Web site advice?

I had that same template before on my site, sozlet was confused. :-)

First thought, you need to have more going on in the Welcome page. If you want to keep it simple visually, you can have the photo link to your "meet me" section.

You also really need to have a way for people to contact you -- maybe you took it down for the feedback stage. You can add contact forms, though, with no personal info displayed. (Though anyone can contact you through it, so maybe don't use your primary email address.)

(those are first thoughts, overall very nicely done and I like the format on the color and B&W pages)

Hmm.. interesting point..

I DO have, and STILL have my email link up for people to contact me through..

obviously it isnt visable enough


I will fix that.

I have 2 other sepia photos that I was thinking of adding , in some sort of pattern, to the front page.

I want it to stay simple, yet give the quick browsing person an idea of what I do...


maybe


-------------------------put them

----------------------------------------------in a diagnal

line like that , top corner to bottom corner ,with

WELCOME

right underneath?

Oh it was in scheduling, sorry.

I like the contact forms, good way to screen out spam and they're just nifty. :-)

I think that would be fine, but I think there should be something to DO on the Welcome page, not just sitting there by itself. Links to other pages for example (each photo can be a new link). People can figure out the navigation menu of course but the urge is to operate from the Main Page, at least to start.

...or else read something, see right off what you're about, some of the stuff you put on the "meet me" page for example. (I like the idea of having the photos on the Welcome page link to the "meet me" page.)

spellcheck and grammarcheck each page

the tiniest errors can put people off








There are a couple of other small nit-picky grammar things that you might want to have an editor look at.

that is a good idea.

I think I will do that.

Take 3 pictures, and each one links to another page.

one for color photos

one for black and white

and one for meet me.

Would it be overkill to put another" contact me " point in -meet me-?

I think you can have "contact me" as another navigation item, separately. Especially if you make a form. Plus that would take the black part of the left column down a bit -- this is teeny-tiny but right now it's ALMOST but not lined up, adding another navigation menu or two would make it more clear that they're not supposed to be lined up.

Completely agreed with ehBeth about the text needing some work, I'm commenting on the site layout/ features for now but can comment on the text if you'd like.

Instead of centering the words on the wordy pages, would you consider left/right justifying them and posting them as small blocks?

More of a layout approach. When I'm considering hiring someone because of their aesthetic principles, I want to see that demonstrated in their presentation.

Muttering to self ... is there a way to put blocks of words on there in a sort-of-sticky way? I like the groupings of words - it would be nice to have them 'displayed' to show them off a bit more.

Im not so sure I understand what you mean... ?

http://www.melissasphotographs.com/index.html



how about this one?

I took a look around as a complete no-nothing in the Web site department. I like the clean open look. It's easy to navigate. I like the easy, breezy writing. It clearly shows your love and understanding of kids.

ehBeth is right. It needs some proofreading. If you get somebody to do this for you, I suggest that you make sure this person understands about keeping it light and conversational.

I like it.