Thread: First web site

This is my first try. Any thoughts and constuctive critisism welcome.
What do you guys think/
Thanks

Duh!! forgot the link. Here it is,
www.kellyholidays.com

Hi Kamoto,

I like the way you present your business. The pictures are beautiful and are inviting to rent an apartment. And of course the Algave is superb.
Try to center the page and resize your pics.
I hope you'll generate a lot of visitors to your site.

Wynie

kamoto .... you've done a great job, well organized ... can't seem to find anything wrong ... you could shorten your index page, you don't have to ... can't say I am fond of that green/blue color, but that is just preference, probably many like it ... you've done a great job photos are really nice and the food is very yummy and the apartment is great too ....

good luck

Thankyou. It is always difficult choosing colors and as you say its a matter of preference but the more comments I get will make me look at that. I appreciate your comments. Thanks

Dont like your background colour.Your Nav buttons change positions on some pages which was confusing eg tell a friend page is different. Keep your nav buttons the same throughout. On the tell a friend page you have extra buttons for links, why dont you put these on the main menu. Your thumbnail images are too small carnt really see what i'm clicking on. Didnt see a map of the apartments exact location. Your list of events - which year are they for - 2007? Nav buttons need the corners knocking off or choose a different button. Dont think I saw what the apartment looked like from the outside, I would want to know that before I booked. On the positive side I think youve done a great job, lots of relevant info easy to read and navigate around (apart from the nav buttons) I'm sure you can fettle it up to a really nice site

some prefer not to have a nav button for the very page you are on ... some say if you to, disable it ... personally, I did not mind that this was the format he used .... it saved disabling a nav button and it also saved having a dead button ... i thought that part worked well for me ....

the thumbnails are small, but the page is quite long as it is, and he has larger photos there, they didnt bother me being small either ....

lol ... funny eh! just my opinion ...

Thanks . I think the law of averages indicates that a clour change is needed. I will change the nav buttons accordingly. I agree the Photo's are a bit small.
Thanks for that.

Nice site - good pictures. I might suggest you put the map and distance table on other pages - with links to the pages on the home page.

I'd prefer that your Contact Us page take me to another page on your website - and give me REAL contact info - name, address, etc - and then you can have a link to an email. I shy away from any website that doesn't give me contact info.

And I never did figure out what the purpose is - are you trying to rent or sell the apartment? That needs to be readily understood - and if you are - prices certainly help.

Hi Bethers
All the rental rates and contact info, availability etc are in the Apartment info page. I see where you are coming from as it is not immediately obvious that the apartment is for rent. I will look into adding another page with maps etc as well as making the contact info more accessable.
Great advice, thanks.

kamoto,

I never made it down to that region when I lived in the Azores, I did make it to Lisboa a couple of times. Most flights we hopped took us into Spain or Italy. It did remind me alot of the Azores tho. Loved the pictures!

Karen

Hi Kamato
Nice page. Liked the pictures. I like myself "borders" around a website so I can see where it "goes". Keep up the good work

Brgds
Europe

Thanks for all your comments.

Hi kamoto,

Lovely site , makes me wish I was there lol

Have to agree with the above tho about the backgrond colour and the buttons dont really enhance your site...there are better buttons you can have and a colour that would compliment that beautiful sunset you have there..maybe a more subdued shade of the colour you have now?

Heres a couple of buttons I found if you want them just right click on them and save as..and save them to c:/programfiles/bluevoda/navbar





done a little page so you can see what they look like

http://www.lindashouseemporium.net/algarve.html

Thanks Linda
Ihave downloaded the buttons and will try them.
As for the color , I have to convince my "lady" friend that the site is for to change the color, this might take time !!

lol Pete ..tis only a suggestion tho to give you some ideas so dont fall out over it lol

That wont happen, I hope. I have changed the buttons now so see what you think. I will carry on tweaking as ideas come in.
Thanks Linda

Pete

Your welcome,

looking better all the time Pete, try using a lighter text colour on the darker button it will show up better and clearer .and plain maroon on the lighter button..try this...in your custom colours

Hue 20
Sat 240
Lum 150

looks like this http://www.lindashouseemporium.net/algarve.html

Thats done. Have been granted permission to change the background colour lol. Any ideas?
I want to change it p.m.
Thanks

Cool... have a play around with the custom colours see what you can come up with.......i'll have a tinker to this afternoon

heres one..http://www.lindashouseemporium.net/algarve.html

or a complete contrast picking out the colours in your banner

http://lindashouseemporium.net/algarve2.html

Blue background http://www.lindashouseemporium.net/algarve3.html

Linda...your good!!

Thats a nice thing to say Cindy thank you...just love playing with colours is all really :o)

How about using a Map as a background???
Maybe a 'Treasure' map!

Hi Linda
Back again. I am going to go with the sandy colour you first came up with. Its very easy on the eye. Tanks for all the interest and ideas. Great.

Pete

Your most welcome Pete....numbers for that are

Hue 34
Sat 58
Lum 189

More tweaks done especially the background colour. Makes a huge difference.
I have learnt a lot about colour choice and enhancing the content through this.
Thankyou

Very nice...much better with these colors. Nice choice.

Looking good Pete!

One other little thing...you need to set your pages to 800 and center...go to page properties and click ...center in browser box...or follow the link below to know how to do this ..makes life easier ;o)

Dude! Your site is freaking sweet! I'm so unlucky I went to it though =(. It took me a while to stop exploring it lol! All 3 of the links! About... 20 minutes to stop exlporing it. Keep on rocking mate!

Wow,
I am starting to get enquiries already and one through this forum. The power of the Vodahost community. More to come !!!!!!!!!

Pete

Well done, your page shows off the apartment very nicely.

One thing, I looked at some road maps and the distance charts they use. Rather than having the cities on top vertically, consider writing them from bottom to top. Might be easier to read.

Thanks Bill
Iwill give it a try and see what it looks like


Pete

You're welcome.
By the way, are you making it available year round? Didn't see availability restrictions.

Yes it is available all year. Their are no restrictions.
Thanks

I have added a page "Golf"to my site to try and appeal to a wider audience. I have also changed the navbar on all the pages. Hopefully this improves the site a bit.

Pete