Leona,

I have been noticing some problems while navigating your site.

For instance, whenever I click on the link for the photo and video galleries (in the members area section) and then select a certain model (you for instance) I will get the page with your photos and videos.  Then, when I click on one of those (photos for instance) I will get the page with the different years of your photos.  Finally, when I click on one of those (2009 for instance) I will get all of the photo sets for that year (2009 for instance).  Of course, clicking on one of those links will bring up all of the photos from that particular set.

That all being said, whenever I want to re-navigate back to any of the aforementioned pages (or the original page with all of the models' headshots), by either hitting the back button or just re-clicking on the photo and video galleries link (in the members area section), one of the other pages that I was on will load instead (like the different years of your photos) and no matter what other link I try to click on, the same page will keep reloading (like it's stuck on that page) and I can't go back to any of the other parts of the gallery portion of the site.  The only way this doesn't happen is if I right click every new link that I click on (into a new web browser tab or window) to keep the orginal page up or active, but when I just click on each link, it will eventually get stuck on the 4th or 5th page in, and won't go back to any of the other pages (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc).

It's kind of hard to explain, but I just wanted to let you and your webmaster know about this in case any other members are having the same problem (I understand that the site is still fairly new).

Also, I'm using Firefox and I don't remember trying this with Internet Explorer.

One other thing, sometimes when I'm browsing many photo sets from any of Leona's years that she posted, and I'm going back and forth (between years and sets) and on the 5th or 6th photo set that I click on, all of a sudden, there will be an error code on the screen and none of the photos will load, and refreshing the page or clicking onto another set won't fix the problem (like I said, about the 5th or 6th time I click on a photo set).

This has happened to me with BOTH Firefox and Internet Explorer and the only way to fix this problem (and the other one mentioned) is to completely close my internet browser and re-log back into the site and start back fresh.

As I said, I just wanted to let you and your webmaster know about these navigation problems that may be a result of a few kinks with the website, or it may just be me.

All of those MINOR things aside, I LOVE the site and look forward to all of the additions in the future!

Mark

Hi Leona,

I don't want to start a new thread, since my post is about the navigation too.
I really like the Updates page, but for us site members it would be much more handy if the pics would link to the actual updates. We don't need the CCBILL link anymore... Would be nice if you could change this.
Oh, and is it possible to change the layout in the members section a bit? Right now almost every page (like Members Area -> Photo & Video Galleries -> Leona) starts with a number of pics followed by the albums box. As much as we all like every pic of you (and I would love to see much, much more pics), but almost all members will navigate to the albums. With the albums box on top of every page these pages would be much more intuitive. IMHO you could remove this - is it a best of gallery? - altogether.

PS: props for managing the site all by yourself!

Ciao from frosty Germany

Sorry Leona, I forgot to answer. Please forgive me. ;)

When I open "Photo & Video Galleries" the page starts with the navigation header followed by 49 (older) pics and the models box. When I click on Leona the next page shows the same 49 pics again, followed by the actual selection (photos and videos). I click on "Photos" and see the 49 pics again before the actual selection. IMHO that's neither intuitive nor needed, although it doesn't bother me anymore. But since your members look for the links they should come first. But OK, maybe I am nitpicking... ;)

Have a nice weekend, Steffen