Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know about the new site. I designed it myself and I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.

http://www.outofthehatmagic.com

There are some cool things to come.


Thanks,
Ben Morris-Rains


(BTW: When viewing the site in Opera, there are problems. I don't know why, but there are problems, haha. This is optimized for Internet Explorer)

Here's my unsolicited opinion.

The opening splash, Enter page is a cool graphic but is a splash really page needed? In my head it just delays access to the information pages.
Also the heading should be consistant with the headings on the other pages.

Having to scroll sideways to see the menu is not something that I like.
The table is set at 1024 and not everyone has that big a monitor.

Lastly. The text links on the About page are dark and are a bit hard for us oldies to read.

Best,

The website itself is good, but what is even better are Ben's ideas. He is an intelligent thinker and a creative guy. He sent me some of his ideas in pdf form and I was inspired.

I look forward to any future releases that he has.

Donny

Hey thanks for the replies.

I'm thinking you are right about the splash page and I will most likely take that down.

Since I am new to the whole website thing, by the heading, do you mean the words the window bar?

Thanks Jaz and I will take your thoughts into consideration. I am just new at this whole thing.


P.S. Thanks Donny, looking forward to jamming soon.

By heading I mean the words 'Out Of The Hat Magic Productions'.
Since this title is basically your identity, this should look the same on each page.

Luck to ya,

I agree with Jaz, the menu is set to big. But other then that its a nice site.

There are problems also in Safari. The red links don't work and the video is in the center of the page, covering a couple links. The only link that works is "By Ben . . ."

No need for the splash page though it is an interesting graphic.

Does anyone know why it doesn't show up right in Opera or Safari?

Thanks guys for your comments and help.

Alright, I've stayed up all night fixing and re-aranging the site. I think it is now more readable and it should fit all monitors.

Thanks again,
Ben Morris-Rains

http://www.outofthehatmagic.com

Very nice Ben, good job.

I just checked it in Safari... Looks good!