Handyman Site ready

[david lang]

Hi Just uploaded the first draft of my website

Any comments appreciated!

Dave

[Dave Jennings]

I like it. Clean, clear and easy to navigate. I like the fact you clearly state what you can and can't do, but provide contact details of others who can - so presumably you're vouching for them, which again is great.

[Dave Jennings]

Bad form replying to my own post, but I just turned the sound up on my PC so only noticed the sound! I personally am not a mad fan of sound files on pages, but perhaps I'm in the minority.

HTH.

[Séan Connolly]

You've missed off your firends number:

are not allowed by law to work on gas systems, for which you have to be C.O.R.G.I. registered. Give my friend Graham Baron a call on 01634

I like it, nice and simple and all the charges are clear & easy to understand.

[david lang]

Sorry, meant to say about that, its not completely finished yet!

Dave .

[sPoNiX]

It's fine.

sponix

[Ben Blaukopf]

It's missing the phone number for your CORGI mate.

Other than that, it looks good.

Ben

[Séan Connolly]

Yeah I noticed just after I posted, sorry! Tis good though, well done :)

[John Rumm]

Like the service of flat pack assembly - something lots of people have difficulty with and yet it can cost a fortune to get done by other means.

A few bits of niff naff:

Left margin on the plumbing and security pages. Bullet alignment on the electrics

On the charges page the wording of "Time spent sourcing specialist parts we don't have or are non standard is charged at £15 per hour, not the full labour rate. "

is a bit chewey... how about:

"Time spent getting non standard or specialist parts is only charged at £15 per hour, not the full labour rate.

On a business note, if you are supplying materials as well as labour you may need to watch your turnover does not go through the VAT registration threshold... (then again if you don't handle the products you lose the chance to add the 15% - so it all depends on volume)

[Mogweed]

Well done Dave, an excellent site but PLEASE ditch the sound - it didn't half make my missus jump!

Mogweed.

[nrh]

In news:XmHBf.8770$ [e-mail], david lang scribed:

Dave,

Excellent site and very confidence building ! Just wish you lived in N. Surrey/Croydon area. :-( Don't s'pose you could recommend someone doing something similar round here?

Re the website, in the Flat Pack Assembly section, your first sentence contains the following niggle: "..unless you done it many, many times before."

:-)

Kind regards Nigel

[Séan Connolly]

Me neither, they're a total pain in the arse imo.

(No sound in work so I didn't notice)

[Chris Bacon]

Yup. AOL.

I normally have it turned off anyway.

[Andy Hall]

Simple and effective. I like it.

The implied "corporate we" is a good positioning.

How are you going to draw traffic to it?

From my (limited) understanding of web site provisioning, this is the key aspect.

[John]

Just my 2p worth, I also don't like sounds on web pages, although yours only seems to be on the Home page. On your Carpentry page shouldn't it be Window Cills. Also when you go into your "Carpentry Workshop" the 'Carpentry' option button changes to the word 'UP', same in your 'Garden Structures' page, is this intentional? Security page, shouldn't it be Carbon MONoxide detectors. Decorator friend's phone number not complete. This is not in anyway meant to be critism, you may already know some (or all) of the things I have mentioned, all in all it looks a good first draft, well done!

HTH

John

[david lang]

OK - the sound effect gets the Spanish Archer!!!

Dave

[david lang]

It should - thanks for spotting that.

No - and I'm not sure how to change it! Anyone know?

Dave

[AnthonyL]

Ours charges represent excellent value ?? ^

Could do with someone like you up North.

[david lang]

These days, unless you pay for ranking you don't get much from Google searches. I will register with the search engines, but the strength of a web site is it's use as an online brochure. All my publicity & business cards will promote the site. Its more to support other marketing than draw traffic itself.

Obviously local business links will list it free, as will my networking buddies.

Dave

[david lang]

They appear perfect on my PC. Is this something to do with screen resolution?

Thanks, I agree thats better.

Dave