kudzurunner
2391 posts
Mar 23, 2011
6:39 AM
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Not mine, certainly! (I'm having a redesign done that will be ready this summer.) My vote is for The Harmonica Company. You tell me:
http://www.theharmonicacompany.com/
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toddlgreene
2787 posts
Mar 23, 2011
6:53 AM
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Wow...that is a nice site. However, I did find a few of its' pages a bit slow to load, and I'm on a lightning fast server. Sometimes simple is better, although aesthetics are appealing to the eye.
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Todd
Eudora and Deep Soul
Last Edited by on Mar 23, 2011 6:54 AM
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tookatooka
2246 posts
Mar 23, 2011
7:28 AM
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I'm not a fan of the retro look personally. I prefer the KISS (keep it simple stupid)approach myself. I like an information rich site but I like it to be clean and uncluttered.
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tolga7t
159 posts
Mar 23, 2011
8:25 AM
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I like Jim's chromatic site, but I can't find the link.
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HarpNinja
1256 posts
Mar 23, 2011
8:26 AM
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www.truechromatic.com? I like the layout of that site too. Simple and easy to navigate.
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Mike
Quicksilver Custom Harmonicas
Updated 3/23/11
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nacoran
3914 posts
Mar 23, 2011
9:00 AM
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Bends has a nice site. I can never find the link though. Of course, it's all in Portuguese. Generally speaking I'm with Tooka. Keep it simple. I'd do like expandable drop down links though. For instance, on the left side, the info could be broken down into one header for your music and bio with the same subheadings. Another master heading could be for sale stuff. The forum could have a heading, with drop downs for forum, archive, search (and for instance, if chat got added, chat).
A countdown to Hill Country clock would be cool. :)
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Nate
Facebook
Thread Organizer (A list of all sorts of useful threads)
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harpdude61
797 posts
Mar 23, 2011
9:01 AM
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That is a good site Adam. Glad to see you and Scot Albert made the HOT 100 harp players.....but oh my there is a glaring exemption when you get to the letter R........Now who would leave Michael Jordan off the list as a HOT 100 basketball player?
Last Edited by on Mar 23, 2011 9:02 AM
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captainbliss
470 posts
Mar 23, 2011
9:43 AM
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Wanderin' Wilf's Harp Surgery
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EDITED to add hypertext
Last Edited by on Mar 23, 2011 9:44 AM
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scojo
216 posts
Mar 23, 2011
9:50 AM
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Wow... that's random but cool... although, as harpdude61 pointed out, Jason Ricci's absence from this list means that they will need to re-name it the "Hot 101"... And Duane, you're gonna be on there too so that number is going to have to be a work in progress. :)
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scojo
217 posts
Mar 23, 2011
10:04 AM
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I just noticed that Dan Aykroyd is on the list, so let's not get too excited. Although he was awesome on SNL.
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jonlaing
207 posts
Mar 23, 2011
10:20 AM
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I think Harrison's LANDING page looks pretty snazzy. The rest of the site is a little dark and sloppy. When they get a little extra $$ they should have someone go in and do some fine tuning on the layout.
Not a fan of the rest of the sites listed, but then again, I work as a web designer, so I'm going to be a huge snob about it.
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Andy Ley
92 posts
Mar 23, 2011
11:14 AM
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I like the style Harmonica Companies website, but always find it a bit too visually cluttered to navigate cleanly.
I personally prefer the design of Harmonicas Direct; but that site has some navigation issues (why use arrows for decoration? everyone know that buttons that look like arrows go somewhere on the web right???).
The best I;ve come across by a country mile is Harrison's, but like jonlaing says above, the front page is writing cheques that the rest of the website can't match.
However, Like Jon I also work as a designer so am probably looking at it a little to closely.
@jonlaing; how about you and I team up to offer a bespoke multidisciplinary design service specialising in the Harmonica industry??
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Rift
56 posts
Mar 23, 2011
11:32 AM
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What I would love to find is a harmonica site with a mobile site for phones or an app. I dont know of any that have one and I love to read on my iphone but this site is really tough to do it. Just my little piece of paper in the suggestion box.
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tookatooka
2248 posts
Mar 23, 2011
12:13 PM
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I write all my sites in XHTML to ensure they are compatible with the new generation devices. Spect I'll have to learn HTML5 next.
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boris_plotnikov
486 posts
Mar 23, 2011
12:18 PM
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I love www.truechromatic.com too.
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Excuse my bad English. Click on my photo or my username for my music.
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Zadozica
41 posts
Mar 23, 2011
12:41 PM
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Once the site is decent, I care more about content than upgrading the look.
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Lionel
2 posts
Mar 24, 2011
11:46 AM
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not mine but I invite you to pay a visit ;)
it's brand new !
http://harpixdiaries.blogspot.com/
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jonlaing
209 posts
Mar 24, 2011
9:25 PM
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@Zadozica A well designed website makes the content easier to consume. That's what I judge a design on, academically. Of course there are 'looks' I'm partial to, but that's subjective. There are objective qualifications that make a design 'good' or 'bad' though, and that comes down to ease of content consumption.
@tooka HTML5 isn't too bad. Makes a lot more sense than XHTML, semantically. For most of us, the only difference is the addition and deprecation of tags. HTML5 is more forgiving too as far as syntax is concerned. I still write mine with the draconian habits of XHTML though, for consistency.
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