Please review my site (sells automotive parts)

[Speed N Stylez]

Let me start off by saying this is my very first website. I had someone design the layout and I basically try to maintain it the best I can. I just recently started reading up on building sites and optimization and all that good stuff.

If you guys could check it out I would really appreciate it. Click Here (http://www.speednstylez.com)

Basically just give me a heads up on anything you would improve, change or take out. Thanks for everyones time.

[rhsunderground]

i noticed that one your main page, the content aligns right at the top of the page, but on most of the other pages i saw, it's more than a quarter inch down. not a huge difference, but noticable. the content, at least the menu and the main page, is all flash, which is really unnecessary. it adds lots of size to the webpage, making it longer-loading. the slideshow would be fine in flash but the top image and links could easily be done with just a minute bit of html and css. other than that, looks good!

[spufi]

I would see about changing the Flash part to where it's only the rotating of the images. I don't see a need for the text to be part of the Flash.

[Speed N Stylez]

Thanks for the replies. Keep em comin...

[Speed N Stylez]

Any more comments?

[BeachSide]

There is not really much else to say about it. Unless you know php and how to deal with .tpl files and such.

One thing I would recommed is that you should think about resizing your pictures so that they are not pixelated. I forget what the picture sizes you need for OsCommerce. There are a few different sizes for the different areas.

[KDLA]

Here are a few things to ponder and/or enjoy:

1. Oops - this site implements tables as a layout format. Not good if you're striving to make your site Accessible. (Although, I don't know that many blind/visually impaired people who need auto parts...) Anyway, you might investigate converting this to a CSS layout. For more info., consult the W3C site: http://www.w3.org.

2. The images don't translate too well to the web - a little too bright and pixelated. You might try aiming for a higher resolution (but still try to keep the file size small). I would suggest not working with the current images, but starting over from scratch. JPG's are pretty fussy when it comes to improving resolution and/or sharpness - things usually get worse rather than better.

Along that same line, the shade of really, really light gray you're using to delineate the sections could either be darker; or omitted and substituted with the use of borders. (Vertical line for navigation, box for parts/content section, etc.)

3. I like that your homepage states right there, dead center, the new stuff. Too many sites have it linked elsewhere, usually left unnoticed by the customer.

4. Nice use of 'Alt' tags - those must be a pain to deal with, with so many images to describe!

5. I noticed that some of the images displayed within the site seem a little squished. Could be the result of your table layout trying to adjust to my 800x600 resolution screen. You might check to see absolute values are competing with relative values for both your cells' height/width and/or images' width/height.

Besides these few things and finding out that the prices for Honda parts are depressingly outrageous, seems like a good site.

Good Luck -

[BeachSide]

He is using OsCommerace so unless they want to recode the entire thing he is stuck with the tables.

The way it lays out the pictures it has specified sizes there are like 3 I think. You have to make your pics those particular sizes or the tables layout streaches or mushes them depending on the size of the original pic.

[Speed N Stylez]

Originally posted by KDLA
Here are a few things to ponder and/or en...

...would suggest not working with the current images, but starting over from scratch. JPG's are pretty fussy when it comes to improving resolution and/or sharpness - things usually get worse rather than better..

WHAT TYPE OF IMG FILE DO YOU SUGGEST BESIDES JPG? IM REALLY NEW TO THIS SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME

...Nice use of 'Alt' tags - those must be a pain to deal with, with so many images to...

YES ITS A PAIN BUT SOMEONES GOTTA DO IT, AND YES MY PRICES ARE A BIT MUCH BUT THATS WHERE THE QUALITY & SERVICE COME IN PLAY...;)

THANKS FOR THE HELPFUL INPUT I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO CORRECT IT WITHOUT MESSING UP THE ENTIRE SITE

[KDLA]

How you go about this is also dependent upon how you take the pictures - digital camera, or scanning photographs. You might check the settings on your camera or scanner to see if the resolution is set very low. I'd suggest that at least 300 dpi be a setting (or a 1MB file size). It's easier to scale down high resolution images than it is to improve low resolution ones.

With no intention of sounding like a commercial, I suggest working with .PNG images in a program like Macromedia's Fireworks, and then using the program's Export Preview/Export Wizard to convert them to JPG's. This way, you have the opportunity to view what the image will look like once its resolution is downsized for web usage.

This is a very basic program, and with the large amount of images you use on your site, it would be an easy avenue for you to pursue.

Company site: http://www.macromedia.com/software/fireworks/
Reviews: http://www.download.com/Macromedia-Fireworks-MX/3640-2192_4-10227163.html

Good Luck -