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| Turnarcades:
The website is having a total overhaul but things are a bit demanding at the moment with my other job. Right now the site is generating a lot of requests and e-mails, so I will keep it up in it's current state as a temporary solution, although I'm now unhappy with the way it looks. There's no point losing the larger products, as it doesn't do any harm them being there. It's better to offer them and show we can do them to the few who are after that. The more we can offer the better, as we are a custom outfit after all. I'm not just looking to knock out a few 2-player cabs for a quick raise, I'm trying to appeal to those who have a more specific idea of what they want. I have price-checked the cabinets, and they are the best around so they will remain as is. The biggest thing here is the re-design, which is coming. The one thing I never really accounted for was the way the site can vary in appearance from browse to browser. Besides the overly colourful look, that's what inspired the re-write. |
| ratzz:
--- Quote from: samshaw946 on February 15, 2008, 08:29:20 pm ---You don't know how me and Kevin spoke, so you wouldn't get it. As for the website, I'll take it you won't be accepting the offer I was about to put to you then..... --- End quote --- What's there to get? When was the last time you saw driving instructions in Tescos to the local Sainsburys? Or in B&Q to Homebase? Hmm ... wonder why they wouldn't do that, and I wonder why Kevin would bite your hand off for a link? And no, you couldn't afford me .... :laugh: |
| shock_:
Good luck with the new site build! Building quality websites, like cabs, is much harder than it looks. Especially if it's not your day job. Here's another free tip - and it's got nothing to do with your current site. ;) You mentioned cross-browser testing was something you were looking at improving this time around. May I suggest you check out browsershots.org, a website that will take a URL you provide, display it in a bunch of browsers/operating systems/screen widths etc. Takes a while for all the variants to arrive (eg 30 minutes), but can be very interesting and heaps cheaper than trying to set up and run those tests yourself! Once you've got a page of the new site all ready, publish it to your webspace (but don't link to it from any of your current pages, else or those nasty Googlebots will find it, and ruin your secret launch!). Then you've got a URL to test with. nb- you can bookmark the results page as soon as you request it, then come back and load it again later in the day. Here's some I prepared earlier so you can see what I mean. http://browsershots.org/http://www.turnarcades.co.uk/TurnarcadesExamples.htm :cheers: |
| Turnarcades:
Thanks very much for that, shock; This is an excellent solution. I'm currently working with someone on re-shaping the website in general and maybe adding some flash. Even though this guy knows his stuff now, this will come in handy when it comes to site maintenance in the future. Not sure how long it's gonna take, but the response I've been getting so far from ebay customers linking to the site is very good, even as it stands now. Hopefully once I integrate a checkout and quote builder, this will alleviate my e-mail load and finish the site off a lot better. |
| ratzz:
I am really looking forward to see this project ... Let us know when it's up and running! |
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