New Website

[Ingwe]

On Sunday I launched my website covering American Swords. It is a work in progress, and I would appreciated any critique. It has taken me sometime to create and all of the work and photos are my own unless stated. There are quite a few Civil War swords as this is my particular focus (right now anyway). They tell me google will take weeks to pick the site up so here is the link:

https://SwordsUS.com

I hope you enjoy the site and please give me honest feedback.

Thank you!

Should be good now. Thank you for correcting...

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Bad link according to Google

 

[Gandycreek]

https://www.swordsus.com/

 

[Southron]

Impressive website. The photography and layout is excellent!

 

[James N.]

The Homepage is beautiful, BUT... It's off-centered and the left-hand margin's cut off along with the first few letters of each word and there's NO way for my computer to correct it . Though nowhere stated, shouldn't U. S. swords include Confederate examples of the various models, plus their makers be included? ( A simple disclaimer will "fix" this if you don't intend to include them. )

Edit: By the way, in your List of Makers where are Roby, Emerson & Silver, Tiffany, and probably other contractors for the 1860 cavalries? ( Of course, Tiffany was an importer rather than a manufacturer, but the same can be said of Horstmann. ) It seems your site so far is heavily weighted in favor of officers' rather than enlisted examples.

 

[rob63]

The website has a very nice look to it. I also appreciate that you included sections on collector tips and fakes. Well done!

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Impressive. I've got the site bookmarked.

 

[rob63]

The Homepage is beautiful, BUT... It's off-centered and the left-hand margin's cut off along with the first few letters of each word and there's NO way for my computer to correct it . )

I agree that is annoying. Hold down the "ctrl" key and then click "-" to zoom out and then you will be able to see it. FWIW, he did say that it is a work in progress.

 

[Bob Owen]

Welcome from Middle Tennessee! Great website! We could use a little (a lot) of your input on this forum!

 

[Ingwe]

The Homepage is beautiful, BUT... It's off-centered and the left-hand margin's cut off along with the first few letters of each word and there's NO way for my computer to correct it . Though nowhere stated, shouldn't U. S. swords include Confederate examples of the various models, plus their makers be included? ( A simple disclaimer will "fix" this if you don't intend to include them. )

Edit: By the way, in your List of Makers where are Roby, Emerson & Silver, Tiffany, and probably other contractors for the 1860 cavalries? ( Of course, Tiffany was an importer rather than a manufacturer, but the same can be said of Horstmann. ) It seems your site so far is heavily weighted in favor of officers' rather than enlisted examples.

I really appreciate your observances! Thank you.

In the Introduction, I do mention that no Confederate items are included out of personal decision...this is only because of the abhorrent number of fakes and my lack of expertise in them.

The makers that you name are "in the works" so to say. This site is a work in progress.,...and I hope will never be "completed" there will always be something to add!

There are many, many makers, assemblers and retailers not yet up. Mainly, because I don't own them yet...but am working on it. Some (like Emerson & Silver), are in the works just not visible yet as the page is not to my satisfaction.

Yes, the site is weighted towards officers.

I have a call in "as we speak" to see what can be done about the margins.

Please keep the comments and problems coming...that is the only way I can rectify them.

Thank you again,
Simon

 

[chellers]

Your site is beautiful.

On the introduction page, some of the books and authors are difficult to read due to text or background color.

Many thanks for sharing.

 

[Ingwe]

Your site is beautiful.

On the introduction page, some of the books and authors are difficult to read due to font or background color.

Many thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

Please check that again shortly. I have just changed it a bit to highlight the writing.

I hope it is better.

Thank you again.

 

[Mike Serpa]

I think the main body text color is too bluish and a little difficult to read. It should be whitened to match the color of the headline 'Introduction.' No problem with orange.

The site looks very professional! All the best to you.

 

[suzenatale]

On Sunday I launched my website covering American Swords. It is a work in progress, and I would appreciated any critique. It has taken me sometime to create and all of the work and photos are my own unless stated. There are quite a few Civil War swords as this is my particular focus (right now anyway). They tell me google will take weeks to pick the site up so here is the link:

https://SwordsUS.com

I hope you enjoy the site and please give me honest feedback.

Thank you!

Should be good now. Thank you for correcting...

The padding on your .nav_theme ul li a should be changed from 40px to something smaller, below I changed it to 10px in my browser and everything fits a bit better.

 

[chellers]

Thank you!

Please check that again shortly. I have just changed it a bit to highlight the writing.

I hope it is better.

Thank you again.

Yes, now the text is easier to read.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

I use Google chrome as a browser and still can't get into it.

 

[ole]

I use Google chrome as a browser and still can't get into it.

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Strange. I got in first try, and I got in before you said you couldn't. *^&@@ computers!

 

[Ingwe]

The padding on your .nav_theme ul li a should be changed from 40px to something smaller, below I changed it to 10px in my browser and everything fits a bit better.
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Thank you for this. It appears having made the website on a wide screen computer so the site does not conform to the squarer monitors. The code you show looks fascinating, but it is Russian to me. I shall talk to the people at godaddy and see what they say. Perhaps I can pay someone there to format it so it works on all screens.

Thank you everyone for your input. I shall continue tweeking the site. Please come and visit from time to time as the site will evolve.

 

[suzenatale]

Thank you for this. It appears having made the website on a wide screen computer so the site does not conform to the squarer monitors. The code you show looks fascinating, but it is Russian to me. I shall talk to the people at godaddy and see what they say. Perhaps I can pay someone there to format it so it works on all screens.

Thank you everyone for your input. I shall continue tweeking the site. Please come and visit from time to time as the site will evolve.

Ah sorry I forget not everyone knows code. I don't see the code, All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead. -Matrix quote

I don't think it's the size of the screen, it might be a little tight of a fit, but I think it will work.
.nav_theme is the name of the orange navigation bar. "ul" stands for unordered list, "li" is the list item and "a" is the link. Your links in your nav have 40px of padding and that is causing things to drop down to the next line and fall out of the yellow nav bar. With less padding, say 10px your text should fit better in your nav bar.

 

[suzenatale]

I use Google chrome as a browser and still can't get into it.

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Make sure your computer is displaying the correct date and time, if that is off it may cause this problem. Otherwise you might have a virus or spyware perhaps? Does it happen on other websites you visit?