Your opinion would be much appreciated!

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hi soo, your site looks OK from here so I have included it in the
SHOWCASE OF BLUEVODA WEBSITES.

You can see the result at:

http://www.bluevodaforms.com/bvwebsites.html

If you like it you can then go to:
http://bluevodaforms.com/showcase/ click on "user control panel"
and enter your site which will then appear in the "Index of websites"

have fun

[bill2006]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hello,
Need to ask you for help again _-_
My website visitors are telling me 'the website seems under construction'. - not working very well and photos not loaded. From where I look at it, everything is fine. Would anyone and everyone have a look at it for me and let me know whether you find the same problem?
Thanks a lot.
soo
http://www.soolondonhouse.com

Your website is taking forever to open and I have broadband. this could be the black background. Other pages are white, consider changing it to white.
The headline is off centered - so it begins over the street photo. I don't think this was intentional was it?
The second and third pics seem squashed ? Pixresizer is a better tool than manually resizing.

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hi..

Firstly, before I go into the 'Under Construction' issue, let me make a suggestion.

The header 'Soolondon house' in pink might need to be moved right a few pixels so that it fits inside the grey rectangle.

Now, lets see the 'Under Construction problem'..

Your website seems to be working fine here. Your visitors may be experiencing that problem because you might have had your site index page as 'Under Construction' for some time, so when they perform a search, the old page description might still be displayed by search results. This is because it may take up to a few days before search engines update. I guess, the question is whether your visitors are actually clicking on the link http:soolondonhouse.com.
Also, it may be a good idea to ensure that you've uploaded your pages onto the server under the correct names so that the links take your visitors to the right pages.. For example, you might have left the under construction page, or any other old page on the server and your visitors may be seing that page.
If all of that seems to be faultless, I would suggest that your visitors tray again shortly. I've heard that in some regions pages are not updated immediately.. even though, technically, this sounds like foolish thing to say, I should not discount it.

Thanks, Carlos.
Well said for an amateur like me.
Every time I made changes, I deleted the old page after the new one created and saved the new page using the same page name as the deleted one. Guess the server doesn't hold the old page, right? I mean, after the updates on the server.
Still some people say the page loading is very slow and some pages are not working well.. _-_
Hopefully it should be well tuned given time.
Thanks again.
soo

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hi soo, your site looks OK from here so I have included it in the
SHOWCASE OF BLUEVODA WEBSITES.

You can see the result at:

http://www.bluevodaforms.com/bvwebsites.html

If you like it you can then go to:
http://bluevodaforms.com/showcase/ click on "user control panel"
and enter your site which will then appear in the "Index of websites"

have fun

Hi, David.

Now sure what SHOWCASE... is for. But since you have included mine,
it must be something useful, right?
I just sent an email with upload php file.
Thanks for your test run and helping me out on this.
soo

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Your website is taking forever to open and I have broadband. this could be the black background. Other pages are white, consider changing it to white.
The headline is off centered - so it begins over the street photo. I don't think this was intentional was it?
The second and third pics seem squashed ? Pixresizer is a better tool than manually resizing.

Hi, Bill
Yes, you are not the first person talking about the slow loading.
Could it be due to the black background? hm.. but I really like it. _-_
All pages' background should be black.
How come you see the white background???
Ok, the headline is now corrected. Thanks.
Silly me.. I used Pixresizer for all the photos but didn't realise I could actually make the size smaller. I did that now.
Hope it helps with a quick or normal speed loading.
Thanks a lot.
soo

[choco777]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

It is a great looking site. Everything I tried worked. nice colors , photos. It loaded very fast. I like it, except for the "google stuff".

[Charles Shaw]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

I like your site, will contact you next trip to London.
have friends there now who are very unhappy with the temperature!
Come to the tropics, temp is around 85 and the trades they do blow!

On this page http://www.soolondonhouse.com/about_us.html
you might like to change ´homely´which means not particularly attractive,
to ´homey´which means like home...

good work!

