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Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
Old 09-12-2007, 05:34 PM Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
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Hi

This is my first website. Please any suggestions. What you like/disslike. http://www.isleofwightchalet.co.uk

Also if anyone can link to me would be great.

Many thanks in advance.

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Dont be to harsh it is my 1st.

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Old 09-13-2007, 01:34 AM Re: Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
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Well, for a first try it's a lot better than I did back in 1997 so I can't talk. So I won't be harsh by my high standards that way.

Here's the deal: your biggest problem with it is that you've got a lot of different things going on that could be useful additions to your pages/site, but no sense of direction or flow. That reflecting lake Javascript looks cool by itself, but it doesn't really fit your site, for example.

The same thing goes with the Madonna song; no wait, I don't like Madonna and I was listening to Alan Jackson and you interfered it that and it made me very sad and if I weren't reviewing your site, I honestly would have left. In other words, you'll serve yourself well to lose the music.

Your no-right-click Javascript won't help you with picture theft. At the bottom of this post, you'll see an attachment. The attachment will contain the front view of your chalet. If people want to take your pictures, they can and will; putting that no-right-click thing in there just tends to strengthen their resolve. If you're worried about copyright, watermark your images in a similar manner to Forrest Croce does it (he's a professional photographer and one of the regulars here).

I don't really get a "touristy" feel from your site. I don't necessarily want something flashy and in-my-face, but I would like to see more pictures in the header and/or footer of the layout so that I've got a nice warm fuzzy going on from the site.

Kinda like this site:

http://www.niagarafallshotels.com/

It's not the best example out there (I'm not really big on the purple or the way they did the menu myself), but you get the general idea. That's the type of site you should be shooting for.

Finally, and most importantly, lose the frame forwarding. A few bucks a month on hosting won't break your bank (if it does, you've got some deep issues) and you'll benefit from the SEO effect alone (assuming you fix the other stuff).

Basically, make me feel warm, fuzzy, loved, and attracted as a potential tourist, and you'll have the right idea.
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Old 09-13-2007, 08:50 AM Re: Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
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In addition to Adams comments.

1) Everything you think is cool - is not cool. Mainly the javascript effects on images. Dated, tacky, slows the site down.
2) You don't need to tell people the time in so many places. Most of these modern computers have a clock built in!
3) Concentrate on the content - not snippets of borrowed code that does something "snazzy".
4) Have a text version of the navigation bar - will help SEO
5) More pictures of what the website is about specifically - the chalet
6) Simplify man!
7) Test in browsers -all the script crashed my IE6
8) My advice to anyone doing a website for their business is always to pay a professional to do it - if your income depends on it - make it good.

But still learning to do websites is fun (I am still learning) so make some changes and let us know how you get on.
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Old 09-13-2007, 11:22 AM Re: Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
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We're all still learning, Tom. Even those of us who have been doing it for years are still learning.
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Old 09-13-2007, 12:13 PM Re: Isle of Wight Chalet. 1st Website. Please rate.
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I agree with Adam and Mr-Tom, but I just have to say:

Scrap the Javascript or most of it. Firefox nearly crashed when loading your page and it took like 10 or 15 seconds, mostly of what was probably Javascript. You don't need it so get rid of it.

Also, the site just feels tacky. There's too much going on and it just seems really amateurish. Remove the music, remove the flashy things at the bottom, remove the counter, and try to fix the navigation and text so that I don't get a horizontal scroll bar on the bottom of my screen.
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