Feedback on my site

[julie]

I'm thinking about making some changes to the website, and would really like some honest feedback.

1. I think the homepage is too cluttered. Not much I can do about changing the Navigation bar at this point as yahoo is suppose to be releasing a "drop down" option soon. So until then, I am leaving the navigation on the home page the same, so someone can see EVERYTHING that is available on the site. But I hate how cluttered the rest of it looks. Please provide feedback on what you think I should remove from the home page, or how I can re-organize it to look better.

2. I am thinking about moving most of the info on the babies to another site, like a baby blog or something that is free. I will leave the IVF and possibly pregnancy journey on the site, because I feel that people do like to hear "success stories" when they are doing their research, but all the pictures, movies...and anything after the babies were born, I want to move so it doesn't take away from the site.

3. AFTER I move all of those things to another site (baby stuff) I am really toying with the idea of putting sponsorship section on there. Bottom like, the site gets 75-200 hits a day on average. I get about 4-7 emails a week from other men with CF or other women with partners with CF who are investigating the infertility information and want further specific information, I get about 3-5 repeat emails/responses out of those initial 4-7. I want to keep this site up and running, I do believe it provides a service, information that is not widely available and hope in the form of success stories; among other things. But the monthly cost of paying for the Yahoo service is really eating into our limited budget. It's not extensive, the cost is $15.45 a month but it's a lot for us now.
I realize there are free sites out there, I have investigated a number of them and none provide what I have currently with yahoo, and I don't want a site plagued with advertisements. So.... what do you guys think? Tacky? Is there a better way to go about this?

4. For those who do have a few minutes to browse around the site, what do you think of the layout? Is it too confusing? Do you get all the info I'm putting out there, or are there questions still un-answered? Do you think most of the rest of the pages are cluttered? (I sort of do!!!). How does the site "show up" on your computer screen? I'm designing it on a 17 inch computer and my family tells me sometimes that it's all out of wack. Do you have a problem with it? Is the font too big....

Please, give me honest feedback. THis website is for the information of others and I really want it to be useful and utilized by those who need it!

HUGE thanks in advance!!!!

 

[julie]

I'm thinking about making some changes to the website, and would really like some honest feedback.

1. I think the homepage is too cluttered. Not much I can do about changing the Navigation bar at this point as yahoo is suppose to be releasing a "drop down" option soon. So until then, I am leaving the navigation on the home page the same, so someone can see EVERYTHING that is available on the site. But I hate how cluttered the rest of it looks. Please provide feedback on what you think I should remove from the home page, or how I can re-organize it to look better.

2. I am thinking about moving most of the info on the babies to another site, like a baby blog or something that is free. I will leave the IVF and possibly pregnancy journey on the site, because I feel that people do like to hear "success stories" when they are doing their research, but all the pictures, movies...and anything after the babies were born, I want to move so it doesn't take away from the site.

3. AFTER I move all of those things to another site (baby stuff) I am really toying with the idea of putting sponsorship section on there. Bottom like, the site gets 75-200 hits a day on average. I get about 4-7 emails a week from other men with CF or other women with partners with CF who are investigating the infertility information and want further specific information, I get about 3-5 repeat emails/responses out of those initial 4-7. I want to keep this site up and running, I do believe it provides a service, information that is not widely available and hope in the form of success stories; among other things. But the monthly cost of paying for the Yahoo service is really eating into our limited budget. It's not extensive, the cost is $15.45 a month but it's a lot for us now.
I realize there are free sites out there, I have investigated a number of them and none provide what I have currently with yahoo, and I don't want a site plagued with advertisements. So.... what do you guys think? Tacky? Is there a better way to go about this?

4. For those who do have a few minutes to browse around the site, what do you think of the layout? Is it too confusing? Do you get all the info I'm putting out there, or are there questions still un-answered? Do you think most of the rest of the pages are cluttered? (I sort of do!!!). How does the site "show up" on your computer screen? I'm designing it on a 17 inch computer and my family tells me sometimes that it's all out of wack. Do you have a problem with it? Is the font too big....

Please, give me honest feedback. THis website is for the information of others and I really want it to be useful and utilized by those who need it!

HUGE thanks in advance!!!!

 

[julie]

I'm thinking about making some changes to the website, and would really like some honest feedback.

1. I think the homepage is too cluttered. Not much I can do about changing the Navigation bar at this point as yahoo is suppose to be releasing a "drop down" option soon. So until then, I am leaving the navigation on the home page the same, so someone can see EVERYTHING that is available on the site. But I hate how cluttered the rest of it looks. Please provide feedback on what you think I should remove from the home page, or how I can re-organize it to look better.

2. I am thinking about moving most of the info on the babies to another site, like a baby blog or something that is free. I will leave the IVF and possibly pregnancy journey on the site, because I feel that people do like to hear "success stories" when they are doing their research, but all the pictures, movies...and anything after the babies were born, I want to move so it doesn't take away from the site.

