructive feedback; through this, we will be able to accommodate and adapt the site to best suit your needs.
Thank you in advance.
The WindShack Team

www.windshack.com

Nice work,looks good.

Thanks Alberto. No competing for me tommorrow due to work etc

I noticed the post asked for feedback so to whoever red thumbed me: get a life.

I agree with Mark.

Awesome graphics on the intro but even with broadband it takes a bit long to get to the point. If it hadn't been for the other comments I'd have been thinking "is all there is?" and clicked onto another site
There is the skip button, but unless it opens full screen size you don't see that.

People are busy and can't be bothered waiting for sites with too many bells and whistles to load or get to the point.

I agree the locality pics are also distracting and are where the buttons for the next pages should be - you don't notice the little ones at the top (even though that's where they usually are) because you're distracted by the flashy pics.

Sorry to be negative but you did ask for feedback...

I'd suggest shortening the intro, and moving the locality pics to a less prominent position.

Having said that, I love the friendly atmosphere of your shop and you really need to bring that out. What I like best about your shop compared to others is that you treat ladies like fellow windsurfers and not like alien beings who have turned up in the wrong place.

Hi everyone thanks for the feedback.

Im Jordan, the web developer of the new site, and its good to hear feed back, Both the good and the bad.

I would just like to add a few more points, both adding on to what Alberto has said, and adding some additional.

I am aware that the site is a little bit bandwidth hungry, And as Alberto stated, We are working on a liter version of the site, For both DailUp and mobile broadband users. The "lite" site is going to be alot more compressed with fewer images, and the overall template will be less complicated. Which will help dramatically with speeding load times up.

A small point to add which supports Gestalts comment of "server based problems" is that there was a backup occurring on my server. Now i cant say that this has caused slower loading, But it may have contributed to the issue buy just a little bit.

Thanks
Jordan Crawford

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[Please note, the overall performance of the site should be boosted by midnight tonight]

Mark, that was me that red thumbed you. It's hardly Jordo's fault that you're too tight to pay for a decent internet connection. Go sailing and stop your belly aching.

Thanks for the compliments about the "awesome graphics" and the looks of the site.
BTW I only like compliments. Anything negative is not welcome[}:)]

Apart from selling, which is the purpose of every website such as ours, we want to tell you a story.
We want you to get to know who we are as well as what we sell.
We are people. First.
We sell products. Second.

If our storytelling or publicity does not have the most pleasing appearance or effect on you, should you still know we judge with heightened perception your understanding and abilities.

We also do our best to treat your feedback in an attentive way.
Thanks again for the time you take to send us your opinions reflective of your own feelings.

Eirini Smyrnaiou <[email protected]>
Graphic Design & Photography
The Windshack Team

The graphic design, presentation and images are excellent, congrats to the designer. Lay out and flow is very good too. I think it actually captures the essence of what the sport does for me......takes me away from the real world to somewhere more interesting and tranquil but exciting.

I do agree with Mark regarding performance from websites in general. I live in the city and use wireless broadband which isn't that fast. Some sites really peeve me when I have to wait some 'cool' video clip to load or I get tacky music blaring away. Having said this, the performance was quite good in this case.

If I wan't entertainment I'll turn on the TV. If I want information or online purchase I want to be able to do it quickly, efficiently from anywhere and any device. I do buy 2nd hand gear around the country so a list would be useful.

The site is a huge leap from the old one, great work.

anyone who needs a cheap do it youself web site maker try mr.site.com i have used it for three years can change pics,words etc in minutes does what i need for my work i have had over 20,000 people who have veiwed it. best thing is you can change it any time you want and i get plenty of work from it.as you can see i am lucky if i can type my site is foamworx.net not saying mine is the best site design but gets me bye.