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Title: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: rickbotha on April 20, 2016, 10:18:38 PM: Hi Guys,

I haven't posted on here in toooooo long.

The reason for my absence is my work on my model railroad website, TrainTry (www.traintry.com (http://www.traintry.com)).

I created TrainTry as a resource for people new to model railroading, as well as to add value to the greater MRR community.

I would really appreciate your comments on the site, any suggested improvements, content ideas, guest posts, etc.

Anyone that has any items available to lend me that I could review on the site, ranging from Locomotives, to Starter Sets, to DCC Cabs, to general accessories; I would be most grateful.

Please let me know what you think :)

Regards,

Rick
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: BigEd on April 21, 2016, 08:37:13 AM: Looking good!

Yes, I agree, the more the merrier!

On the website. I like the layout and fonts. The facebook and twitter links on the left is a little too big (might be my screen settings this side). I would hotlink the pictures on the main landing page too... Most people will click on the pictures rather than the wording.
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: rickbotha on April 21, 2016, 06:54:30 PM: Hey Ed,

Thanks for checking it out :)

The social share icons I'll have a look at, weird that they're oversized on your size. Mobile or PC? Browser?

The pictures on the main page are all clickable, but once again, I'll have a look based on how you were accessing it.

Thanks for the input :)
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: LooVille on April 22, 2016, 07:53:16 AM: Hey, Hey Rick,

Yea site looks good.
The social media icons on the left is a bit big, but it is not too bad.
I saw that the pictures is clickable, so maybe just check out all the browsers. I used Chrome.

Other wise all good.

Now you need to take your own advice and build a layout :stir: :stir: LOL :innocent:
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: BigEd on April 22, 2016, 10:34:14 AM: Quote from: rickbotha on April 21, 2016, 06:54:30 PM
The social share icons I'll have a look at, weird that they're oversized on your size. Mobile or PC? Browser?

PC using Firefox... See picture included...

Quote from: rickbotha on April 21, 2016, 06:54:30 PM
The pictures on the main page are all clickable, but once again, I'll have a look based on how you were accessing it.

Ok, looks I was just too hurried. If I wait till all of the page loaded the pictures do have links on them - also some written wording.
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: rickbotha on April 22, 2016, 05:15:15 PM: Hey Ed, Evert,

Thanks for the kind words and the advice.

I resized the click targets on the left - I think it works better now.

The pictures only becoming clickable after a while is a bit of a problem for navigating through things at a decent speed. Will have to look at changing my hosting in the near future.

Thanks Guys:)
Title: Re: TrainTry - Model Railroad Reviews and Info Website
Post by: gazza23 on June 21, 2016, 01:14:39 PM: Thank you, thank you,
this has really helped me due to the fact that I'm completely new to Model Trains

Gary