Please critique my new web-site

[Paulk2]

Re: Please critique my new web-site

Hi Muzza,
I did set page properties to php (actually it did it automatically when I used the Form Wizard") so I know that's wasn't my problem. However, I didn't set the link as you mentioned so I'll do that now!

[Paulk2]

Re: Please critique my new web-site

Hi Muzza,
Changing the links to pnp worked! Now I have only one problem to solve with this page. When I fill in the contact information it links to my email OK but the only thing I get is "Values submitted from web site form:" nothing else. ???

[Paulk2]

Re: Please critique my new web-site

Thanks all! I got everything working!

[Paulk2]

Latest cut at web site

Hi all,
I finally finished my web site - www.americaneaglesigning.com with all of the changes/corrections that you sent me on this forum. Would appreciate another look at it to see if I missed anything. TIA

[raganok]

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i didnt see it before but it looks good, very clean site very nice...

[nzbr]

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Well done, but I personaly don't like 'counters' like the one you're using at the end of the page.

Cheers,

[bysandra]

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Hi,
Looks great (professional) links all working. Just a couple of suggestions,
1. I agree with NZBR about counters. You can check out the number of visitors in your control panel and I personally think counters look amateurish (and your site does not)
2. The aqua scroll bars do not match any of the colours on your site nor does the home page scroll bar - IMO default grey works better. You have it on one of your pages.
3. In your links page I clicked on 2 of your links and it took me away from your site. Some people do not hit the back button when they are sent to another site they just exit. I did and it closed your site. (I generally bring up BV to check that I have the right words but I do not have time so off of the top of my head to keep your website open when they click on your links you need to have '_blank' in the target space which you find in the page properties)
4. From an editing point of view I would say 'Hi & welcome to American Eagle Signing' on your home page (rather than 'our website') but I also believe that from an SEO point of view we have both missed the point and you need something there using keywords (but don't know enough about it).
All in all I think your site looks very professional and gives a feeling of security which I imagine would be most welcome for your clients
Hope this helps

[bysandra]

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Hi Again,
I knew I didn't have it quite right. to Get your link sites to close without closing your site you find the empty target box in your navigation bar. I found it by clicking on edit for an address. I haven't sent anyone off my site but when I want a separate page to open on my site i select the'_blank' to go in the target box.

[karenwms63]

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How about instead of Hi and Welcome.......use something like.....

American Eagle Signing Service - Your Certified Notary Signing Agent

This makes it a good h1 and includes your main keywords.

I see you have been working hard and it SHOWS! Keep up the good work.

[Paulk2]

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Thank you all for your inputs! BySandra, I did as you and nzbr suggested and removed the counter. I also fixed the scrollbars back to gray and changed my "welcome" line.
With regards to my "Link" page I did as you suggested added the _blank and it worked! However, I discovered that if you are on the "Home" page and you click on the "Links" page the Links page comes up in a separate window. It only happens with Home/Link combination. I tried all the others and they work fine. The only change was adding the "_blank" to the Links page. Is there a way to fix this???
Again, thanks for everything. This forum rocks!

[Muzza]

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Looks good.

To stop a new tab opening, like your links button on your homepage try changing the "_blank" to "_top" and it will open on top of the existin

[karenwms63]

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However, I discovered that if you are on the "Home" page and you click on the "Links" page the Links page comes up in a separate window. It only happens with Home/Link combination. I tried all the others and they work fine. The only change was adding the "_blank" to the Links page. Is there a way to fix this???
Again, thanks for everything. This forum rocks!

Just go back to your menu, double click, click on links, click edit and on the target...highlight the "_blank" and right click and delete, click ok.

[Paulk2]

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Hi Karen,

Yes I know how to delete it but that really wasn't my question. BySandra suggested adding the _blank to my Links page so that a viewer could go back to my web site after viewing one of the links. By deleting this I'm back where I started.

[Byzantia]

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Hi

Looks great. Well done.

Speaking in my professional capacity as a legal proofreader, I am viewing in Firefox and a some of the text overlaps on the aboutus page. It's nothing serious but I'm a perfectionist. (Yes - it's so easy with other people's work! I expect my own site will be full of typos.)

[Paulk2]

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Hi Byzantia,

Do you know what I should do to fix the overlapping? I'm using IE and everything looks OK.