flynismo Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hi everyone, I'm working on a free Pennsylvania online dating and personals site, which you can view here -- http://www.keystonepersonals.com I'm about 60% done, still a LOT left to do, but thought it would be awesome if I could get some feedback, tips and criticism before I go much deeper. A test account is available; username: mariah password: aaaaaa (6 letter a's) Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynismo Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Just wanted to add a couple things -- 1. The login link is at the bottom in the footer for now (I know I'll need to move that to the top). 2. I would greatly appreciate if you created a test profile, to get a feel for the process. I want to create a somewhat guided user experience. 3. Once you login, not all of the links work just yet (the forum DOES work, but is empty right now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjakreborn Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 1. Might want to cut down the size of that initial image at least a little. That's a little bit in your face for the first thing someone see's. 2. Might want to change the "unread" to another color at the top. It looks too bright with the other colors around it. 3. Maybe rounded corners on the headers? Would not be a bad idea to help enhance it a little graphically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runnerjp Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I get the error: Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E) Timestamp: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:57:58 UTC Message: HTML Parsing Error: Unable to modify the parent container element before the child element is closed (KB927917) Line: 0 Char: 0 Code: 0 URI: http://www.keystonepersonals.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectsjh Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 As someone born in Manhattan who went to Penn., I liked the site, even though I have not been back in the U.S. for years. Some comments: 1) Catching and holding someone's attention on the web is tough. There is a great YouTube video on that by Sally Hogshead "How to Fascinate." She uses dating websites as an example for Internet surfers having the attention span of a goldfish. It is a "must see" for you. 2) Her video brings me to a second point. The Internet gurus maintain, with considerable credibility, that a video front and center on the landing page is the best attention getter one can have. The photograph is attractive, but just does not have "video power." 3) On line dating has, risk, risk RISK (desperately seeking Susan). Think hard about how to reduce that risk for your customers/clients. Then convey that risk removal to them. 4) Consider conducting an on-line survey of what your targeted singles want in a dating service. Your purpose is to devise a compelling value proposition for the user. "Free" may, or then again may not, be a key business driver for finding a mate on llne. People will pay a high entrance fee for the "in" club instead of going to the neighborhood pub for a perfectly good -- and reasonably priced -- drink. At the "in" club their chances (they believe) of meeting Prince Charming or Princess Supermodel are higher. I suspect that the power of premium branding also applies to on-line dating sites. 5) For this kind of venture, tieing in the social media is a must: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and also, I would suspect, for the upscale urban Yuppie contingent, Linked-In. Regards, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynismo Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thank you James for such great advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelburt Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 The only thing which struck me as kind of odd was the lime green. I'd say stick with the black/blue color scheme throughout. Just a suggestion, but like I said the green threw me off a little. Otherwise I like the idea, it's pretty ambitious. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiver112 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I like it, except the favicon! Just one question...how are you ever gonna be able to compete in the dating market? - there are thousands of sites like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiolon Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I think it could use some color, at least on the front page. Black and gray look negative to me when you are trying to find eternal happiness Also, your logo of keystonepersonals.com, the .com is highlighted to stand out. You want people to remember the name of your site, not the .com. One will assume it will be a .com but if they don't remember what comes before it then it is useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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