Re: site redesign

>I need comments to help me with an upcoming redesign. My site is 
>located at http://www.angelfire.com/ia/woden/ It is the site for the 
>small town (250 people) I grew up in. Keep these things in mind 
>please as you look for things to comment on-

Hi Heather :)

	I'm waiting for a download, so I figured I'd use the time to check out
a site and yours popped up just as I looked.  So here I go:

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	Loading time:  Considering that I was loading a program at the same
time (I'm connected at 48.3), it loaded fairly well.  You may want to
give the air shot of Woden a height & width to give it room to d/l. 
It's a little big at 67k, but it seems to be a good touch.

	"Woden was first called Bingham..."  My great-grandfather helped
settle a town named Bingham up where in Maine.

	I like the header graphics.
	
My Suggestions:

	Intro page-  	One of the first things that caught my eye was "Woden is
a small town that will be celebrating their centennial in 1999."  This
sounds a little funny (read it aloud).  Possibly "Woden is a small town
that will be celebrating its centennial in 1999." would help a little? 
(Sorry, english 212 on the brain..end of the semester..)  Also, drop a
space in "Make your plans for the Centennial now with the
tentativeCentennial Schedule!" on the intro page.

	History Page-  Maybe use a menu to correllate the data?  

	Businesses-   If I knew my business name was on the WWW, I might want
my number too!  (Heck, maybe a little advertisement money for a
description too, just an idea....)
	
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	I liked the site.  Given the style of the town that is portrayed, the
simple & clean format seems to fit it well.  It loads very nicely on
the majority of pages.

	Good luck with it and have a fun Centennial :)


Sincerely,
Michael Beane
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Technology Consultant
UMSG, Inc.
1998/1999
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~sgov/
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http://www.umit.maine.edu/~michael_beane/
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