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(@fwh-bubba)
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The logo is in production, but the site is up:

www.ivebeendeceived.com

Let me know what ya'll think!

 
Posted : 06/12/2011 12:08 pm
(@fwh-geirrod)
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Very good looking. Easy to get around. Looks like a winner.

 
Posted : 06/12/2011 12:16 pm
FWH Mikill
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Site looks nice. As a public school teacher, the content is rather offensive but to each his own.

 
Posted : 06/12/2011 10:05 pm
FWHJames
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I do not know if your doing this for a class project or your going to launch this idea for real, but there are a few issues I see.

First it is too orange for me, but that is a personal preference.
Second there are too many pages for too little information. I understand you hope to grow that site and add to it, but could some pages be combined so there is more content on each page. If your concern is people will not spend time reading the extra information present it in a FAQ format where your questions can be answered in a list format. ie.
What does TES mean?
What is the goal of TES?
How do you contact us?

Then you click on the question and it pops you to the answer, or you can read all the FAQs if you want all the information.

Lastly it took a few moments too long to load the first time, and unless your viewer is very interested in learning what is on the site then they will just move on. So adding a skip the intro link might be advised.

As for the content I like you if your in Texas and Mikill in Tennessee are all in the Bible belt. There is an arugement about the Godlessness in public school, But if you believe for one minute that many of the teachers at my school do not believe or allow students to express religions messages you would be completely wrong. The only people who have problems with it are parents of extremely radical churches who believe teachers and other students brand of Christianity is blasphemous. They are the ones that run to the school board and start complaining. Now I am not saying our school district does not follow the law when it comes to separation of Church and State, but really would you want government schools including religious instruction? What happens if a cult moves into one area and takes over the local school board? Then all the children in that area would have to listen to cult teachings all day long. Anyway the site is fine.

 
Posted : 06/12/2011 11:41 pm
(@fwh-klay)
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Good start overall on the site. I, like James, have some concern over the color scheme blinding me.

There was at least one typo on the "Obstacles" page (ahve) so you may want to run things through Word for spelling and grammar checks before adding to the site.

I didn't actually see any references listed if there were supposed to be some there.

"Logo Here" either needs to go or be replaced. thanks for the heads up G, missed that part of Bubba's post - please disregard

I was able to see pretty plainly the contact us option so not sure what James is referring to above. I also was able to see the mission statement to describe the goal.

I figured out that TES refers to "The Exit Strategy" but if you are going to use the term TES as a replacement you may want to find a way to work it into some () at the top of the page so people get it.

I won't get into a discussion here about my thoughts about the purpose/content right now, but if you want my input on that Bubba just let me know.

 
Posted : 07/12/2011 12:25 am
(@fwh-geirrod)
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The "Logo Here" if something he said wasn't done. He is still looking for a logo.

I don't mind the colors.

Bubba did not ask for help with the content. If anyone disagrees please pm Bubba directly instead of having a public debate. Or start a debate thread. This should be about the website and it's function, appearance, and usefulness.

 
Posted : 07/12/2011 12:52 am
Bookwyrm
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Someone got a new flash tool 🙂


Lose the splash page enter, thats just a waste of a click, they wouldn't be there if they didnt want to enter; if it's an accident, you want to expose as much information to the casual surfer, a click to enter sounds like a porn site


Your margins are off, the page doesnt resize based on the window size, also, I see some chopped graphics at the bottom of the page; who ever built the site is really designing to a "full screen" viewing, it shows nicely in full screen, most people dont view in full screen.


There is a wide margin at the bottom that needs to be resized


The HTML site link is broken


Your icons for FB and Tw are huge, reduce and move to the bottom,


The "more info" button actually launches a new browser window instead of just going to the next page. Dont launch a new browser, dont even launch a new tab, navigation got strange enough that I stopped


Color's are fine to me,


Add an ecommerce or paypal link to accept donations for the hosting of the site and to skim off the rubes


 
Posted : 07/12/2011 1:30 am
FWHJames
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http://open-tube.com/top-10-web-20-quick-easy-banner-and-logo-makers/

might help with the logo

 
Posted : 07/12/2011 5:24 am
(@fwh-bubba)
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Thank you all who responded! I have already begun to either fix grammatical errors or look into how to fix other errors.

As for the content - I do know that it is divisive. I am also a teacher with a Master's in Ed Admin so I am not coming from a place of ignorance.

Again, thank you all for your help!

Bubba

 
Posted : 07/12/2011 7:40 am
Bookwyrm
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Whose Ed Admin, he your site developer?

 
Posted : 08/12/2011 4:57 am
FWH Bennett
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Is he related to Idi Admin, The Butcher of Uganda?

 
Posted : 08/12/2011 11:37 am
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