On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:55:48 GMT, "Travis M."
wrote:

"Happy Moose" wrote in message

The same menu system is on every internal page of the web site.
There is no need to go back to the homepage if you simply use
the
navigation menu in the left column.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Bobby

It is not intuitive. Who would guess that one has to click
"Alliance"? There should be a next page button instead.

I think Ron H. is complaining about navigating the 'Printed Catalog', and I
agree the current 'page number' setup is awkward. After viewing a page you must
return to the 'Printed Catalog' button, then select a page group button, then a
page by number. It would be much easier to view the catalog if there was a
'next' or 'previous' navigation system on each page. Then it would be more like
paging through a printed catalog.

I find the 'All Pages' approach easier to use, since the page numbers are
meaningless to me. But there still ought to be an option on each catalog page to
move to the next or previous page without having to return to the 'All Pages'
display. I recommend eliminating the navigation by page number, with the
'Printed Catalog' button bringing up the page now called by the 'All Pages'
button, and of course allowing navigation to the next or previous page as Ron H.
has suggested. While I'm handing out unsolicited advice, I'll also recommend
making the list of alliances easier to read by increasing contrast of the
lettering from the background. Further, Bobby could make it easier for buyers by
putting 'add to cart' buttons on the catalog pages, instead of requiring that
people move to the alliance pages to place orders.

The 'Alliance' navigation matter is something else, however. Those pages list
offerings within an alliance. When you are done viewing the offerings from a
given alliance, it makes perfect sense to return to the menu to select a
different alliance. A 'next page' button here wouldn't help. For orchid
enthusiasts, who know what the word 'alliance' means, the current setup to move
from alliance to alliance IS intuitive. I doubt it is all that difficult for
neophytes to grasp, also.

But regardless, it is great to see the nice photos of Krull-Smith's orchids.
Many years ago I bought a number of orchids (mostly brachypetalum paph hybrids)
from K-S and was delighted with them. Regrettably, they and all my other orchids
died when I nearly did and couldn't tend to them.