createtoday – What Will You Create Today?

22 thoughts on “createtoday – What Will You Create Today?”

1. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
   

   10 second glance makes me think it has something to do with art/visuals to make something.

   what do you think this site is about?
   

   It appears to be a place to make cards or wall art.

   what does this site offer?
   

   Cards or wall art.

   who can use it/benefit from it?
   

   People who want to send a greeting card or decorate walls with wall art.

   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   

   Well, your link doesn’t work, but when I get to createtoday.com/product/cards I see it asks me where I want to start? – This is confusing. If your site is the expert, why pose me with that question. You should be telling me how simple it is to make a card and confidently tell me to “Start Here” and you’ll do the rest. You should be guiding me, not me guiding you.

   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   

   Done. Straightforward, except I would like to be able to do everything (card creation related) without having to log in. Make log in a requirement only if I want to purchase. It takes time to create a card, people don’t want to take time to register if they are only testing out what you offer.

   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   

   Done. Straightforward, except I would like to be able to do everything (card creation related) without having to log in. Make log in a requirement only if I want to purchase. It takes time to create a card, people don’t want to take time to register if they are only testing out what you offer.

   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
   

   Done. Straightforward. I like the inpiration aspect adding a poem or song.

   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?

   Other than the font used, the site looks pretty good overall. See actionable suggestions at bottom.

   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
   

   Change your font. It just seems like it is more for Halloween than for a professional site. I don’t like how the letter f drops below the other letters. I also wish you used a thicker font on the filter tabs (either in bold) or a font that is thicker (something like impact). Right now they are sort of boring and blah. Would recommend making them the same color as the blue arrows on the tabs, and also make the arrows thicker and more noticeable.

   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.

   Actionable suggestions:
   1) Font issues. I think I covered them above. Your logo looks nice and is designed in a good font, however, when we see the Halloween-ish font later with the letters that are not even, it detracts from your brand.
   2) What is the point of having sample pictures on your homepage if you can’t actually see the entirety of them? You are covering up the majority of 4 of your pictures with your “What will you create today” box. Recommend a different visual organization of homepage, not covering up your art samples.
   3) I would recommend that you ask less questions to the visitor, and tell them how you can make it easier.  Instead of “What will you create today?” say: Choose one and we’ll do the rest. or something stating that you are the pro and will make it so easy, but you add the personalization.
   4) I don’t like the Orange balloon box that says questions on your homepage. It feels like it is in the way. Would prefer if it was a tab coming from the top side right (that doesn’t block any space that is being used on homepage)
   5) The word personalized is spelled with a z – (on homepage) plus this statement is not in a good spot.
   create the products you want, personalised your way with access to a growing range of great content and ideas from our talented members or use your own content with great results !
   This needs to be capitalized if it is a sentence. The current font and location is not good. It is almost hidden. When I put your URL into http://www.Foldtester.com – it tells me that only 70% of the people that view your page will see this statement meaning 30% will not. I think you need it underneath your logo, yet above your sample pictures on homepage.

   6) Your navigation button are at the bottom, in small font and below the fold. Most people will leave a site, or simply not see all of your content because of poor navigation. I think you need your navigation links in the traditional right hand upper side, like most websites have them.
   7) You have three pseudo-buttons that confuse me. They are on white/grayish squares of paper. It says “choose your content”, “create cards and wall art” and “we print and deliver”. I say pseudo-buttons because I expect to click on them and be taken to a page where I either get started with these tasks or to be taken to a place with more details on these things. These would be “Calls-to-action” but it appears they are not buttons.  I would recommend that you also capitalize all of these and not have sentence fragments.

2. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us what do you think this site is about?
   I think this is a website where you can create greeting cards and wall art.
    
   What does this site offer?
   This site offers a tool to upload your own work or use supplied images to create cards or wall art that can be printed and delivered.
    
   Who can use it/benefit from it?
   I think general users like myself could benefit from it for making personalized gifts, presents and artwork for our homes. This would also benefit a new or upcoming artist who want to showcase their work.
    
   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   This message came up when I clicked on that link “page not found. Sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found. Go back to the previous page.” So I went to this page which I assume is the one you are referring to for this task, https://www.createtoday.com/product/cards
    
   I think this page clearly shows users that you can make your own card using featured designs or uploading your own content. What this page doesn’t clearly show compared to the home page is that you can also print and deliver their cards. By briefly looking at this page I just assume this is another e-card site. The home page clearly states “we print & deliver! to you or direct to the recipient” on https://www.createtoday.com/product/cards there are only small hints that you actually print and deliver.
    
   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   I choose an image which then took me to a new page, I was happily surprised at how quick it loaded. Then I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to click to customize the card. I think the blue button “create” on the right hand side should be changed to “customize” as I assumed if I clicked the “create” button I would end up with a plain empty card.
    
   After clicking “create” I then got the chance to customize the card. I wanted to make the image I choose for the front of the card smaller but couldn’t find a way to achieve this. Apart from that the editing tools were easy to operate and I was just a little disappointed in the range of fonts to choose from, I would have liked a wider range.
    
   I then reached the next step of adding the card to my cart and realized to do this I needed to log in/join to proceed. I then joined and found the process very quick and easy. I really like the fact that you don’t have to leave the current page to join or log in which means you don’t loose any of your work.
    
   I added my shipping address and the list of countries you ship to is very impressive. I continued to checkout and stopped at the point of entering payment details. The ordering process was very straightforward and simple.
    
   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   I like the fact that you can choose your cards size and shape in this process, I choose a square greeting card. Once I uploaded my image I wanted to rotate it but your tool only allowed me to rotate is 90 degrees as a time, I would have liked to free hand rotate it to any angle I choose. Apart from that the process was quick and simple.
    
   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
   This was once again straightforward and simple. I liked the facts that you could also add personalized text to the wall art.
    
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
   1. The ease and simplicity of using the site and card/wall art creating tools.
   2. The fact that you can mix your own content with content provided in the gallery.
   3. The speed in which the pages load and how fast the whole process from start to finish is.
    
   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
   1. I think the font needs changed to something more crisp and professional, the current font used looks too childish and messy. Also when you have the text in bold the letter i looks like a l.
   2. The navigation on this site was a bit hard to follow. Once on the card page I wanted to get back to the home page but there is no simple easy to identify with “home” button anywhere. I ended up having to click on your logo hoping it would take me there. Also some of the buttons like “create” could be re worded like mentioned above.
   3. Some of the editing tools could slightly be changed like being able to re-size gallery pictures on the cards section, more fonts to choose from and the rotating tool.
    
