www.kairoshealing.co.uk

[Gerb (UK)]

Hi there,

Please give me your thoughts (good or bad) on the site I've just about completed. Please bear in mind the target audience and site content when reviewing it...

http://www.kairoshealing.co.uk

Thankyou!

[the_unknown_one]

It's quite nice, I like how you kept the style, and there wasn't a new Preloader everytime you changed the page. There was only problem i found, though, (unfortunately I can't work out how) which was that the Mouse.hide() kind of gave up after a while.
Nice site though. soothing music :o .

[Gerb (UK)]

Thanks for the feedback.

Not exactly sure what you mean about the mouse hide - it changes to a butterfly after the intro - have you experienced problems? I've thought about dropping the 'butterfly mouse' due to it's fairly high 'cheese' factor...what d'you think?

Thanks again...

[the_unknown_one]

hmmmm, i suppose the cheese factor is high, but i suppose it will appeal to the sites target audience.

What i mean about the mouse hide thing, is that in your site, you have at the start of the code something like this (i think):
startDrag(butterfly_mc,true)
Mouse.hide()

The Mouse.hide() function works at the beginning, but then stops.
I'll just check the site again to find out.


EDIT:On my second visit, the error did not occur, but i did realise that with the butterfly mouse, I found it hard to click some of the buttons. Maybe thats just me being retarded :o , so check it, and see if you find it hard.

Also, how did you make the mailer system? it looks interesting, especially if it can all be done in flash, unless it communicates to a Server side script, which I would have no idea about.

[Gerb (UK)]

Yeah, I've noticed a few problems with the 'butterfly/mouse' and hit areas etc. so I may give it another thought. The mouse hide stops as soon as I apply the startDrag script to the butterfly symbol - as you spotted correctly.

The mailer system uses PHP to send the contact form details, so it's not completely handled by Flash, which just passes the relevant variables to the PHP file. The same thing can be done with CGI scripts as well.

Do a search for Flash form tutorials with PHP/CGI - it's not that difficult to work out and you should be able to find a free script somewhere on Actionscript.com

[Gerb (UK)]

OK, I did this site for my Mum for free. If she wasn't my mum but she'd wanted exactly the same site, how much would you expect her to have to pay for it from a freelance web designer?

What I'm trying to say is how much could I realistically charge for a similar site in the future???

[the_unknown_one]

I'm sorry i don't personally know, but i woud like to just to see how much money i would earn if i was to become a web designer at my age.

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How about instead of using start drag...just make the mouse a movie clip and putonClipEvent(enterFrame){this._x=_root._xmouse; this._y=_root._ymouse}
You may have significantly better luck with this