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I have been working on a website for crafters, and I need some feed back to help make the site better.

If you have time please let me know what you think. All feed back is welcomed.....

URL: www.swgtools.com

Thx for any feedback you can supply...

It's good to see someone putting this kind of effort into helping the community.

A couple first impressions:

1. Check your spelling, the first thing I noticed were some spelling errors, I know, it's nit-picky, but correct spelling goes a long way toward developing some credibility.

2. Your resource section should also include the galaxy it was found in. It is my understanding (and I may be wrong here, but I think I'm right) that each resource is unique - so a resource found on Ahazi may never see the light of day on another galaxy.

3. I personally hate giving any personal information. If you require any personal info to log in to your website, you will lose those who feel like I do.

I wish you great luck with the site, and have bookmarked it for future reference.

Thanks for sharing.

Bianca Minola

nice looking site...needs to build up the database of material and other stuff.

2 things...

1) Spelling, asBiancaMinola said.

2) Something a long the lines of whatBiancaMinola said, I personally dont like having to sign up to sites, Why are you requiring people to sign up ? Whats your reason ?

Thank you for your feedback.

Unless I have have some bad code somewhere the only parts of the website that require you to log in are places where you can make changes, like updating or adding Schematics, User Tools, or to view the Website stats.

If you find a part of the site where this is not true please let me know so i can take a look at the code.

The only personal infomation I ask for is First Name, Last Name, and email address. I don't think that is getting to private...... but I am willing to consider removing the last name requirement. Please let me know what you all think is fair....

I will try and look into and see if the material on diffrent servers effects the stats if it is the case I will add in the information into the database.

FYI All the current raw materials are based on the Eclipse server if you are on a diffrent server and the material do not match will you please take a screen shot and email to me for conformation. My email address is [email protected]

I am also working on the spelling, I have to admit up front Im dislexic..... So I have a very hard time finding spelling mistakes....I have a couple ofpeople who have said they would help melookover the sitefor spelling, butI have not heard back from them so any helpwould be appreated....

Once again, Thank you for taking the time to look, and letting me know what you think.

You all do know that you don't have to give correct information for site logins, right? Yeah, it's a pain in the butt to deal with in the first place, but let me tell you, I personally am known as 'John Doe' by dozens of sites on the web.

Joedash

That is true I have no real way to validate any information....... Unless you want to send me your SSN, Drivers licence, DNA Sample, Birth Certificate, and 2 other forms of id..

I personally find the dark blue links on a black background to be pretty hard to read. A lighter shade of blue or another light color would stand out better on the black background.

Regarding spelling, do you have an application with a spell check feature? I'd recommend pasting your text into Word or whatever and running spell check. Or you can use the website I just found on Google : www.spellcheck.net

My 2 credits.

Pawlin

I hate to sound very rude, but my first reaction was a gasp and then cringe to the look of the site. Everything just feels like its layed out in a confusing manner.. I find it hard to focus on what I'm looking at, or figure out what I'm searching for.

Well,

By popular request the Blue, and Purple links are now gone....... Unforchantly I am using a very old copy of visual interdev to design the site and it does not include a spell check in the program..... I am working on the spelling but it is going to take some time to make all the corrections. If you find a spelling mistake that is driving you crazy fell free to email me and I will take care of it as soon as possible.

As to the flow of the website, can you please give me more information...... what feels out of place?? how else would you like for me to lay it out.... Im open to ideas

Thx for all of your feedback,

Im hoping that I can help make this work for eveyone....