Published but just a list of pages

[Interpreter]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

Chris, Further to earlier comments I have now had the site accessed through the URL - not an SE - in the UK, USA, Australia, India and Canada and all say the site opened quickly and the pages also. Do you think that is a true test. However, I have made a few changes but even although I saved them they will not publish. Any ideas? I have used Clean up programmes but to no effect.

[Collectors-info]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

Strange! Couldn’t find your site on the SE’s & not sure how you friends did. I can only assume they have been to your site before & have the images in there own caches or possibly have very good broadband. Still if you think the pages is loading ok at over 2000kb then no problem. Personally I would aim at a 150 to 200kb entry page & a bit higher on internal pages if needed. I assume they did go to www.printsofcornwall.com
& not www.printsofcornwall.co.uk as this is another image site.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

Let me interject a bit of clarification, please. The index page
is the ONLY page that cannot have an uppercase letter " I "....

http://15utigers.org/TEST.html

Given that statement, it can be quite confusing to mix upper/lower case in your page names and URLS.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

The page titles should relate directly to the content of that page.
"Prints page 1" ..... nahh
how about " Grampound - Bottom of Town & Creed Church" ??

[CarbonTerry]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

The Page Description is what the SE's will list under your Page Title.
It needs to be a statement that will bring customers into your site after they do a search.
Sorry, but the descrition below would not convince me to open the link!!!!!
"Opening page with background to pictures"
What is this website about??? That will be your Page Description !!!

[Interpreter]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

CarbonTerry. I see what you mean and I will think about it. Is it better to have the picture descriptions on the index page - some are long. I have placed a "Next Page" link on each page and a "Home" link on the last page.

I have also made some corrections to text but despite saving them and re-publishing they are still there. Any ideas?

Finally, do the meta tags have little effect? As a novice I thought that what was what the SE picked up.

Thanks to everybody for their support and as far as testing was concerned I gave them the URL.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

The meta tags (in page properties) must also be on the page in text.
If you have "red widgets" (i.e.) as a meta tag but do not have it on the page in text makes little sense to a SE. SE's read CONTENT. Content is king. (meta's in the page properties is not considered content)
Your navigation should allow a visitor to go to any page from any page.
What if I don't want to go to the next page but some other page?
To bring up a newly published page hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard and click the browser "Refresh' icon.
I cannot navigate from "Prints 1" to anywhere but back to home.
Study other sites and look at theit navigation set up.
Also, the electronic size of your thumbnails on the home page are H U G E .
Fill out your image alt tags with a pertinent description of the image.

[Interpreter]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

CarbonTerry. Very many thanks for your advice and all the help you have given. I shall now try to rectify my errors and see what happens. I didn't realise I knew so little!

It is just a matter of fitting it in with so many other tasks.

[CarbonTerry]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

Glad to help. Have fun!!!!

[Interpreter]

Re: Published but just a list of pages

CarbonTerry

Many thanks for all your help. I have added an Under Construction banner to the site and am now re-doing it completely. A steep learning curve but I am getting there - thanks mainly to your help.

Regards

Michael