Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

[letstalkchef]

Hello.

This is my first website and ,as I'm sure most of you know, it is extremely important to get outsiders opinions on what you are creating.

Please take a look at my site and let me know ANY feedback that you may have.

Thank you so much for your comments/concerns.

www.letstalkchef.com.

Joe
Chicago, IL
Let's Talk Chef.com!

[aussiebaz]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Hello Joe

I like the overall look of your site , easy to navigate and
easy on the eye.

Criticism:

One ---centre your pages
two--- you have your page set at 1220 (too wide)
I would reduce it down to between 800 and 900,
this will do away with the scrolling.
As you will notice each time you click to another page
you have to scroll the page across because it is almost out of view,
this will really annoy a lot of people.

Otherwise great job and welcome to Voda

Aussiebaz

[WSBlue]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

And make your e mail clickable.

[letstalkchef]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

How do I make my email clickable? That is one thing I have had a tough time trying to figure it out.

Thanks.

[aussiebaz]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

To make email clickable:
highlite your email address the click on
INSERT on top task bar then click "LINK"
in link type drop down click on mailto:
then in url type your email address
Make sure the mailto: is before your address
then click OK
your email should now be blue indicating it is a link

PS: it is not wise to have your email a clickable link
as this leaves you open to spammers, if you can design
a form then this is a much beter method
hope this helps
aussiebaz

[aussiebaz]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

If you want to have your email clickable but
impossible for email crawlers to be able to
find it (email crawlers are invisible software that searches
websites and extracts email addresses)
then use this code I have made for you:

<script language="javascript">
<!-- Hide from old browsers-->
function scramble(){
var p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6
p1='<a href="mai'
p2='ChefJoe'
p3='">'
p1+='lto:'
p2+='@'
p5='</a>'
p6='Contact Chef Joe'
p2+='LetsTalkChef.com'
p4=p6
document.write(p1+p2+p3+p4+p5)
}
scramble()
//-->
</script>

simply insert where you want your email address to be
on your page

aussiebaz

[MADinMelbourne]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Hey Joe, great work, very simple and easy to get around... interesting way to present 'cheffing'... Not so sure about the search button, I searched pavlova and souvlaki and a new page came up with no results.... What? no results for pavlova?? Looks very professional.

[WSBlue]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

If you want to have your email clickable but
impossible for email crawlers to be able to
find it (email crawlers are invisible software that searches
websites and extracts email addresses)
then use this code I have made for you:

<script language="javascript">
<!-- Hide from old browsers-->
function scramble(){
var p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6
p1='<a href="mai'
p2='ChefJoe'
p3='">'
p1+='lto:'
p2+='@'
p5='</a>'
p6='Contact Chef Joe'
p2+='LetsTalkChef.com'
p4=p6
document.write(p1+p2+p3+p4+p5)
}
scramble()
//-->
</script>

simply insert where you want your email address to be
on your page

aussiebaz

Please explain more about where to place the script .
I write email address from text > go to link type > chosse mailto:
and ..... where to place the script? Thank you.

[letstalkchef]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Is anyone else having a problem with the page width and having to scroll to see the pages? Everything looks normal on my screen, but I am using a Laptop.

Thank you to everyone for your input. I really appreciate it. Kepp it coming!

~Joe

[WSBlue]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Is anyone else having a problem with the page width and having to scroll to see the pages? Everything looks normal on my screen, but I am using a Laptop.

Thank you to everyone for your input. I really appreciate it. Kepp it coming!

~Joe

Yes , too wide . need to scroll to right to view everything.
Why don't you reduce the width to 1000 max or less?

[john777]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Hey I would look into a google search bar because you have a chance to make money on every search ..its fast and easy to set up..

also when it loads on my screen i have to scroll to the left before it becomes centered..
nice work..keep it up

[letstalkchef]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Ok, thank you everyone for your replies. I fixed the homepage as well as the recipe page and in the "chef joe" page. Does the new width seem to work better for everyone?

Any other suggestions?

What does everyone think about using the google adsense search bar on a site like mine? Is it worth it?

Thank you to everyone who is taking the time to offer their opinions.

~Joe

[aussiebaz]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

Hey, site looks great now, the changes have
vastly improved it.

Google Adsense is a matter of opinion, and you need to decide
on that issue.

Some will say use it some will say not to.

good luck with the site

aussiebaz

[WSBlue]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

How about make
This Week's Updates darker?
This Week's Updates
Which one can be read better?

[letstalkchef]

Re: Please review my site and let me know if I am headed in the right direction.....

I did make the change to "This Week's Updates" and you are right, darker is better. Thank you for the suggestion.

Do you feel it looks better as well?

~Joe