   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
   Overall I think this concept is a great idea and would be something I would use to create unique gifts for friends and family.

3. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.

   what do you think this site is about?

   I think it’s a site where you can use your creativity and make your own cards and wall art.

   what does this site offer?

   Cards and wall art

   who can use it/benefit from it?

   Anyone who wants to create cards or all art.

   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?

   I went to the link above and it states “Sorry the page you are looking for cannot be found”.  The page does show the links and tabs on the side such as “Products” and “Filter by”, but the whole center of the site is blank except for what I stated above.  Since the link isn’t working correctly, I don’t feel I can give an answer to your question.

   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.

   I signed up as a member.  I started at the homepage and clicked create a card.  A number of different cards appeared.  I picked one.  One problem that I ran into is the price.  It’s not in American money, so I don’t understand what the price is or even if I could use your service.

   Second problem I ran into was once I picked the card and clicked on it, I didn’t know what to do from there.  It took me like 5 minutes to realize that I was suppose to click on “Create this card”.

   Once I clicked on create this card, I click “Add to cart” which did nothing.  I went back to figure out what step did I miss.  Then I decided that maybe I need to add text, so I did. I added text and then click “Add to cart”..Every time I click “Add to cart”, it would show me a preview on the card.  I even click “save”.  No matter what I clicked or done, It would NOT let me put it in the cart.

   I did click on the “Questions” link at the bottom on the page, but it said no one was online and to leave a message.

   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   
   I was able to do the whole process until it came to “Add to cart” just like when I choose members images.

   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create.

   Again, it was the same thing.  I got through the whole process until it came to “Add to cart”.  I even went to my cart to see if the things were being put in there and I just didn’t know it, but my cart was empty.

   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).

   The site and process was not that easy to understand.  Some of the steps, I had to figure out on my own in which I stated above.  And as you know I had problems with the “Add to cart”.  I see that there is a step process at the top of the page which states “Choose content, Customise, etc”. I have always found that to be very helpful on sites.  The problem that I have with your site and the process, is that I didn’t understand where to go or what to click on next.  You have links during the process that you click on such as “create, etc.”.  My suggestion would be for you to have the links in numbers like “Step 2 Create” or something along those lines which would make it easier for the customer to understand what to do better. 

   I don’t know if I was doing it wrong or missed a step when I would click “Add to cart”.  This is where the number steps would be very helpful.  Example, lets say I was suppose to “Preview” the card before putting it in the cart, it would be helpful if you had links to steps like “Step 4 Preview”. 

   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
   I really liked the chooses in cards that were already created.  I really all the different options with the wall art such as “format” and “size”.  I really liked with the wall art being able to put your own poem, song, or quote on it.

   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.

   Everything I stated above.  Just the steps to the process being easier to understand. 

   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.

   One thing that caught my eye, was that there is no “Home” link which leads you back to the homepage.  In order to get back to the “Homepage”, you have to click on the logo.  Most people won’t know that and will have problems navigating your site.  I suggest that you have a “Home” link.

   The “About Us” link needs some work done.  You have a statement across the top of the page which states “CreateToday.com is a home for…etc.” All the i’s in that statement look like lower case L’s. I don’t know if you did that on purpose or not but it makes it look like your site is not serious or professional.  My suggestion would be to correct the i’s.

   You have a link “Prepay” then when you click on it, it shows your prepay balance.  If you have a balance then the word would be “prepaid”.  Prepay is a word used for “before”, once it’s done then the word becomes “prepaid”. My suggestion would be for you to change the word to prepaid.

   Overall I like your site and the services you provide.  I just think there’s a few things you should change in which I stated above.
    

4. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
   what do you think this site is about?
   It is a website that enables me to create a card or wall art, online.

   what does this site offer?
   The possibility to create a card or wall art.

   who can use it/benefit from it?
   Anyone but specially people who wants to design their own cards and/or wall arts.

   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   There is really too much information on this page. It confuses me a lot, I don’t know where to look at. The homepage is much better but could use a lot of improvement as well.
   Firstly, you need more space. You crowded the main part of your website with too much texts and images. Let the website breathe! More white space would make it much easier to read and look for information.
   You should know that images take a lot more attention than texts, and yes, with the amount of images you procured, the eyes go in every directions and do not fix at any point. This is not good.
   Sort out your priorities, which bit is most important and which part you want the user to focus on more? Make this bit bigger or with more noticeable fonts/colours. Maybe change the format as to attract attention even.
   Your funny font makes it quite difficult to read as well, but I wouldn’t change it. Those fonts create a pleasant and funny feeling to your website, and I think it is one of the purpose you wanted to attain, so leave them. But you could change other elements to compensate for the “difficult to read” fonts. Highlight them maybe? Make them bigger? Include them somewhere more detached to the images? More spaces between them and images?
   Those are suggestions for this page.

   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create.

   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
   MAKING CARD USING MEMBER IMAGES
   I would firstly like to say that from the https://www.createtoday.com/product/cards page, the texts “Choose a card, View featured designs” is quite misleading. When I first read it, I thought that I wouldn’t be able to edit my card and that it would just be choosing a card that I like and that’s it. So I suggest you change the wordings to something like “Browse featured cards, edit them”. But it is pretty straight forward where I should click.
   I like the “What can I do?” at the top, but it is not really noticeable. Also for the “featured/most recent” tab. I suggest that you either have “featured” or “most recent”, meaning if I were on the “featured” page, it would show “most recent on top” and vice versa. Why? Because I find it quite stupid to have a drop down box with only one option…
   I like the idea that I can preview the front, inside and back of the card. It makes sure that it is what I want. One suggestion is to change the “Create” button with “Edit” button. Because “Create” makes me think that the actual card I am seeing, is final. So I would try to find that “edit” button or edit tool before clicking on the “create” button.
   I can add text, add images and edit all sides of the card, awesome. The “add text” option is pretty straight forward, because of my knowlegde of using microsoft word. Write my text, change the font, change the colour, change the size and position it. All very simple and easy to do. Why are your font size in decimals 0.1 to 3? I think that you should use the common notation of MSword. That is 1-28 or something. There will be a much better set of standards (font 12) if you use MSword scale. It is also a very good idea to provide text bubbles, it adds to an uncommon function which most users like.
   The scissor at the bottom, says “fill the entire product area with your images but bear in
   mind that content outside the dotted line may be trimmed” when clicked on. You could have simplified it and so that the user do not forget about this note, just remove the scissor icon and put the text as is. No need to click anything, it will be there to remind the user about it. Honestly, I wouldn’t have clicked on the scissor in normal circumstances and thus wouldn’t know that anything outside the dotted lines could be cut off.
   Apart from those, it is pretty much well done! One suggestion is to incorporate a “clip art” function, so that I don’t need to look for images on my computer everytime. For common images. Your “featured images” option is way too broad and exceptional. What if I want a simple image of a computer? I would have to look for it on the web, download it and then upload it. Quite bothersome if you ask me.
   Also, it is a bit difficult to drag the different materials on the card, specially if the elements are stacked one on top of the other. To remedy this problem, I suggest a “selection” side bar which will have all the elements on the page listed. Pretty much like in photoshop, from that sidebar, I would be able to select and drag easily each element, and tell the program which elements go on top of which. What do you say? I think it will provide more options and control over the page elements.
    
