My website is now more or less funtional. What do you think?

[signmeup]

So I finally got a page done for each button. I need to beef up the "about" page but at least it's page now. Oh, and the "how to order page"....well... so.... I still need one of those. Waddaya think of my little site so far?

www.showpiecesigns.com

 

[signmeup]

Someone must have a suggestion on what I should do next or fix first. anyone.....anyone....?

 

[phototec]

Website?

I like it, nice and clean, not cluttered!

BTW, did you created the web site yourself, if so, please give info on what application you used and how I would go about creating my own website?

 

[strypguy]

I don't think you need any help or suggestions. Looks great to me!!

 

[luggnut]

i was hoping to see some responses myself... so i could learn something. i've been working on my site and was hoping to pick up some pointers from people more experienced than i.

for what its worth i think your site has a clean look... it seems a little odd that the how to order page is the same as the contact page? maybe on the "how to order" have some questions they need to ask themselves to determine what they want or need? and a little more info on the "about" page ..maybe? like your history or background.. how you are different... what people can expect from you.. or maybe a little spill about how classy a vibe is sent out with a handcarved dimensional sign.. an example contrasting the everyday helvetica sign against a carved showpiece.

you do great stuff by the way....

 

[Stealth Ryder]

Looks really good to me!!!

 

[Stan B]

You did a beautiful job. Few suggestions

- create a bottom footer and copy About Us and Contact Us links there

- on this page http://www.showpiecesigns.com/index.htm - title (A hand crafted sign) sits right on top of text. It will be more visually appealing (to me) to give it a little room

- on http://www.showpiecesigns.com/articles.htm - make text a standard underlined link to artcile too

- on http://www.showpiecesigns.com/about.htm - break sentenses apart. They provide different types of info that shall not be mixed (who, where and why)

- http://www.showpiecesigns.com/contactshowpiecesigns.htm - make a simple "email" form with submit button - will be easier to contact you. don't forget to utilize "captcha".

- i'm sure you know but your meta tags (esp meta title) needs work

 

[SignManiac]

Says everything up front which is a good thing and showcases exactly what you do. You will eventually get tired of looking at it and if you're anything like me, you will end up redoing your site many times over. I think I'm on my fifth reincarnation already. After a few years they all start to look dated as styles and trends change.

 

[royster13]

Looks nice but website are never finished.....

 

[Mosh]

Clean look. I Iike it.

 

[Rick]

The cleanness and simplicity of the site belies the craftsmanship with it...

I think you need to work on getting rid of the template feel to it and give it a crafty feel to match the nice work... you do not need to overpower your sign work with fancy overdone website deign, just compliment it a little more.

 

[Jillbeans]

It loaded real well for me.
I can't tell you anything technical, but it did look nice and clean.
The only thing that bugs me is the title, I feel it needs more of a black outline on the lettering, or the lettering needs to be placed on a darker background, to show up more.
But I know nothing about web stuff.
Love....Jill

 

[wes70]

I like it a lot! As said, nice and clean, which makes it easy to navigate.

 

[Replicator]

Cool . . . !

 

[bates]

The site looks good. It will get you started

The site looks good. It will get you started. you just have to build on it now. I suggest using 1shoppingcart.com as your ecommerce shopping cart. It works great. I'm using it for my website.

Meanwhile, do you know the answer to my vinyl cutter issue? My vinyl cutouts have jagged edges on the rounded corners. Any thoughts?

thx
Brad

 

[777signs]

looks great, but 2 things I noticed. On the other pages, there i no way to get back to the home page, and there is no phone number to contact you.

 

[signmeup]

Well now....turn your back for a day and look at all the feedback! I better get to responding.
First off....the site was made in Xara Xtreme5. It's a pretty amazing piece of software and you should download the free trial and watch a few of the tutorial videos. It has some very interesting ways of doing things.
Second thing...it's not finished as most of you concluded, a website is never really done. They seem to evolve though their life span. I did get some good ideas on what to do next from the feedback so far though.

I think it would be best to address each post seperatley from here.

 

[signmeup]

You did a beautiful job. Few suggestions

- create a bottom footer and copy About Us and Contact Us links there


- on http://www.showpiecesigns.com/articles.htm - make text a standard underlined link to artcile too

- on http://www.showpiecesigns.com/about.htm - break sentenses apart. They provide different types of info that shall not be mixed (who, where and why)

- http://www.showpiecesigns.com/contactshowpiecesigns.htm - make a simple "email" form with submit button - will be easier to contact you. don't forget to utilize "captcha".

- i'm sure you know but your meta tags (esp meta title) needs work

Thanks for taking the time to make your post. Some good suggestions there. I don't really know much about meta tags but I'll click the Xara help files and see what they say. I'm afraid I don't know what "captcha" is.

 

[signmeup]

The cleanness and simplicity of the site belies the craftsmanship with it...

I think you need to work on getting rid of the template feel to it and give it a crafty feel to match the nice work... you do not need to overpower your sign work with fancy overdone website deign, just compliment it a little more.

Rick, thanks for posting. I wonder if you could give me some direction or a link to a site that has the "crafty" look you mention. How did you know it started as a template? And how can I fix that? I'm afraid you may have to talk down to me a bit..... you're quite a few levels above my abilities.

 

[signmeup]

It loaded real well for me.
I can't tell you anything technical, but it did look nice and clean.
The only thing that bugs me is the title, I feel it needs more of a black outline on the lettering, or the lettering needs to be placed on a darker background, to show up more.
But I know nothing about web stuff.
Love....Jill

Thanks Jill. I have really been getting into low contrast stuff lately. It works on dimensional signs but maybe not so much in the flat. Here's another header I have. Maybe the brown will work better if I flip the gradient. I'll have a look at that too.