New Updated Web site

[bwygirl]

We finally have our new web site up and running! Take a look, hope you like what you see. www.bwyachts.com Cheryl, Blue Water Yachts

[Chinook]

I just scrolled through most of the tabs on the new website. It not only highlights the dealership well, but also enticingly conveys the kinds of experiences which owning a Macgregor can make available. Very nicely done!

[Russ]

Very nice on the eyes. I love all the colorful pics.

The music is nice and I like it, but generally not cool for a commercial site. When at work, it's hard to not attract attention to the fact that you are goofing off when the music comes on. A "Music on/off" button might help.


Parts and Accessories
accessories link seems to be broken

http://bwyachts.com/web%20catalog%20312 ... sories.htm


--Russ

[Fxwg80hd]

I was going to say the same thing, the accessories link is broken. Plus apple does not support Flash, so can't do anything on your website with an iPad or iPhone.

I could use iPad or iPhone on the old website.

[jschrade]

Lack of iPhone/iPad is a problem.

Jim

[Fxwg80hd]

Yep, got to have that iPhone/iPad capability. I could be out on the water getting wet from all kinds of spray and decide now is a good time to buy that Dodger, but oops can't because my iPhone or iPad can't connect. Have to wait till I get home now, but by then I'm dry and forgot that I wanted a Dodger. Plus, gets mighty boring sitting around in an airport waiting for my delayed flight. That always cost me the most money.

[Fxwg80hd]

Now that I think about it, maybe it's a feature they built in to save me money.

[Hamin' X]

Seems to me, that the iphone/ipad problem is an iphone/ipad problem and not a website problem. When windows does not support a feature that apple does, it is always blamed on windows. When my blackberry does not do something that an iphone can, it is always the fault of my blackberry. BWY is simply supporting what the vast majority of the world uses. Maybe you folks should pester apple a little/lot and see if they won't support flash? By the way, my blackberry does not support flash either and I have pestered the BB folks about it.

~Rich

[Fxwg80hd]

Actually, really don't care if iPad or iPhone are supported. Just one clarification though, Flash is a highly filtered/blocked app. So, if you are in situation where it is blocked, then the website will not function period. More and more offices are blocking Flash, so the number of affected users could be higher than you think. As a result, many commercial web developers are no longer using Flash.

[seacatcapt]

I can get to the parts catalog, but none of the photos are linked. No joy on the Accessories page.

[nedmiller]

We live in a NO DSL part of the country and websites with big photos take forever to load. The website is beautiful, though! See if the photos are as small as you can make them and still have good quality!
SILK

[Catigale]

Flash Gordon plays fine on my Ipad - whats the fuss??

[kmclemore]

The site works OK for me, and the layout is nice. Having the pull-downs embedded in the photos below is handy and is a logical way to do it.

However, if I were you, I'd kill the Quicktime content altogether... it's just unnecessary 'web candy' (aka "dancing baloney'"), and besides, it may fail on some folk's computers, or cause them to have to install a plug-in, both of which are just plain annoying and serves no real purpose. It adds considerably to the load time for your page, too, but most importantly, if anybody accesses your site from work or any location where noise is verboten, then they'll be in for a rude shock and may choose not to visit your site again.

My personal 'Rule of Thumb' is to keep the web presence as as simple as possible and to use 'lite' code and images whenever you can, so you can effectively communicate the message in a rapid manner and to as wide an audience as possible... and to avoid 'dancing baloney' at all times.

Also, as noted, the accessories link is indeed broken.

[jschrade]

iPhone 4 latest software and firmware = no va!

Jim

[Russ]

Yea, lose the Java and Quicktime junk. There are other ways to accomplish those effects without it. I just realized that's why it initially took so long to load. 3 seconds without a page and people click the back button.

Your photos are the absolute best Mac photos on any Mac site. Just optimize them and you will be fine.

--Russ