Birth Psychology Testing Results

Target Market

Professionals and the public that want to be educated about prenatal and perinatal psychology and health.

Testing Respondents

Grandparents: Calos Downie(answered) Rose Carlson(answered) Imelda Guzman(answered)

Reptile: Derek Bowker(answered) Travis Carroll(answered) Kevin Chhoeuy(answered)

Raintree: Kathy Samoun(answered) Anna Narbutovskih(answered) Matthew Lane(did not answer)

Conditionos of Testing

Computer	Operating System	Browser	Internet Speed
Acer Laptop: 16'' Monitor: 32-bit	Windows Vista	Firefox 3.6	N/A
PC: 17'' monitor: 32-bit	Windows XP	IE7	DSL
Sony VAIO 16'' Monitor	Windows XP	Firefox 3.6	DSL
Toshiba Laptop: 15.7'' monitor: 24-bit	Windows 7	Firefox 3.6.3	DSL
Dell Precision M4300: 1280 X 800	Windows Vista Ultimate	Firefox 3.6.3	Cable
PC: 1440X900: 32bit	Windows XP	Chrome	DSL
Dell Laptop: 15'' monitor: 32bit	Windows XP	Firefox 3.6	Cable
PC: 1680X1050: 32bit	N/A	Firefox 3.6.3	AT&T U-Verse

Questions

Was it apparent what the site was about?

It was apparent that the site was about Prenatal psychology although it was not apparent what prenatal psychology is from just the home page.

yes, very much so.

The site is devoted to infants, newborns, and the history of the program.

Yes the site is about Birth Psychology; and is meant to be a resource of information for its intended audience.

Yes, the focus of the site is clear on the home page.

Yes.

What is the overall tone and feel of the site?

Very calming feel

warm and welcoming

Its very nice, and calm because of the nice peaceful picture of thenewborns. They are so cute. The pictures are very family oriented.

There is an informative tone

The overall tone and feel of the site is of newborn babies and new mothers joining a community of motherhood.

Home-y

Welcoming and informative.

its tone and feel are informative.

Where did you first click?

Birth psychology, to find out a little more about what the it means

Bookstore, after looking at all the links

I clicked on the Birth Psychology link first.

I clicked straight across the top navigation from left to right and was disappointed to get zero response.

Hovered through navigation

About and Mission statement.

I went to the About Us section.

Did you find the site easy to navigate?

Yes all the links were pretty clear although again the font a bit small

yes, but I didn't like the the main navigation was not click-able to a page

Yes. I was simple and very straight forward.

No. The navigation wasn't what I was expecting because not all of the navigation links went anywhere. I had to drill down to get to new pages. And quite a lot of the links go nowhere. On the site map almost all of the links fail.

Yes.

Were the pages interesting?Why or why not?

The site is interesting although a bit wordy at times

There was allot of content but seemed necessary.

Yes. They were interesting because the site speaks to me about the 9month period of pregnancy and APPPAH can be found in many other countries.

Content wise the pages were interesting; visually the pages were not as interesting because there was only small pictures; I believe it works well though.

The pages are fine and reflect the content in and appropriate color and format.

Yes.

Pages were heavy with information but still kept my interest with the color scheme and how the images and left side navbar kept changing.

Yes. They had nice information and the layout didn’t hurt my eyes.

What is your impression of the color scheme and images?

I thought the color scheme fit the theme of the site. I really like the black and white images and the image in the background

warm and soft, I love the images

The color is nice and sets off a calm feeling. The images are nicebecause they babies look peaceful.

The color scheme gives a warm soft tone to the site and reminds you of a newborn.

The colors and formats are very appropriate for the material.

Poor quality logo, it's pixelated and I didn't like the color scheme.

I think they work well for this site

The color scheme works well. The images worked for portraying the subject matter.

What did you like best about the site?

I really liked the images, and the navigation

the collage in the header

I like how the newsletter page is archived with previous newsletter sothose who want to look back can look back.

The navigation was practical and the focus on sharing information was what I liked most about the site.

The site provides useful information and resources for prenatal health as a community effort.

Navigation.

The background image in the content area, only wished it could have come through more, the opacity is too light

It was all good.

What suggestions for improvement do you have?

Increase the font of the navigation a little

my resolution is very high on a 17' so there was allot of white space around it, more then the actually website, maybe make the website for a higher resolution.

The images should be repositioned so they do not overlap on the homepage. On other pages, the images look like they are too close together. Onthe donation page, the button that looks like it says continue say'contin'. Its cut off and should be extended just a bit more.

If you can manage to make the search box work well, this site should be great! Also perhaps you should allow people to become members with a link right under the "Member Circle Login"

Links to PDF files should be annotated as links to PDFs.

The colors clash a bit, pink with an orange-ish with a blue and then a gray.

Change the opacity on the background image in the content area- just a tad bit darker and give the home page a minimal height - it's too small for being a home page

None.

Were there any links that did not work, images that did not load, typos?

I did not find typos or images that don’t work but I did notice that some of the pages jump up or to the side when you click on them

just that the top links did not work, but i think it supposed to be that way.

None that I could find.

As mentioned before, the search box doesn't work too well; and the donate buttons on the donate page are too small for the text. Everything else looks and works fine I think.

Are you aware that on your site map you have 28 links and only 4 of them work? Lots of links don't work all over the site.

Not that I could find.

Everything seemed to work fine

The Navigation bar on the side seemed wonky at times. If I went to the About Us and clicked on the Welcome New Vistors link the side navigation has a left aligned non bolded menu. When I click on one of the side menu options such as Current Directors and Officers the side menu becomes bolded and centered when the new page loads

Could you find the link to the page to join the organization?

By looking under the membership link found it pretty easily

Yes. Membership, become a member.

I clicked on membership become a member and I received a PHP 404error. I understand it is not connected, but I cannot join the membershipclub.

I found the become a member link under 'Membership', and it was also easy to join the email list on the right of the home page.

This was clear: go to the Membership and click Become a Member and on join.

Under "support us" in volunteer

Yes. Went to membership.

Yes. I clicked on the Volunteers link and all the information I needed to know was there.

Did you find the link to donate to the organization?

Yes.

Yes

Yes.

Yes, it was easy to find the link.

Yes.

Yes it worked well

Yes.

Did you find the navigation easy to use?

Yes it was well laid out

Yes

Yes. It was nice and simple.

Yes, the navigation was organized and easy to use.

The navigation wasn't difficult but I expected every navigation list item in the top dropdowns to link to a page and they didn't.

Yes.

Was the navigation consistent?

Yes.

Yes

From what I can see, yes it was consistent. The size of the text in thenavigation should be a bit bigger. It was a little hard to read.

The navigation worked well and consistently, each page had links to related articles and overall I believe the navigation was well organized and consistent.

Yes, the inconsistencies were consistent.

Yes

I think so.

Yes.

Was the overall image of site professional and in keeping with the organization's vision/mission?

I believe it was, yes.

Yes

Yes. Obviously the site is devoted to pregnancy and newborns. The imagescorrespond the the mission and and the vision. Well done

Yes I believe the overall impression of the site works well and in keeping with the organization's vision/mission.

Yes, the site looks very professional and inviting. Overall I really like the site in spite of the problems with the navigation.

Yes

I believe so.

Yes.

Summary

Overall there was alot of good feedback about the site. The only problem seems to be the navigation. Based on all the results, we have to fix the navigation and a few minor problems with images and text size.