   MAKING CARD USING OWN IMAGE
   Pretty much the same thing as above, except that I get a blank page. I honestly find choosing the size hard. It would be easier if you provided dimensions as well as a bigger image of each options. So that, I can more easily compare them.
    
   Better yet, provide a pop-up window that says “Upload your image”, then let me choose the size. And for that, you can redirect me to another page, which more details on each size. It will also provide a card with my own image, instead of giving a blank card and letting me figure out how to put my image on it.
    
   MAKING WALL ART
   Now that’s better, I can clearly picture the size of each option. Specially with the sofa there, and most people know the approximate size of a sofa right? So this is just perfect!
   The thing here, is that you should put the Choose a size down. I thought that the image under “Choose a size” were samples and did not know that I had to click on them. Maybe change the word “Choose” to “Select”? It would make it much more clearer.
   I like the “You Selected” summary, it reassures me of my choice and that I did make any mistakes.
   Why do I need to procure my own photos? Can’t I have some “featured” wall arts, like for the cards? It would really be useful and I believe you could sell more, if you procured quality images for wall arts.
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?

   Being able to preview font, inside and back
   Text bubbles
   Funny/Funky fonts

   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.

   “Create” change to “Edit”
   Warning message about edge should be initially shown, not hidden
   Postcard size dimensions
   Features images for wall arts

   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
   Your home page is quite confusing. But framing your “What will you create today?” box, it gives the illusion that I can only click inside that box, like a pop-up box, but it’s not the case. I can click on the “join us” and “log in”  tabs, and you want your user to know they can. So an improvement here would be to remove the background inside the box, make the box fully opaque, so that the background does not show. This method will show that the box is part of the website, not on top of it, and thus I will know that I can click other stuff.
   You also might want to put the “Choose your content -> Create cards & wall art -> we print & deliver!” on top instead of the bottom. People will read the top first, and you want that, so that they can get maximum information about your business in the least amount of time.
   I hope those feedbacks will be useful to you. Thanks for your time!

5. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
   what do you think this site is about? I can quickly see that this site will enable me to create photo cards or wall art.
   
   what does this site offer? this site offers a creative venue in which to create photo cards and/or wall art. There is a nice gallery of art to choose from, there is the ability to customize your work to make it unique. Then there is the ability to have it printed and delivered.
   
   who can use it/benefit from it? anyone looking to create personal cards or wall art online.  I feel like the gallery area is something that would make it more doable for the less creative type.

   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   The cards page of the site is, I think, well laid out. At the very top the progress bar is good feature. Below that you can immediately see your two options for creating your card – browsing the gallery of images or uploading your own image. You can also see very quickly to the left, the other type of product(wall art) that you offer.
   
   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   I tried to make a card without signing up first. I was able to create and customize the card but wasn’t able to preview the card until joining. So, I then joined and I liked that a little box popped up to enter my information without me having to leave the create my card page but in order to press the join button I was told I would lose all of my work. I found that pretty annoying and I think that none of the creating should be accessible until you sign up or better yet make the signing up a step in the purchasing steps so that none of the work is lost. After signing up I was able to create my card and thought that most of the features were self explanatory except the add a caption box as I never saw a link for that feature.
   I tried to add an image to the inside of the card and was told that only 1 third party image could be used right now but that multiple image are coming soon. I understand there are plans to change this but it made creating the card limiting with only being able to add text.
   I did find it odd to have the text sizes listed in decimals.
   The area to the right of the card editing area has a good amount of blank white space. I think this space could be better utilized to make the options available more prominent. So instead of having add text and add images on the top you could have buttons in that white space. This would also make all of the add images options more easily seen. So instead of clicking on the add images link the way it is now and then being shown your options, you could have  separate buttons for each: caption bubble, caption box, text, browse computer, gallery images. That way instead of hiding the options in the  add images link, there is no question what options there are in creating your card because they are all easily seen. I see that when clicking on the text link the fields to type your text in, go into this white space. This could simply go over the buttons since the fields to type your text go away once you are done with the text revealing the buttons again.

   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   Was able to upload my own image without any problems. Very easy process.
   
   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
   I was able to create a piece of wall art without any problems. I really like that when the options of product, format and size are clicked there is a visual representation available to help in deciding what kind of wall art you want. Having the sofa with the different picture dimensions above it is really great.

   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
   On the main page in the small box that asks ‘What will you create today?’ The third option is worded as browse the gallery. Then everywhere else on the site it says either members content or featured designs. I think that can be confusing since the gallery seems to be referred to in more than one way. I personally feel that gallery is a better word to refer to the selection of art to choose from. I do think it is a wide selection with some very nice artwork available.
   When I was creating my card I happened to click on a card in which I saw on the right hand side some text that said ‘how to customize?’. When I clicked on this underneath the displayed card appeared four boxes, above the boxes was the text: ‘you can do all this and more when you create your product…’ Those four boxes listed overlay text, add a caption box, add a caption bubble, and best fit and zoom tools. When I lost my work as I stated above when I had to sign up, I then clicked on a different image and noticed it did not have this text at all, nor did any other image I clicked on. I feel that is odd for it to only be on one image and I also feel that these are some very important features that should be displayed and not hidden on only one image. This should be shown on the main cards page since it would help prominently display some of the customization features.
   
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
   Uploading of images on site and from my computer were both fast.
   Wide selection of art in gallery, very nice artwork.
   Option of text customization of the artwork.
   
   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
   Having an option to display prices in US Dollars would be good.
   Being able to use only 1 third party image should be increased.
   Having the ‘how to customize?’ text placed on main page and all of the card customization pages.
   
