Training Website Improvements...

[PurpleGriffon]

Hey Don,

Thanks for taking the time to look over the website and give me your opinion on it. I appreciate it.

You've hit on some great points in your feedback. That said, I actually like the Google page you linked. I believe there is an argument for using whitespace well. Whether I've achieved that is another matter.

In terms of AJAX, I wanted to make the booking process work on 1 page and reduce the amount of fields the user has to complete, with only those necessary for making a booking. I think this could be streamlined and made in to a faster process for the user. We all hate filling out forms.

The navigation is something that has been nagging at me from day 1. The problem we have though, is we have so many courses and categories, as well as non-course related pages that need to fit together. This needs some careful thought. I would ideally like to combine the 2 navigation elements and make them more straightforward to use. I really need to think about this one.

Fonts and typography is another one for me. It doesn't feel wholly consistent across the site and I feel that this could be improved somewhat.

Anyway, thanks again for your detailed feedback, I very much appreciate it.

Gaz

[donford]

Hi Gaz,

I'm glad you found it helpful. I can certainly concede the point about the Google layout I am sure more people find that type of layout pleasant then not, or it wouldn't be so popular.

I think you really have a firm grasp on what to do and it certainly looks like it is going to require some thought. I kind of wish more people gave you some opinions to help you with your future development.

Best of luck,

Don

[PurpleGriffon]

I'm slowly improving the layout and design. Let me know your thoughts.

https://purplegriffon.com/ (CTRL + R or CMD + R)

[donford]

I like the accordion for training (your previous biggest navigation hog), I used this style for our jobs page myself.

I like the reduced footer size still too large for me but better.

I noticed your specials were gone from the home page, was that a low engagement item?

Your top navigation is gone on the Free Quiz page which makes that category an orphan

Looks very good overall.

Don

[PurpleGriffon]

Thanks dude. I'm still updating and have now added further enhancements and fixed some bugs. I've also reincorporated the special offers. Cheers.

[PurpleGriffon]

OK, you're probably getting bored with this now but other than including a course search on the home page I'm pretty much getting there now and I've made some more adjustments to the nav and fixed up the event and course pages somewhat. Still a bit more to do but we're getting there now.

https://purplegriffon.com - Home Page

https://purplegriffon.com/courses/itil-training/itil-foundation-training/itil-foundation - Course Page

https://purplegriffon.com/event/2028/itil-foundation - Events Page

I've also improved the load time too and it loads in around 1 second now.

[donford]

Looks really good

Couple nit-picky things, on home page when you click special offers (page 2+) the page refreshes but doesn't bring you back to the special areas you have to scroll back down. Same for the courses page. Perhaps these are good places to use anchors. Also the Quiz page is still orphaned. Finally, when you're on the Consultancy page and you open the Training accordion and close it, the consultancy info disappears.

Cheers!

[PurpleGriffon]

Cheers Dude,

Yeah, the special offers is an issue. I'll look in to sorting that or perhaps only show 5 at a time.

Which courses page are you referring to mate please?

The quiz had all the chrome removed in order to offer less distraction for those taking it. That was intentional.

Finally buddy, I can't replicate the issue you're having with the consultancy page. Seems fine to me bud.

Cheers!

[donford]

Okay so the course thing and the special offer, any page that requires you to scroll down to see the complete list, and the click the next page, will always return to you to the top of the page not at the bottom where you actually clicked the next page button.

To replicate the Consultancy issue

Firefox (browser)

1. From Homepage Click Consultancy link
2. Click Training to bring up the accordion
3. Click any option inside the accordion menu to expand it
4. Re-click the accordion menu option to collapse it
5. Consultancy text disappears

Sorry took me awhile to get back to this post.

IMG: http://i.imgur.com/fRndGJJ.jpg

Hope that helps,

Don

fRndGJJ.jpg

[PurpleGriffon]

Hey,

No problem. I appreciate you taking the time to have a look and get back to me.

I've fixed the issue. It was a JavaScript class selector problem but it's all sorted so thanks for spotting that mate.

Cheers

Gaz