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  • detritus1

    Your email-wanting drippy-background overlay that imposes itself as soon as the site loads is the sort of thing that makes me instantly close websites down - *especially* when the close X is a tiny little thing hidden in a corner. That's really annoying and anti-user. if I like your site, I'll sign up. I literally don't see the point or use of asking for an email the minute I land on a site.

    As Hayzilla says - this distinctly looks like its targetting women, not men.

    imho - more immediate content, less scrollyscrolly.

    • lol, fucking squarespace. You realise your website is over 13Mb?detritus
    • sorry, for clarification: "the first 'page' of the site, not the entire thing"detritus
    • 5Mb of Javascript, and a half megabyte index file. ffs, squarespace should be banned.detritus
    • or, better yet, taken out back and shot in the head.detritus
    • lol, detritus, you have a real hate-on for site size :)Gnash
    • I'm no web-head, but does it really matter that much anymore? loaded quickly for meGnash
    • Prossibly not, but it should. *Especially* in regards to inefficient JS - all that shit needs to be compiled and run = high bandwidth and processing overheads.detritus
    • (i'm pretty ignorant of that back-endie stuff - but if a site takes too long to load I always bail, so I guess it's relevant)Gnash
    • Thanks I will update that image as its not that nice and i kinda forgot.piperboytoy
  • Hayzilla2

    Nice looking site.

    Every photo is of women, womens clothing, baking etc. And generally looks 100% like ladies work for ladies. Not that I care but you said it was aimed at lads right? Or maybe I don't get your point.

    • Thanks, I agree, that was how I started since it was easier to find women's fashion. I do want to find more content that more geared towards men.piperboytoy
    • Needs more dick pics ;-)Hayzilla
    • lolpiperboytoy
  • utopian1

    My first impression is...that overall the design is clean, but it does not feel like a sustainable design website/blog. I also don't feel that the "Aurora Borealis" image translates as sustainable design. The interior pages are nicely designed, easy to scan and read.

    I would also find a way to make the site look and feel more curated. This can simply be done by crediting the writer, featured artist, etc...with their name, small pic and a link to their bio in the intro of each article on the site. This would also help personalize the webpages.

    Cheers!

    • Thanks for the curated idea, I didn't think about that going into it but will work on that.piperboytoy
  • Hayzilla1

    Pages like this feel a bit disjointed/messy. Font wise.
    https://thisisedvin.com/artivism…

    Before the story even starts on this page there are all kinds of fonts, cases and colours...
    1. aktiv-grotesk
    2. proxima
    3. vinyl
    4. bodoni
    5. brandon-grotesque

    I liked the zero waste article. Could maybe spread that over 5 different posts to make the content go further.

    I was less interested in the Africa article. Difficult why to say without sounding racist or elitist but I can't really relate my efforts to climate change with small craftsmen in poor countries. Like you know, a boy making toy cars from bottle tops. Personal opinion sorry.

    • The newsletter signup over the whole page pissed me off.Hayzilla
    • Thanks Hayzilla, I don't know why i didn't see that. I guess i've mostly been focusing on finding and curating relevant content. But now I'm going to clean up.piperboytoy
  • oey0

    is it down or is it my connection?
    ah! there it is!

  • detritus1

    Further to what Hazilla says about fonts - you're loading in multiple weights fo each, which adds on even more to the page weight than I mentioned above...

    aktiv-grotesk, 4 weights
    baskerville-urw, 2 weights
    brandon-grotesque, 8 weights
    ltc-bodoni-175:, 1 weight
    proxima-nova, 3 weights
    vinyl, 2 weights

    20 fonts! Impressive.

    • *Hayzilla.detritus
    • oh man thats crazy. I'm actually just using square space and did not realize I have all those fonts. It might have been because I switched templates.piperboytoy
  • piperboytoy0

    Also are there content that you liked and if there are things that would make you want to come back?

  • shapesalad1

    at first the main page was empty below "SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE", I scrolled down, "WE VALUE THE BEAUTY THAT..." started to load up, then suddenly whole page taken over with an annoying email signup thing(man I hate these so much).

    By this time, I'd had enough. Now I'll read your post and see what it's all about.

  • Gnash1

    I'd prefer to see a little more than just the title of the article. perhaps add a few lines from the opening paragraph in order to add a little dynamics to each entry.

    also, at the top of each entry think about adding the category the article falls under; maker / art / design / ... But small, like the date.

    I find the 'mission statement" panel (the arctic scene) will become annoying after visiting the site a few times. I think it's okay for an occasional "plug" of some initiative you may support but it's intrusive with repetition.

  • uan1

    "inspire action curbing climate change"
    I miss a list of possible actions in a prominent position. simple ones but also more difficult ones.

    found something like 'buy a reusable water bottle' which misses the point, because you could just recycle a bottle you already have as a reusable water bottle. but the tip on the site says to buy a new one, which will use more resources and produce more waste.

  • piperboytoy0

    Thanks all for your feedback. I will take a look and address them all. This is very helpful and I thank you for giving me the time of day in my personal quest.