Website Take 2

[cynara_linnaea]

The following updates have been made:

-Missing sentence on About the Artist Page has been restored
-Bride's status drop-down menu has been reformatted so Hebrew and English positioning are consistent
-Spelling of "transliterate" has been corrected on the personalization form
-Month of Wedding drop-down has been fixed
-Radio buttons for choosing

Comments

[wotyfree]

Having a ketubah on the gallery landing page is good, because it makes it more obvious how that page works.

I still think ketubot goes in the main menu (perhaps not plural since some people might not recognize the plural easily). I think it makes it clearer at first glance that you primarily do ketubah work. (And how to find info)

[wotyfree]

Also, the personalization form needs to have a way to indicate non-Jewish parents under the bride and groom info.

[crewgrrl]

For the bride, it's implied with convert. For the groom, I might suggest something in the Kohen/Levite/Israelite option.

[wotyfree]

I don't think implied is good enough, because it upsets people when there's a radio button list and none of the options apply to them.

Also, it's *not* implied with converts because some converts *have* Jewish mothers (people converted as infants; people who converted with their families; people who converted and then their mother did). Who should be listed on the ketubah in that case is a question for the couple or their rabbi; it's not something with a completely consistent answer.

And either of them could have a non-Jewish father in any case.

form question

[wotyfree]

I don't know what this means:
Do you want the artist to complete רגל הקוף?

And if I don't there will be other people who don't know. Maybe there should be a button for "I don't know what this is"?

Re: form question

[masteraleph]

The better way of phrasing it is probably "Does your rabbi want the artist to complete regel hakuf," rather than "you." The couple probably doesn't know or care.

(There's a concept of finishing the ketubah at the signing rather than ahead of time, so sometimes rabbis will ask for the regel hakuf not to be completed. Others will go over a completed one with a pen)

Re: form question

[crewgrrl]

It's the straight line part of the ק in the word קנינא. If you look at the images on the gallery page, it looks like the word רנינא instead, referencing what masteraleph said about leaving the ketubah unfinished until the wedding.

Re: form question

[zevabe]

I never heard of this until an older Conservative rabbi had my BIL do it. It just struck me as weird.

[zevabe]

Kalta vs. Ittata

Other than the difference in actual meaning (Bride vs Woman), there is very little difference. Both are things you can say in that spot to not say anything. If you want your woman's-status-word to not be announced publically, or recorded in a document, you can say "woman" or, since she is getting married now, "bride".

[masteraleph]

"Both are things you can say in that spot to not say anything."

I'm not sure I'd agree with that, at least in an Orthodox setting. The presumption is betulta, and that's what's usually written there, so saying kalta or ittata in an Orthodox saying is saying something (by not saying something).

[zevabe]

Agreed. It is not saying something, and that silence can be deafening.

[debka_notion]

Would you think about putting some decorative thing instead of the plain blue on the borders of the home page? It might both fill it up, a bit, and emphasize your skills.

[superducky1]

I agree that an art piece of some type (maybe even a ketubah, or something simple like a spacer/border type thing) on the front page would be good. Maybe when you click on it it can take you directly to the gallery (perhaps with some alt-text to give you a hint that it'll take you there?) This way your home page has a hook to show off what you can do, even before the visitor clicks on "gallery".

I love the site! :) The gallery (and the whole site) has an intuitive layout that's visually pleasing.

Would it be useful to add a "comments, questions, etc."-type freeform box in the ketuba personalization page, in case someone has an immediate, question has already started filling out the form, and wants to just send it in instead of composing a separate email with their question?