   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
   This is a site I would very much use in the future, the products are great to give as gifts to family and friends. I would also like some of the art to display in my home. I really like what you offer in the gallery, very nice quality of artwork. I think your site is very nice looking and was easy to navigate. The only place I feel could use some work on layout is the page to customize card/wall art, as I stated above about adding the individual buttons for available customization options. Very nice site!

6. Go to http://www.createtoday.com. What do you think this site is about? What does this site offer?
   I’m combining these two questions because they’re basically the same question. The site enables users to create cards and wall art out of their own images or images in the site gallery.
    
   Who can use it/benefit from it?
   Anyone who would like to personalize their greeting cards and creative types who want to design their own posters. You said your target audience was females age 18-45 and artists. I think that’s fairly accurate, but I think that women and girls of older and younger ages will enjoy it too. In fact, I think you might see a lot of teen customers.
    
   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards. How well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   I’m actually getting an error page with the message “page not found.”
    
   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   It was very easy to see how to get started because your home page immediately presents me with the question “what will you create today?” and a choice of cards or wall art. In this case, I chose “cards.” Again, the “choose a card” link made it easy to see how to continue. I clicked on one of the designs in the gallery, and I was taken to a page that showed the design and a card layout–“front,” “inside,” and “back.” This is the point at which I got confused. I clicked “front,” thinking that this would place the image on the front of the card. Nothing happened. I was actually forced to visit the “help” page, and then I was absolutely astounded that the FAQ was entirely about creating original work; there were no simple step-by-step instructions for creating a card. It wasn’t until I returned to StartUpLift and read some of the other members’ comments that I realized there was a “create” button in the right margin that I should be clicking. If no one had pointed that out, I think I would’ve totally overlooked it. I’d like to see this button right below the image instead of over in the upper right margin. Once I clicked “create,” I was taken to another page, where, again, I was somewhat unsure how to proceed. For instance, I thought I was supposed to do something with the scissor to edit the image until a little pop-up informed me that it was just a reminder to be aware of margins. At this point, I wasn’t sure if I should click “front” to assign the image to the front or what. That did nothing, so I went ahead and clicked “inside,” then “add text.” A nice little box for my text popped up on the right along with a box allowing me to position the words in the card. It took me a minute to realize I needed to drag the borders of the box outward to fit all the text, but okay. Next, I clicked “print preview” and was told I needed to log in to proceed. Well, this was a bummer! Not only did I have to stop what I was doing right in the middle of it but I also lost all my work after I logged in. I really didn’t appreciate that. At least you didn’t make me go confirm it from my email account too! Anyway, I created the card again, and this time I was able to preview it in a pop-up window. Looks good. So now I clicked “save” and got a little message in the top header that it had been saved. I’d suggest moving that message front and center so that people don’t overlook it. Now I clicked “add to cart,” but for some reason, I got the preview pop-up again…Oh, I see. I’m supposed to click “continue to cart” at the bottom of the pop-up window. Why make me go through that extra step? When I arrived at the order page, I clicked “delivery address” and added an address in the pop-up window. I liked that the total with shipping and handling was displayed as I went along. One problem, though: I’m in the US, so I have no idea how British pounds translate to US dollars. I wouldn’t order from a foreign company unless I knew the conversion rate. I clicked the “checkout” button and was asked to enter my billing address and credit card info. I really think you should offer an option to automatically convert delivery information to the billing address. For most people, this will be one and the same, and it’s a pain to type everything out again. At this point, I went no further because it asked for my credit/debit information.
    
   Now go back and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   Ok. I went back and chose “upload now,” then the standard greeting card size, and then “landscape.” Then I clicked “add image” and “my computer.” I clicked “browse” and uploaded a picture. Unfortunately, I got an error message. I chose a different picture, and this one uploaded without trouble. It was taken with a different camera, and I’m not sure if that had anything to do with it. They were both JPG files. My photo didn’t immediately fit the borders of the card, but I was easily able to adjust it with your “fit height,” “fit width,” and “zoom” tools. Like last time, I put some text inside, previewed, saved, and added the card to my cart. This time, when I got to the order screen, instead of a “checkout” button on the lower right, I saw a message that said, “processing order, click to cancel and check out later.” Ummm…okay. What is that all about?
    
   Now go to the homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create.
   I went back to the home page and clicked on “wall art.” I chose a fine art print in landscape orientation, a 30″ x 40″ with an extended edge. I almost skipped a step and was reminded to complete it. I clicked “create,” “add image,” and “featured images.” I had to be a little creative about rotating the photo and using the height and width tools, but I got it to fit. I previewed it, saved it, and added it to my cart. Again, I got the strange message that said, “processing order, click to cancel and check out later.”
    
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
   1. The home page makes it easy to jump into the process.
   2. Once you know how to get started, creating a card or wall art is intuitive.
   3. I like the preview feature. It loads fast and really helps me see what I’m getting.
    
   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change?
   1. It took me quite awhile to figure out how to get started editing my chosen image. You need to move the “create” button front and center so that it’s clear I have to click that to start.
   2. Please, please, please do not make people sign up right after they’ve created their first card or wall art. They end up losing their work, and that’s really not fair. You need to either make them sign up right before purchase as part of the order process (preferably) or before creating a card/art in the first place. Above all, registering should not cause the user to lose their work!
   3. Because you ship to so many countries, I can see that you’re aiming for an international market. But, in that case, you need to provide some way for users to convert British pounds into their own currency so they can figure out how much this will cost them.
    
   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
   One of my first thoughts when I landed on the home page was that you seem to be allergic to capital letters. Any reason you never use capitals anywhere? Other than that, I like the home page. It clearly and simply informs us what your site is about and allows us to get started immediately.
    
   I decided to have a look around your site. I started with the video tour guide, which was impressively professional. I would love to see a tab for it at the top of the home page, though. It gets a little lost at the bottom, which is a shame because it’s really quite a good introduction.
    
