nickbrookfield Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Just launched a website, mobile site & cms for a local restaurant in chester. what's your thoughts? http://theweighingroom.co.uk Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I like the look, but two complaints: 1. The menus are .pdf files. I hate that. You should never, ever, ever force the user to have an add-on and to open another window in order to view what's primarily textual data. There's no reason why you can't incorporate the menus into the site itself, with a printer friendly version available. 2. The background images have a distracting load time and pop-in. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgweb Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 The only thing i really noticed was that the background image load times are intense i would optimize them more. other then that it looks great. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbrookfield Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Thanks for the feedback I've already flagged the pdf menus with the restaurant and I'm hoping to have them in html format and also into the cms for them to control. I'll have a crack at getting the background images down in file size many thanks again! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 "The Weighing Room" on the left menu looks like it is cut off on my screen, not sure if anything is below it or not. I see you fade the background image in, but to make it "cleaner", you could do some js like so: imgPath = "/path/to/image.jpg"; img = new Image(); img.src = imgPath; img.load = function(){ $("#myDiv").css({backgroundImage: imgPath, display: "none"}).fadeIn("fast"); } Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahngiel Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 The site is neat, I'll give you that. However my largest concern is how vivid the backgrounds are in comparison with the opaque containers. The clash is too intense to legibly read the words without strain Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbrookfield Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 "The Weighing Room" on the left menu looks like it is cut off on my screen, not sure if anything is below it or not. I see you fade the background image in, but to make it "cleaner", you could do some js like so: imgPath = "/path/to/image.jpg"; img = new Image(); img.src = imgPath; img.load = function(){ $("#myDiv").css({backgroundImage: imgPath, display: "none"}).fadeIn("fast"); } Hi Little guy, thanks for the js clean up. i'll give that a blast tonight. How do you mean about the menu being cut off? which browser are you using? any chance of a screen grab? many thanks again! nick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbrookfield Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 The site is neat, I'll give you that. However my largest concern is how vivid the backgrounds are in comparison with the opaque containers. The clash is too intense to legibly read the words without strain many thanks for the positive feedback. i'll have a play with the opacity to make the content clearer cheers, nick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Here is my screen shot, Resolution: 1366x768 Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbrookfield Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Here is my screen shot, Resolution: 1366x768 aha! cool ok. thats the facebook like module. thats an unusual screen res. will have a look at squeezing up the nav to fit it in cheers, nick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/266451-restaurant-wesbite/#findComment-1365718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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