Need some good critique/suggestions/advice for my website

[Gene]

Hey everyone, would love some good advice for my website, I feel like it may need more? Anyway...

It's www.GenieWare.co.uk

Thanks a lot! :D

[TLE]

Hey Gene,

Some of your wording still needs refining. I would concentrate on getting the current content right before adding additional content.

Also the windows shield on services page, is that the same as the official Microsoft shield, if so you may want to remove it as I don't think you will have permission to use it. I could be wrong though.

TLE

[Tweak]

- Kevin McCormack

Sateside Foods Manager



I think it is Stateside (I Googled it and found that to be a UK company), might want to check that. Don't think the shield is exact, looks similar though...definitely needs a bit more content as it feels empty currently.

[joydivision]

As a competitor (I am also based in the Manchester area) I am not sure if its right to comment as I will be biased but I think the website screams student doing it on the side to me.

The website should be done in XHTML/CSS. Frames and tables went out many many years ago. It should take months to make a good website, I spent about 3 months on mine creating all the photographs etc. I then ended up threatening legal action when one of my competitors stole my pictures to put on their website.

The services seem to be about right.

The website is ok but if you want to make it stand out you are going to have to put a lot more time into it and ditch those frames and tables. My own website needs updating rather badly so I am a fine one to talk though :cool:

[tomdavies]

I agree with everyone above really, it looks very "on-the-side-esque". I'd make the content area a little less wide, maybe the menu area slightly wider too. Also, I don't particularly like the clipart style images (i.e. on the contact page) - especially where the background colour is not white and so looks out of place. I'd either Photoshop these to get rid of the background, or simply don't use them.

Also, in Opera anyway, there's a large gap between the contact form and the contact information. I have to scroll to find the form, as a customer I might miss that.

I'd work a little on the colour scheme too, or at least change the hyperlink colour in CSS since that blue doesn't seem to work very nicely in my opinion. I'm guessing your making use of Master Pages, since the main layout is following across nicely on all pages - if you're not, you should look into that, makes life far easier.

The general layout is almost there, but my opinion is above. My website needs a little more work, but I'm almost happy with it. Feel free to have a look at some of the websites I've done for clients also in ASPx if you'd like.

> www.blackcountryeagles.co.uk
> www.westcroft-community-foundation.org.uk

Hope this helped :)

*EDIT: As joydivision noted, if you are using tables... get rid of them, use DIVs instead.

[PCSupportGlasgow]

Gene, i agree with others it looks very much like a tech student looking for extra cash site.



tom, very nice clean site. personally on the reasons, i would play on the word severn and give seven reasons.

eg Severn (something witty here to show it was a ment typo) ) reasons to choose us.
or just number one, two, ...., severn


that way clients will have a type of word association when trying to remember your company name. for example some will remember it as the it company that like a number to do with the place .. then assocate it with the river your named after.

[joydivision]

Just had another thought thinking of how much it costs to run my company its £1000s.

Prices are more affordable than other computer repair services in the area.

This does not affect my great efficiency, quality and reliability.

NO HOURLY RATES

CONTACT ME FOR A FREE QUOTE

NO FIX - NO FEE

NO CALL-OUT CHARGE

Does this mean you are not paying income tax (maybe you don't earn enough to pay it, but you still have to tell inland revenue you are running a business), national insurance, public liability insurance etc?

I am not having a go but I think you may be being a little niave here.

Also if you go in too cheap you just get the cheap customers.

[Gene]

Hey thanks for the advice everyone, will definately be taking them into account. And nope its definately stateside foods :) http://www.stateside-foods.co.uk/homepage.html

And I like the advice about it looks like a student look for cash. And yes i have all my legal things sorted all before I started the business.

[Tweak]

Hey thanks for the advice everyone, will definately be taking them into account. And nope its definately stateside foods :) http://www.stateside-foods.co.uk/homepage.html

And I like the advice about it looks like a student look for cash. And yes i have all my legal things sorted all before I started the business.

Re-read my previous post...you confirmed that on your site it is not spelled correctly...

"AN OPTIMISTIC AND INTELLIGENT STUDENT,

HE HAS A GREAT PASSION FOR COMPUTERS

AND HAS BEEN FIXING MINE FOR 3 YEARS."

- Kevin McCormack

Sateside Foods Manager

I won't claim to be the best with spelling although I make it an effort and often am asked how to spell XXXX, but I do tend to have mistakes pop out at me often.