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

It is a great looking site. Everything I tried worked. nice colors , photos. It loaded very fast. I like it, except for the "google stuff".

Thanks!
Out of too much information about search engine optimisation,
this is one of the easy stuff I could follow
although its benefits are beyond my guess, which means
'I don't know what I am doing' _-_
Hope I will soon see the exit of this maze.
Glad you like my website.
Thanks again.
soo

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

I like your site, will contact you next trip to London.
have friends there now who are very unhappy with the temperature!
Come to the tropics, temp is around 85 and the trades they do blow!

On this page http://www.soolondonhouse.com/about_us.html
you might like to change ´homely´which means not particularly attractive,
to ´homey´which means like home...

good work!

Thanks for pointing out the error.
London is rather cool (?) today (86).
Yes, it's been crazy here (over 93).
Every year, it gets hotter and hotter along with a steady increase in humidity.
Looking forward to seeing you in the future!
Thanks again.
soo

[bill2006]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hi, Bill
Yes, you are not the first person talking about the slow loading.
Could it be due to the black background? hm.. but I really like it. _-_
All pages' background should be black.
How come you see the white background???
Ok, the headline is now corrected. Thanks.
Silly me.. I used Pixresizer for all the photos but didn't realise I could actually make the size smaller. I did that now.
Hope it helps with a quick or normal speed loading.
Thanks a lot.
soo

Hi,
Loads much faster now, might have been your photos.
I now see black background on every page, looks very elegant.

Will have to bookmark it for a future trip to the UK.

Afterthought: you might include a location map (I read where you're at but couldn't remember the area) and a link to the tube map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/maps/

[Intercessor Prayer]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

I liked your site Soo, clean and neat and quick to load. Like all first attempts it takes time to fine tune and get it exactly as you want it to be.

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Hi,
Loads much faster now, might have been your photos.
I now see black background on every page, looks very elegant.

Will have to bookmark it for a future trip to the UK.

Afterthought: you might include a location map (I read where you're at but couldn't remember the area) and a link to the tube map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/maps/

Hi, Bill.
For some reason, I thought you are in UK. ^^
I should've kept the cigar from my cuban guests.
I said 'no thanks to her' as a non smoker but it looks coooool on you.
Yes, do come along.
I might have a special rate for vodahost members. ^^

As to the location map, on the page here http://www.soolondonhouse.com/location.html
inside small yellow circle, 'click tube map' is a link to the tube map
plus I have street map next to it. Is it too small to notice?
Actually, I want to have a tube map indicating or circling the exact station in red
(have seen them somewhere and it's really good!) but don't know how to do this myself. _-_

Thanks for your attention again.
Have a nice weekend.
soo

[soolondonhouse]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

I liked your site Soo, clean and neat and quick to load. Like all first attempts it takes time to fine tune and get it exactly as you want it to be.

Hi, Jacque.
Thanks! I like your site, too.
On my way home today, I prayed.
I am really happy to know you and your website.
I will be a regular visitor.
Keep up the good work!
May God bless you, all your work and people for whom you pray for.
soo

[bill2006]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

Thank you, I will accept the good intentions for the cigar.

For the map: select the portion of the map you want (can be a square with Hammersmith in the lower half) use the Adobe Snapshot Tool on the menu and it will be automatically copied to Clipboard.

Now open your MSN Paint and paste, draw a circle around Hammersmith and save as *.gif. Voila you have your exact location. You can now create a link to the detailed map.

Lovely city London. Have a good weekend too.

[Collectors-info]

Re: Your opinion would be much appreciated!

With all the comments, I am feeling guilty to say anything about this good looking site. BUT! A few small things.

• The background image on your front page has a link that directs you to a 404 page. Google may not like this.
• Your link to a map maybe better to a Google map as they have really improved there maps & the way you can use them.
• On your contact page, it would be nicer to have a drop down list insted of a scroll down for where did you find us, as the one you have, all the answers are hidden.

Good luck

Chris.
PS. it going to get cooler. I hope.