On the landing page, the set of initials on top seems a bit much in my opinion. I think it would look nicer if you just kept with The Cole Zone raised up a space or two, and maybe one or two font sizes larger. That's my personal opinion though, and others may differ.
Again on the landing page, you've got three very nice, high clarity photos along with a nice video. That picture of the horseman seems to stick out. It's not nearly as clear as the other pictures, nor does it go with the theme. It looks fine on the home page though.
The rest of it seems well put together. I like the touch with the National Mounted Warefare Foundation. Functionally, everything seems to work correctly and it looks good.
Announcing my new web site, arideinthesun.com or thecolezone.com. take a look and give me some feed back, suggestions please.
As of now, it features war story videos and never publisted Vietnam War pictures
My technical nature forces me to critique the HTML construction more then the visual aesthetics.
Please don't think ill of me for the comments.
1) Change the text between the title tags to be the primary key-phrase you want google, yahoo and Bing to find in a search result.
2) http://arideinthesun.com/images/cz%20green.jpg (EXAMPLE) Refrain from using spaces in the file names of your graphic images. %20 causes technical problems and interferes with search engine ranking.
3) Avoid using the & in place of and when coding in HTML for many technical reasons.
The VIMEO video is nice and music is excellent.
When creating logos, create them as a portable network graphic .PNG file with a clear background.
This will allow for placement of a graphic without having to attempt to match the page background.
It is near impossible to make a text type logo with a color in the background match any hexadecimal equivalent
in page construction and graphic construction.
Last edited by shawnricheson; June 7th, 2017 at 9:32 PM.
On the landing page, the set of initials on top seems a bit much in my opinion. I think it would look nicer if you just kept with The Cole Zone raised up a space or two, and maybe one or two font sizes larger. That's my personal opinion though, and others may differ. I was advised by other professionals to come up with a logo thus the CZ.
Again on the landing page, you've got three very nice, high clarity photos along with a nice video. That picture of the horseman seems to stick out. It's not nearly as clear as the other pictures, nor does it go with the theme. It looks fine on the home page though. Those photos are a take off on the Mounted Warrior page that show the lineage of the mounted worrior: Horse Cavalry, Tanks, Mounted Infantry, and Air Cav.
The rest of it seems well put together. I like the touch with the National Mounted Warefare Foundation. Functionally, everything seems to work correctly and it looks good.
Again, thanks for your help, interest, and time.
Larry K. Cole
U.S. Army Retired
Real Estate Appraiser
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. Psalm 33:12
My technical nature forces me to critique the HTML construction more then the visual aesthetics.
Please don't think ill of me for the comments.
1) Change the text between the title tags to be the primary key-phrase you want google, yahoo and Bing to find in a search result. Good point
2) http://arideinthesun.com/images/cz%20green.jpg (EXAMPLE) Refrain from using spaces in the file names of your graphic images. %20 causes technical problems and interferes with search engine ranking.
3) Avoid using the & in place of and when coding in HTML for many technical reasons.
The VIMEO video is nice and music is excellent.
When creating logos, create them as a portable network graphic .PNG file with a clear background.
This will allow for placement of a graphic without having to attempt to match the page background.
It is near impossible to make a text type logo with a color in the background match any hexadecimal equivalent
in page construction and graphic construction.
Larry K. Cole
U.S. Army Retired
Real Estate Appraiser
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. Psalm 33:12
Checked out your site.
Think it's neat. Now a couple of comments:
1. A few misspelled words here and there. No big deal.
2. The opening page talks about RVN but you have pics of an M-1 tank, BFV and Apache attack helicopter.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.