Switched from a Zenfolio website to a Wordpress designed site. Feedback appreciated.

[achtungbarry]

I was using Zenfolio for my portfolio site but got frustrated with the lack of customization options so I decided to swith to Wrdpress in order to come up with a more funky design with better impact. I have kept the Zenfolio site as an online store but the new site is the main portfolio site.

Barry O Carroll Photography

Does the homepage have good impact?

Is the site easy to navigate?

What do you think of the colour schemes and layout?

What do you think of how the galleries are organised?

Is there anything you would change?

Any other comments and critiques welcome.

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[2WheelPhoto]

Beautiful site.

I tried wordpress but compared to html I'm found it so difficult. Did you set the page up yourself?

I got stuck on the 1st part trying to use the 1st page as static with no blog. Although I pressed the buttons for such, using that generic template I COULD NOT get it static and remove the blog

[achtungbarry]

Thanks for the kind words 2WheelPhoto. I actually purchased a custom theme called 'Photorific' which allowed me to have the full page slideshow as the home page. It is actually not too ddifficult to set up.

[photobykelly]

I like the Home page. Its nice and inviting. A couple of things that I do not like is your home page isn't optimization friendly (unless your not looking to rank in Search Engines). There is no content for keywords that you would want to rank for. The other thing is just a preference of mine that kind of bugs me but really isn't too much of a big deal. I don't like how when you hover over the navigation there is no text highlighting or anything similar to really let me know visually what im hovering over. As well as your slide out menus they overlap the navigation again this is just me nit picking what I like. Personally I would like to see the slide out menus from your navigation to be bumped right up to the edge border to border. Not overlapping. Other than that Its neat, clean, and organized. I like it. Oh and you might want to add some style to your contact form possibly add a second form for a service request. (i.e. Senior Pictures, Wedding Package, etc). Hope this helps.

[jimpurcell]

I like it! It took NO time to load. Sweet. Easy enough to get around. Finding ways to SEO is hard, but your blog should tie that up nicely. Well done.