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[uppaluri]

Please visit http://www.openden.com/ and comment on how it looks and what it needs.

I had this site on custom PHP/MySQL pages for a while.
I have tried few other open source CMS before coming to XOOPS. I find the XOOPS interface and code the most intuitive.

At present there is nobody at the forums and nothing at the downloads. I am working on getting some tutorials to host.

best wishes,
Govind
http://www.openden.com/

 

[jbrown456]

Well I really like the idea of the site, and, the logo is nice, but all the text on the homepage is just too much, it's a little mind boggling. It needs a little more organization on the home page. Good luck! It looks good so far.

 

[ian]

jbrown said it really well, way way too much text on that homepage, it all looks way too busy and I would not click any further. It needs to be simplified.

 

[cw17s0n]

Hooray for open source

Just to add my 2cents, the blue and the green type doesnt help with any resemblance of a hierarchy, my eye just keeps jumping around, "where do you want to lead me", I would make sure the thin line for the footer extends the width of the content, I would remove the black background behind the amazon.com links, and I've never dealt with ad placement before, but perhaps you could narrow the field of ads to be more specific, I found "Orgasm: The Very Best of the Westbound Years" cd and "The Little Mermaid (Two-Disc Special Edition) " dvd through your site but I'm not sure of the relevance they have to your site.

 

[uppaluri]

Thank you very much for the critique and suggestions.

I will try and reduce the amount of text. May be more prominent graphics for section headings will help, you think ?

Amazon Omakase is really not serving the right ads for my site. I will remove them. To utilize the space, I may just promote books selected by me and not let Amazon do it.

best wishes,
Govind
http://www.openden.com/

 

[shannonlp]

Must agree with everyone that the wording seems to be to much.