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Darren Altman · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: Brand new website

Hi all,

I hope you had a great Christmas with your loved-ones. So after months of designing, I have re-branded and now have a shiny new website:

www.voiceoverdarren.com

I wanted a site that's clean, vibrant, fun and encourages the producer/voice seeker to hang about, check out the reels and soundboards and hopefully show off my versatility.

Please can you take 5 minutes to have a nose around and let me know what you think and if there's anything that's wildly wrong or offensive.

Much appreciated. Smile

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Bish · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject:

Hey Darren,

First impression... the site fits you, your niche and your style... and I love the caricature. It looks like it's fun and not taking itself too seriously... upbeat. I'll take a look around over the next couple of days and see if anything jumps out as iffy. It looks pretty easy to navigate, which is important, and all the contact info and demos are right there.

The only thing that may be a problem is the twitter stream on the front page... I mean, some of your twitter conversations aren't really, well... website front-page stuff Smile

The site is very "chap", and the tweets may push it more towards "chav" ... I'm sure you know what I mean... although none of the colonials will Smile

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bobsouer · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject:

Darren,

In a word: brilliant!
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Darren Altman · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:37 am Post subject:

Bob, thanks! Glad you like it.

Pete, you totally get it! Thanks mate, that's what I'm aiming for, I'm glad it's a good relfexion of me and my (I hate to use this word) BRAND!!

Regarding the tweets, I understand and agree about the content. My web designer informed me that for Google rankings and SEO, it's vital to have content that moves and changes on the front page. I originally called it "latest news" and changed it t "latest tweets". To be honest, I hope that people will either check it out and follow me on Twitter as a result... or totally ignore it! It's there just to serve a purpous for Google.

Much appreciated.
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:28 am Post subject:

Wow! That's a lot of content! The demo's all load nicely (I like to color coding too), The vid's play quickly...and that soundboard is fun to play with too.

Contact info is easy to find....look's like you've got a winner there Darren!
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Deirdre · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:50 am Post subject:

I love it, The caricature is a scream and made me laff out loud the first time I saw it because it is SO YOU.

LOVE the colors, just like Chuck said.
Love the video player.

Please lose "welcome to my website".
You totally don't need that.

Also— I wonder if you could keep the whole header of VOICEOVERDARREN. COM, your pic, and Listen, Watch, Play, etc along with your ISDN number at the top, so the other stuff scrolls, but not your links.

My 2¢ on a really splendid web site!
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Bish · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:44 am Post subject:

I had a chance for another look at the site... the only thing that's jumping out now is that the audio doesn't play nicely with iOS devices. Unfortunately, the Soundcloud player is OK in a straight browser, but doesn't work the iPad, iPhone etc. Also, if I hit the "Play" nav button at the top... I'm just presented with the "Get Adobe Flash" sign... I'd suggest to your guys that they need to make it iOS friendly. Flash is dead (or at least mortally wounded).
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Darren Altman · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:38 am Post subject:

Ah, yes! I went on a friends iPad yesterday and noticed the same thing. I'll have a word with my web designer and get it sorted. Cheers mate. x
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Benjamin Stovall · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:14 am Post subject:

I've got the Soundcloud player working on iOS devices by using the HTML5 embed tag (iframes). They've specifically targeted those devices with their code update in October:

http://blog.soundcloud.com/2011/11/03/html5/

Go to the link above on your ipad and see if it works for you.

Darren Altman · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:38 am Post subject:

Many thanks Ben, I've passed this on to my web designer. Much appreciated.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:39 am Post subject:

i'm here to say i muchly heart the caricature. but then, that's already been said. totally y-o-u ! nice, darren. (or nice darren.)
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta

The site is very likeable, and it's so you...so, I guess that means you're quite likeable! Smile

Congrats, this is a top-notch site that is vibrant and full of personality but stays on-mission.
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todd ellis · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:28 am Post subject:

i really like it! except - when i clicked a demo style on the front page, i expected it to play - rather than take me to another page - but that may be just my impatience. more importantly - your demos aren't playing for me mac/firefox. they DO play just dandy mac/safari. my firefox may be a few versions old though.
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imaginator · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:38 am Post subject:

darren: i'm envious. you've done what i've been trying to do for years.

how much did your caricature artist set you back? brilliant capture.

so far, the only thing i think your site doesn't surpass mine on is speed of demo play from the front page...and even there, i'm still fighting the "non-flash mobile" compatibility problem in my next re-do.

very slick...while still maintaining the personal touch.
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Darren Altman · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:33 am Post subject:

Thanks so much for the feedback guys. My web designer fixed the Flash issue today and the reels now play on IOS devices. I'm so pleased that you see the personality that shines through, as it is exactly what I was aiming for, from its conception. Smile

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