   Then I moved on to “about us,” “call for art,” “help,” “guides,” and “competition.” First off, I have to say that your informational pages are well written (except for that annoying insistence on using all lowercase letters again). But in terms of content, your writing is very good. I can see that you want to set yourself up as a rival to CafePress and similar sites, and you do a good job of selling that to photographers and designers in your “call for art.” I do think that you need to expand your “help” section to include some very basic step-by-step information that can walk new users through the creation process. If I had such a tough time with it, I know there will be some other people out there who get confused as well. Otherwise, you seem to cover a pretty extensive range of possible questions. Why, though, are you also using this page for announcements?  Doesn’t seem like the right place for that. A blog would be more suitable. As far as your “guides” page, I think you should change the name of this to “support.” When I see the word “guides,” I think of a written help manual, but when I hear “support,” I think of people, which is what this turns out to be. (By the way, I love that you offer live chat! That’s great!) Finally, the contests listed under “competitions” are very cool. Those are some pretty substantial prizes! Good idea! Something else I liked was that all the pages above contained your logo in the upper left linking back to the home page. Some sites forget to do this, which makes for a difficult navigational experience.
    
   You know what seemed to be missing, though? A pricing page. I would’ve liked to see some sort of chart, easily accessible from the home page, that lists all your products and the cost for each…Oh, actually you do have that, and it’s under one of your products pages, but as I said, I’d like to see a link to it on the home page so that I don’t have to search around for it too much.
    
   Another thing: The coLabs feature is nice, but I didn’t find it till I started searching under “browse” on the home page. I’d suggest that when users choose “upload now,” you should offer them the opportunity to “invite friends to coLab.” Otherwise, I’m not sure users will notice this feature easily.
    
   In terms of your products page, which seems to be a gateway of sorts to everything else, this is the only page that I found to be somewhat “busy.” It almost looks like another home page, and I have to say that I really like some of the sidebar options here. I think you might consider adding a side bar to your home page with the “how to guides,” “call for art,” “featured member,” etc. As it is, these things are sort of lost at the very bottom of the home page. On the other hand, they’re not as appropriate here on the products page and contribute to a cluttered feeling. I would keep this products page to just a gallery with filter options. When you scroll down, you see things about charitable causes, pricing, and delivery info. All this stuff belongs elsewhere. Again, they would make great additions to a home page side bar, but they’re just information overload here.
    
   Finally, I went into my account and was very happy to see all my options laid out so clearly and effectively. I love that you save the images I upload and the products I choose to my “private folders,” although the name “private folders” doesn’t indicate what’s in here very well.  I would change it to “my images” or “my uploads” or something like that. I love how easy you make it to look up my balance and commissions, change notification preferences, and so on.
    
   Well, I guess that’s about it. My overall impression is that I like your site’s concept, and it seems very professionally done and almost ready to go. You might rearrange some of your content pages as outlined above, but the content itself is very good. Your editing tools are user-friendly, although “stupid” people like me really do need to have that “create” button front and center so we know how to get started. I wasted so much time trying to figure that out! Finally, I think that you may be well position to give CafePress a run for its money in the UK. That said, if you want to market to users abroad, you need to make sure they know how to calculate your costs and commissions in their own currency.

7. what do you think this site is about?

   creating gift cards and art for your home/business

   what does this site offer?

   cards or wall art for personal use

   who can use it/benefit from it?

   anyone wanting a greeting card or wall art that is somewhat personalized
   Ease of use:
   for both the card and wall art, the steps were very easy to navigate, though the site address given was not correct. I had to go to products/card.
   When making the card, on the screen before you can add text, there are the buttons for the front, inside and back of the card, but there seems to be no purpose, or at least I couldn’t figure it out.
    
   The overall site could use a more professional look. The fonts for the main headings should be a different font – Papyrus would be nice and professional, with an artistic flair.
   I would also change the main background color to something a bit darker, maybe a warm brown, perhaps with a wood grain. Or a dark gray with a metal look.
    

8. Feedback sought:
   Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
   what do you think this site is about?
   
   >The first 10 seconds of my stay on your website, it gave me the impression that it is like a web based photoshop or paint with built in images on it for users to be used for their own creation and projects, and since there is the button “we print and deliver” it gave me the impression that it is a paid service.
   what does this site offer?

   >it provides templates and ideas for home based and corporate users for their projects designs, and maybe decoration for their homes and businesses.

   who can use it/benefit from it?

   >corporate business owners, students, home based customers. Almost everyone.
   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   >When I tried to go to the exact link, actually I just copied and pasted the link you have above and the browser gave this error message. I’m using Google chrome btw (sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found.
   go back to the previous page.) So I decided to go back to the home page and go to the cards section manually and the url says like this “www.createtoday.com/product/cards” you might want to change your instruction for this reason. =)

   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.

   >Alright, I did it and it was easy for me, but I guess you also might want to consider those people with poor eyesight, the texts or messages on your site is quite small. I know there is a way for customer to deal with that problem but for those who are not computer savy, you might want to increase the text size so that those moms at home can enjoy your site for the sole reason to enjoy creating things up to the real thing to purchase the product that they created.

   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.

   >Did this and I’d say I am impress with how the functionality of the site works. Even though I used a very big image. I was still able to do something for my own with the help of the tools that you have there. I can resize the picture, zoom it in and out. Everything went smooth and easy.

   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create

   >Done and it is easy. But I guess it’ll be more amazing if you’ll allow your customer to customize the image by means of cutting, changing colors and stuff. To make their images more unique.
   In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).

   >Like what I said above regarding the font size for the people who have poor eye vision. Now for the usability of the images, I think it’ll be awesome if you’ll allow us to rotate the image or text when we are creating cards as well as posters or wall art. It’ll also be good if we’ll be able to resize images when they are too small, we can make it bigger even if there is a risk of losing the whole quality of the image or in other words pixilated. Also when it comes to resizing on the wall art part, maybe the bubble caption should be resizable depending on the users perspective.

   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?

   >First is the logo. It superbly cute it looks like the twitter bird. But I guess you can put it on a more comfortable or recognizable place like beside the banner. Second is the other links such as about us, contact us, guides etc.. And lastly, the response time of your website, even though there are tons of images on your server it doesn’t fail to amuse me how fast it is. It makes the test faster than usual.

   And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
   >First is the home page. I guess the option to start right after they got to the website is not that good of impression for me. I want to look at the images first, explore what the site is about and then decide whether I want to try your service or not. The option on the home page also blocks the images behind it so yeah. I guess you can just put the option to start at the side of the website and put more advertisement on the home page, such as events and most appreciated image that a user created or something like that. Second is the word “Questions” on the bubble caption located on the lower right side of the window, it is actually blocking the list of accredited cards on the lower right side of the screen, which is not a pretty good idea for me. Maybe you can put the function of chat support under guide page, or maybe just make it smaller so that it’ll not be that much of a bother for the entire page. Lastly is the line “notification preferences” maybe you can just change it to notification and that’s it.

   Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
   *Comments and Constructive Criticism*

   >Now I would like to say good things for the website, First, I like the images on your website, they are pretty awesome and you have a huge variety of images that almost everyone can use, from students to business owners. Also, I would like to commend the links at the bottom of the page. They are complete, from contact us, guides or FAQs, privacy policy and such. Those are the common things that websites omit which is I’d say plays a very important role on a website. I also would like to commend the publicity of your site, from facebook, twitter, flickr and youtube. Those sites are consists of billions of people which is pretty awesome way for free advertisement. It is also awesome that the sign up process is so easy, but since you have a paid service, It is better to make the sign up process harder in a way that you’ll be more secure with the informations the users are giving you. Maybe you can give out confirmation emails so that we’ll know that we signed up successfully and also to avoid spam/bot accounts. Now for the constructive criticism, I would like to pin point the sign up process, maybe you could put a clue that we are already signed up and logged in to your website, because from my experience, when I sign up, it automatically logged me in and I didn’t have an idea that I’m already logged in. Maybe the word “Welcome user” will be appropriate at the upper right corner of the screen so that users will know that they are logged in. So I guess that’s all from me, other things are already stated above this question. The website itself is pretty cool, the user interface, the color selections are awesome, in addition to that it doesn’t have too much advertisement in it. So overall, the website itself is pretty cool, also the service and the price is right.=)
   Best wishes to your website.

9. What do you think this site is about?
   At first glance, I think this site is about creating personalized greeting cards and wallpapers online.
   What does this site offer?
   This site offer printing service for their customer. Customer can create their personalized postcards, greeting cards and wall arts online and it will be deliver to them once printed.
   Who can use it/benefit from it?
   Target market is any individual with internet connection. This individual might be an employee organizing an event, student having a school project, interior designer looking for stylish wallpaper, or someone looking for a unique birthday present.
   Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – Wrong link was provided, encountered error message “sorry, the page you are looking for could not be found.” The instruction should have been better if they will direct user on this link https://www.createtoday.com/product/cards.
   How well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
   Homepage is much better since the page http://www.createtoday.com/cards can’t be found. If the instruction tends to direct user to https://www.createtoday.com/product/cards, this page is much detailed than the homepage. All the available options are provided and it is orderly presented.
   Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
   Finish creating a card using member images. The process is easy; it took me less than an hour to create a card. There’s a lot of image to choose from. It is good that you can filter the selection because it will be very hard to search if you will click the numbers one by one.
   Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
   Finish creating card using my own photos. It is also a good experience, no hassle in uploading the pictures. The instructions on how to do it are easy to understand. I don’t think the zoom in / zoom out feature works well in the customizing part, it is better if you can manually resize the height and width of the image selected.
   Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create.
   Finish creating a wall art. I have encounter a problem resizing the image that I have chose, why did a certain image listed on the available images if it will not fit on the size of canvass that I have chose. The site should only show all the images with the same size that I have selected.
   If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
   First is the logo, this is a good business strategy since it orders the user to CREATE a project and avail the service not tomorrow but TODAY. This will attract customers easily and makes them try creating a card or wall art.
   Second is the service provided, customer will not just order a card but they have the ability to customize it. Having the ability to customize will let customer to have unlimited options and ideas.
   Lastly is the knowledge base website, this is very useful especially for those who are first time on this kind of process. Almost all of the important things that you want to ask are uploaded on the site.
   What are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
   First is the homepage, it should be better if the window “what will you create today?” is hidden first so that it will not block the image on the back. Maybe it is also better if the option is placed on the middle and around it is the sample images.
   Second is the orange bubble on the lower right corner of the page, it should be better if the size is smaller and located on the upper or middle part of the page. This is for the site to look more presentable.
   Lastly is the currency, it is on British pounds. There should be a way to figure how much it will cost you instantly after creating a card or a wall art. Transparency is also a key to good business.
   Further feedback / comments
   When creating account, there’s no email verification which made the process easy; on the other hand, this is still a business transaction and everything should be secured.
   When I created my account on the site, it makes me wonder if I’m logged in or not. The site should show the username on the upper left / right corner of the page just to avoid confusion.
   When creating the card / wall art, this will not be a burden for the user to customize their product. There is fun in the middle of the process. You will not think that this is a business transaction which is a good thing. However, there is a problem if you created a card / wall art when you don’t have an account the created card / wall art will not be save. There should be a warning for this case so first timer will not get disappointed.
   Overall the site is good. Great service, boost creativity and you’ll be having fun while doing business.

10. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
    Straight off from the question asked on your site I know that I am creating something. I also quickly see that there ia alot of variety of what to create from the background pictures on your homepage.
    What do you think this site is about?
    This site, as I stated in the above question, is about creating your own works of are in a variety of fashions.
    What does this site offer?
    This site site offer two main types of products being a card and wall art. The cards done with preloaded art but one has the option to upload any graphis that they have. I did not see any size varitians but the standard card size. The wall art is broken down into 6 different types which also feature options in format, size and edge style. Just like the cards you can used preloaded are or use what the site provides.
    Who can use it/benefit from it?
    It seems that eveyone can benefit this website. I see kids giving their parents personalized gifts to an up coming artist having a economical way to showcse their are work.
    Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
    I find this page to be a bit overwhelming. I like that you feature a variety of artwork but I think that it needs to be organized differently. The quide to cards was just fabulous but it is such a shame that you have it at the bottom of the page. I also think that it needs to be titled differently. I can see this page being a little intimadating but tthe fun interactive video made it seem like I too can do this. Pricing is something that also definitly needs to placed at the top of the page. I would hate for someone to get all into creating piece of artwork and find that they cannot afford it. I feel like this page is way to busy. Threre seems to be no line of focus that guides my eyes through your website. I really like that you have the filter options on the side, it allows me to get to the exactly what I want and avoid the information that I don’t. I still would have to say I would really like quick search boxes on site. It give an even faster search ability.
    Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
    I went on the search for a cards under announcement new baby. I was disappointed that I did not see more pictures. I also find of that most of pictures did not have a professional appeal to them. I like to see a variety of art. i must say that I a tab bit confused on the formation of the cards. I did not realize that I could alter the cards so much. There also seems to be no way to filter the pictures to stay on my chosen topic, that was very frustrating. As I went to add to cart I see a drop box that tells me to log in to proceed, that would have been nice to know ahead of time. I don’t understand why I just can’t continue to cart without preveiewing the card and that the continue to cart button is slightly covered up with a feedback button. I like that you have various payment options. Checking out was a breeze.
    Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
    I see that there is alot of size selections and that was really nice. I didn’t quit understand the landscape selection as when I clicked on it I didn’t say any landscape pictures. I don’t know if thats a lingo issue or if there was really supposed to be what it said. I clicked on the browse button and tried to upload a picture from my computet but it wouldn’t allow me to do so even after logging in. I liked that I could still used the images that are already featured on your site but again it would be nice to have a way to filter them. Being that I couldn’t upload my own images and with only being able to used only one third pary image it made it hard to finish.
    Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create.
    That’s done and I like that I could really personalize my art by adding a song or poem, that’s a nice touch.

