What a lot of work. Looks fantastic.... I'm not a fan of black backgrounds (makes a shopper's ability to print a page on paper a real PITA on some printers), but WOW! The colors really pop.

A quick note.... sub cat "Glow in the Dark" and others that have no listings... I'd like to see a null entry saying to check back soon. A visitor may think the page is loading and sit and wait for products to show up. A minor annoyance.

A few puzzles offer a "More Pictures" button, but there aren't any coming up. ie: American Lighthouses Jigsaw Puzzle. Can you kill the button if empty?

Clicking on upper banner (the logo) gets me to Network Solutions.

IE6 isn't behaving again. See below:

I'm coming back to do some Christmas shopping.

Thanks Mitch,

Black sites - I totally agree in almost all cases (about 97 out of 100) in this case due to the simple nature of the product (not much reading to do) and the visual nature of the product, the black really makes the products pop.

The catalog is being finalized over the next few days and that should take care of the missing items.

Normally if there are no additional images the button won't show. In the case you showed, one was used but later removed (looks like a gremlin that will take some hunting down).

Fixed the IE6 issue (good find!).

Top logo should work after the domain name is pointing.

This is a brand new site, but if it's like any other Rudy project it should be flying in no time.

Thanks for the feedback!

You really covered the gamut of how somebody would be looking for a puzzle in a logical manner. Die hard puzzle guys concentrate on the number of pieces....

SEO out the wazoo!! Clever integration :)

My only beef is along the same lines of wanita's comments. A slight gray would be nice.

I fully agree. I like to see the same colors across the board also. Gray on white can be hard to view IMHO. I always try to put myself in the shoes of someone who cannot see too well. If in question, change it to something that will not make the person guess.

Design and color schemes are not my strong suit (assuming I have a strong suit) but I do agree with the opinions expressed on the use of Black. I don't like black but it sure looks cool on this site. Especially with the gun metal gray with yellow hover on the product images. It sure stands out, but it may get old after awhile.

You have the off web page body in a black wall paper (I like the design) plus a fairly shinny black background on the page itself. Thats a lot of Black. You might want to try some dark grays or even light grays on the wall paper and/or move to a less shinny black (something other than 000 unless you have already done that) for your main page background.

Buttons:

I would suggest a different "GO" search button (I couldn't find it). Also your "Add to Cart", "More Pictures" and "Wish List" buttons kind of over dominate the product they refer to. Might want to shrink them down a tad.

Product page:

Any way you could put your medium product images on the same Gray background as the product description and the large picture pop up when you hit the more pictures button? They don't have to be in the same gray content block, the image could be on its own gray block, like you have on the home page. Between the very large buttons and the product image on Black, I had trouble connecting the product image to the description. [Ok. I'm looking at the Dusk at Sea Jig Saw puzzle. The board games images all have a white background.]

Your Related Items have a white border. I'm not sure how I feel about that. They actually stand out more than the product right now (at least the Dusk at Sea Jig Saw Puzzle).

What are the age demographics of your customers? If you are looking at say ages 28 and under, a black web site for these products would probably be a very good color choice. I haven't seen any studies on it but I do have a couple kids in that age bracket. If your in the geriatrics market (me) might want to rethink basic black.

Bob Noble