3. AFTER I move all of those things to another site (baby stuff) I am really toying with the idea of putting sponsorship section on there. Bottom like, the site gets 75-200 hits a day on average. I get about 4-7 emails a week from other men with CF or other women with partners with CF who are investigating the infertility information and want further specific information, I get about 3-5 repeat emails/responses out of those initial 4-7. I want to keep this site up and running, I do believe it provides a service, information that is not widely available and hope in the form of success stories; among other things. But the monthly cost of paying for the Yahoo service is really eating into our limited budget. It's not extensive, the cost is $15.45 a month but it's a lot for us now.
I realize there are free sites out there, I have investigated a number of them and none provide what I have currently with yahoo, and I don't want a site plagued with advertisements. So.... what do you guys think? Tacky? Is there a better way to go about this?

4. For those who do have a few minutes to browse around the site, what do you think of the layout? Is it too confusing? Do you get all the info I'm putting out there, or are there questions still un-answered? Do you think most of the rest of the pages are cluttered? (I sort of do!!!). How does the site "show up" on your computer screen? I'm designing it on a 17 inch computer and my family tells me sometimes that it's all out of wack. Do you have a problem with it? Is the font too big....

Please, give me honest feedback. THis website is for the information of others and I really want it to be useful and utilized by those who need it!

HUGE thanks in advance!!!!

 

[julie]

I want to do it the way you suggested (having the mouse scroll over the "main" point page and then have the sub-pages come up ONLY on that section). like www.resolve.com has theirs, but yahoo doesn't have that option as of yet. They say it soemthing they've recieved feedback on and will be adding to the sitebuilder some day. And I don't know HTML code so I can't write it myself. I keep waiting for it to change.

Do you think it would be easier to have ONE link on the home page to the "table of contents" or "navigation" and then make that "busy" stuff (with the categories and subcategories) on a page all by itself? At least do it that way for now until yahoo adds the option for headers and then subtitles?

I too think it's busy, and I don't want to scare people off or get them confused or overwhelm them.

I try to keep our baby stories down at the bottom for now, but I'm thinking about moving it all together to another site (a free one). I'll have a link "out" to the babies site from my site of course, but don't want it to take away from the reason the site is there, information first and foremost, and hope!

Do you think there are things that I should emphasise on the home page, so people have a better idea of what info. they will find in the website?

Thanks for the feedback Karen!!! I really really appreciate it. I want to make the site better, I think i've created it a bit out of control and it helps immensley to hear an "outside" view. Thank you!! And thank you for the clothes on the way! That is so so kind of you. I sent our address in a PM.

Are you talking about the bow in her hair where she is sitting in the bumbo? If that's the one, it's a christmas bow from a package and it has the sticky underside, so I just stuck it to her head, LOL!

 

[julie]

I want to do it the way you suggested (having the mouse scroll over the "main" point page and then have the sub-pages come up ONLY on that section). like www.resolve.com has theirs, but yahoo doesn't have that option as of yet. They say it soemthing they've recieved feedback on and will be adding to the sitebuilder some day. And I don't know HTML code so I can't write it myself. I keep waiting for it to change.

Do you think it would be easier to have ONE link on the home page to the "table of contents" or "navigation" and then make that "busy" stuff (with the categories and subcategories) on a page all by itself? At least do it that way for now until yahoo adds the option for headers and then subtitles?

I too think it's busy, and I don't want to scare people off or get them confused or overwhelm them.

I try to keep our baby stories down at the bottom for now, but I'm thinking about moving it all together to another site (a free one). I'll have a link "out" to the babies site from my site of course, but don't want it to take away from the reason the site is there, information first and foremost, and hope!

Do you think there are things that I should emphasise on the home page, so people have a better idea of what info. they will find in the website?

Thanks for the feedback Karen!!! I really really appreciate it. I want to make the site better, I think i've created it a bit out of control and it helps immensley to hear an "outside" view. Thank you!! And thank you for the clothes on the way! That is so so kind of you. I sent our address in a PM.

Are you talking about the bow in her hair where she is sitting in the bumbo? If that's the one, it's a christmas bow from a package and it has the sticky underside, so I just stuck it to her head, LOL!

 

[julie]

I want to do it the way you suggested (having the mouse scroll over the "main" point page and then have the sub-pages come up ONLY on that section). like www.resolve.com has theirs, but yahoo doesn't have that option as of yet. They say it soemthing they've recieved feedback on and will be adding to the sitebuilder some day. And I don't know HTML code so I can't write it myself. I keep waiting for it to change.

Do you think it would be easier to have ONE link on the home page to the "table of contents" or "navigation" and then make that "busy" stuff (with the categories and subcategories) on a page all by itself? At least do it that way for now until yahoo adds the option for headers and then subtitles?

I too think it's busy, and I don't want to scare people off or get them confused or overwhelm them.

I try to keep our baby stories down at the bottom for now, but I'm thinking about moving it all together to another site (a free one). I'll have a link "out" to the babies site from my site of course, but don't want it to take away from the reason the site is there, information first and foremost, and hope!

Do you think there are things that I should emphasise on the home page, so people have a better idea of what info. they will find in the website?

Thanks for the feedback Karen!!! I really really appreciate it. I want to make the site better, I think i've created it a bit out of control and it helps immensley to hear an "outside" view. Thank you!! And thank you for the clothes on the way! That is so so kind of you. I sent our address in a PM.

Are you talking about the bow in her hair where she is sitting in the bumbo? If that's the one, it's a christmas bow from a package and it has the sticky underside, so I just stuck it to her head, LOL!