    In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
    In both card making process I found it quit easy to use. As I stated before I find it troublesome that I can’t filter the third pary images. I found it quit time consuming to look page after page until I found an images that suited my needs. I wish there was a way to make the card move in the previewing process.
    If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
    1. I like that you give people so many options in sizing, poems, songs, framing and picture usage.
    2. Once you get started it’s fun and easy to use.
    3. I really like the private folder.  I can see what did before and use them again if I like.
    And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
    1. I think you should add a currency convertor to your website.
    2. I think you need a wider selection of art with some having a more professional look. Using the same artwork in a different color doesn’t constitute a wide varitey. Again filtering the third pary images would be a great help.
    3. The number of third party useage should be increased.
    Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
    When I click on the card page I don’t understand why you have two sections that say, choose a card with featured designs. I don’t know is there is a difference in the card sections but if it not I would definitely change that because it looks confusing. I also think that the site is just way to busy. I can certainly see your site showcasing it’s art samples but it seems like your using them as a desgin to your site instead of samples. It seems that the only color you have added to your site besides the blue is from the art itself. I would like to see less white space on the pages and more bold lines that clearly section off your site. I feel like I’m all over the place when I look at it. I can understand having art in a collage formation on the homepage but I don’t like that being the feel of the entire site. I like that I can add many address as not to keep typing them in everytime I need to send a card. Overall you have a great site, I could see your business doing really well.

11. what do you conten think this site is about?
    what does this site offer?
    who can use it/benefit from it?
    It has a lack of Good dowloadable pictures and cards, but the uploadable picture feature was great.  Almost anyone who wants a holiday, geeting,  or thank you card or picture sent ASAP. I found some things wrong such as creativity of downloaded pictures and some things Good above average such as usablity of site. I will go into things later questions.              
    Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
    This website is different by allowing the user to see how easy it is to make a greeting card.  I see a lot more colorful options and an easy startup guide.  However, the greeting cards already downloaded on the site are below average.  They look like they are made up by elementary students.  They lack originality, usability and are very basic.  The main difference from this site and the other is the fact that the user can choose a card immediately.  This is a great benefit because it shows usability of the site.  The user can immediately see which card to download it and have it sent asap.  The CreativeToday site without the cards looked to be a little more confusing.  Especially in choosing the backdrop type in the size of the poster.  Even though that feature was well described and had a picture of the feature; choosing the correct wall mount such as paper or metal or 38 inch or 24 inch was rather confusing.
    Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
    Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
    Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
    In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
     1.  The upload a picture and make it a poster
      It is awesome to know that you can have a picture uploaded and have a poster of it sent to you.  If more people knew that with all the popularity of easily uploadable pictures all over the the Internet, and people would go rushing to this site.  For example, you can upload a picture of your favorite magazine cover, then upload that picture from this website and have a wall of size poster sent to your house
      2.   The shipping time
           One of the best features of this site was how quickly you can have a poster were greeting card sent to you from the UK.  The normal shipping times from the UK take up to three weeks, but your site the pictures can be sent from the UK to the United States within 5 to 10 days.  That is really quite a great feature!  
    3.   Easy to use
    I really liked the fact that I could choose a greeting card or poster and see what it would look like before I purchase the product.  Your website made this extremely easy to go to straight in and use it.  Most web sites bore you to death with features and your website it was easy to see all the features within seconds.                                                               
    And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
    Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
    1.  Dowloadable content 
         It looked like the cards and pictures were made up by elementary students.  They were very basic, bland, and lacked every day usability. The website looked very simple. It should have more modern, colorful, and popular pictures.  This website should be extremely popular if people knew they could upload the pictures.  It is awesome to know that you can have a picture uploaded and have a poster of it sent to you. 
    2.  The Euro’s money amount
         This is always confusing to me and they should include a foreign exchange money converter.  Also, there was no contact info except for an e-mail through the website.  And finally, I noticed only accept Visa credit cards because of the merchant code listed for UK websites.  In other words MasterCard would not be accepted at this site because of the merchant code.  Therefore, most Euro sites only accept Visa. That brings up a red flag to some customers. 
    3.  Features descriptions
         On the wall mount the descriptions of the features were strange, I thought it was in a different language.  But when I clicked on the feature and saw what it would look like such as the metal mount poster, then I realized how great the site was.  Even though it was clever to show the poster size, it looked a little confusing at first glance.

12. Go to https://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
    
    10 second glance makes me think it has something to do with art/visuals to make something.
    what do you think this site is about?
    
    It appears to be a place to make cards or wall art.
    what does this site offer?
    
    Cards or wall art.
    who can use it/benefit from it?
    
    People who want to send a greeting card or decorate walls with wall art.
    Now go to https://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?
    
    Well, your link doesn’t work, but when I get to createtoday.com/product/cards I see it asks me where I want to start? – This is confusing. If your site is the expert, why pose me with that question. You should be telling me how simple it is to make a card and confidently tell me to “Start Here” and you’ll do the rest. You should be guiding me, not me guiding you.
    Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.
    
    Done. Straightforward, except I would like to be able to do everything (card creation related) without having to log in. Make log in a requirement only if I want to purchase. It takes time to create a card, people don’t want to take time to register if they are only testing out what you offer.
    Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
    
    Done. Straightforward, except I would like to be able to do everything (card creation related) without having to log in. Make log in a requirement only if I want to purchase. It takes time to create a card, people don’t want to take time to register if they are only testing out what you offer.
    Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
    
    Done. Straightforward. I like the inpiration aspect adding a poem or song.
    In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
    If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?
    Other than the font used, the site looks pretty good overall. See actionable suggestions at bottom.
    And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.
    
    Change your font. It just seems like it is more for Halloween than for a professional site. I don’t like how the letter f drops below the other letters. I also wish you used a thicker font on the filter tabs (either in bold) or a font that is thicker (something like impact). Right now they are sort of boring and blah. Would recommend making them the same color as the blue arrows on the tabs, and also make the arrows thicker and more noticeable.
    Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.
    Actionable suggestions:
    1) Font issues. I think I covered them above. Your logo looks nice and is designed in a good font, however, when we see the Halloween-ish font later with the letters that are not even, it detracts from your brand.
    2) What is the point of having sample pictures on your homepage if you can’t actually see the entirety of them? You are covering up the majority of 4 of your pictures with your “What will you create today” box. Recommend a different visual organization of homepage, not covering up your art samples.
    3) I would recommend that you ask less questions to the visitor, and tell them how you can make it easier.  Instead of “What will you create today?” say: Choose one and we’ll do the rest. or something stating that you are the pro and will make it so easy, but you add the personalization.
    4) I don’t like the Orange balloon box that says questions on your homepage. It feels like it is in the way. Would prefer if it was a tab coming from the top side right (that doesn’t block any space that is being used on homepage)
    5) The word personalized is spelled with a z – (on homepage) plus this statement is not in a good spot.
    create the products you want, personalised your way with access to a growing range of great content and ideas from our talented members or use your own content with great results !
    This needs to be capitalized if it is a sentence. The current font and location is not good. It is almost hidden. When I put your URL into https://www.Foldtester.com – it tells me that only 70% of the people that view your page will see this statement meaning 30% will not. I think you need it underneath your logo, yet above your sample pictures on homepage.
    6) Your navigation button are at the bottom, in small font and below the fold. Most people will leave a site, or simply not see all of your content because of poor navigation. I think you need your navigation links in the traditional right hand upper side, like most websites have them.
    7) You have three pseudo-buttons that confuse me. They are on white/grayish squares of paper. It says “choose your content”, “create cards and wall art” and “we print and deliver”. I say pseudo-buttons because I expect to click on them and be taken to a page where I either get started with these tasks or to be taken to a place with more details on these things. These would be “Calls-to-action” but it appears they are not buttons.  I would recommend that you also capitalize all of these and not have sentence fragments.

13. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us.
    what do you think this site is about? Just quickly scanning the website it seems as though it a create your own graphics creative website.
    what does this site offer? The site is pretty interesting at offering the creator the chance to create wall art or greeting cards.  There are also competitions that seek out specific graphic creations that could be potentially sold on the website which is awesome for the artist.  The user can also create their own party invitations for a fee but definitely worth it if you wants something specific in mind.
    who can use it/benefit from it? Artist and poets can definitely benefit from this website as a chance to get their work seen by others and potentially sold.
    Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)? I am not sure if this is happening to everyone but when I visit createtoday.com/cards I received a page not found message but I was still able to click through the available tabs that are also on the home page. After clicking the tabs I am then able to see that this is a site that I can create on. I can also choose already made graphics and choose to place it as wall art or a greeting card.
    Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation. .
    Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.
    Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create
    In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).Creating a card using featured designs was easy to use.  After choosing the image I like the most I was able to choose the card type and fit it to my card by width or height.  After choosing that I was able to add font to the inside of my card which was self explanatory with the available options.  After adding text to the card I was able to preview and add it to the cart easily.It is very easy to create a card using photos that are already loaded onto your computer.  Just by clicking on cards and choosing upload own image you are able to browse and upload your own image to the card and fit it to the card page. You are then able to move on to the inside of the card and easily add the text that you want and choose the font size and test font.  After saving and previewing it the user is able to add the card to the cart for purchase.Creating the wall art was the same as the creating card except for choosing the size of the canvas and if it would have a frame or not.  Navigating through the available art was simple and not time consuming at all.
    If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they? The three things that I thought worked well about the site was definitely the ease of creating on the site, the ability to enter a creation and sell it on this website and being able to use someone else’s design in a card and wall art.  For creating both the cards and wall art there are three to four easy steps and then you add the  product to checkout.  I love that if you are an artist trying to get exposure you can add your design to the site for a competition and and sell your design.  Not only can you use your design but the top rated users designs are available for use which is really awesome.
    And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer. I didn’t like the tool for stretching out the graphic onto the card and wall art .  Maybe I didn’t use it right but either I fit the graphic to the page or the width was stretched out and too much negative white space was shown.  If there is an option to add color to the negative space I missed it otherwise I think it would be a great addition to the tool page.  Another think was that i couldn’t figure out was the currency.  Again not sure if I missed the option to convert the currency to USD but if not that is something else to consider. Lastly I wished that the member profiles were available in larger tab so all available graphics are easy to get to.
    Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.

14. $5 awarded to Latasha.

15. $5 awarded to zeke2100.

16. $5 awarded to dakotalee.

17. $5 awarded to Sierra12346.

18. $5 awarded to H_game.

19. $5 awarded to tzales13.

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22. Go to http://www.createtoday.com, look at it for 10 seconds and tell us
    what do you think this site is about?

    A site where users can create cards or wall art

    what does this site offer?

    Design options to make your own cards or wall art

    who can use it/benefit from it?

    It appears anyone can use it.  People who want to create their own art and have it on cards and wall art would benefit from this site.

    Now go to http://www.createtoday.com/cards – how well does this page compare to the homepage on the above criteria (assuming that a new user comes to it first instead of homepage above)?

    I believe it is only for cards.  Looks like there are many options to add to the cards, including captions.

    Now go through the process of making a card using member images – right through to order confirmation.

    Easy and straightforward

    Now go back to createtoday.com/cards and make a card using your own photos – through to order confirmation.

    Straight forward again.  I like the availability of tools to manipulate the picture I’ve uploaded.

    Now go to homepage and do the same for a piece of wall art, using member images – but not actually purchasing the piece you create

    Again, works fine and easily

    In each case please provide feedback on usability, navigation, clarity and ease of use, and any other advice/feedback that you feel appropriate (please exclude feedback on specific art or images that you see unless it relates to usability…but we are most interested in your feedback on usability of selection of member images).
    If there are 3 things that you feel work well what are they?

    It’s easy to use my own photos
    I like the ability to use the photos on the site if needed
    It’s easy to get to the finished project

    And what are the 3 things that you most feel should change? reworded – shorter, clearer.

    The color of the pages at the bottom of the main page aren’t easy to read.  It almost appears as if they first page is the only page
    I definitely don’t like to be required to signup to continue on with my card/art
    A Paypal option for payment would be good

    Please share any further feedback/comments not covered above.

    I think the categories and search by options are helpful, definitely makes it easy to search for what I need.

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