My website - opinions please

[ReneeC]

I really value the opinions of my fellow Scubaboardians so I would love feedback on my website.
(except for the length of the link... I know, I know but it is a free site through Earthlink and they can't change it now plus it is on my business cards already!)

http://home.earthlink.net/~learn2dive/learn2diveflorida/

Work in progress but your feedback will help me make it a good site.

Thanks!

 

[Scubaguy62]

I like it Renee!

 

[baitedstorm]

I'm diggin' it chickie!! I think you should throw some underwater bubble sounds on there (like Brian has on his)...

 

[Mordred]

Hi there,

I think its great. Clean uncluttered design, nice soft colours. I work with 1024 x 768 res and it resized without a problem.

Your HTML is clean and not bulky - so nice for a change, some people who use things like FrontPage have so much unnecessary HTML in there.

 

[diversteve]

(except for the length of the link... I know, I know but it is a free site through Earthlink and they can't change it now plus it is on my business cards already!)

If you wanted to clean up the website address you can still register a domain name and point it to your Earthlink webpages. You can do this through any domain registrar for under $15/yr. However viewers of the page will still see your full Earthlink address unless you register with a registrar who also supports URL Masking.

An example of how it works: http://turnedwoodcollection.info actually is taking you to my AT&T free space at http://home.att.net/~stevesbowls/index.html

Notice the browser address bar shows turnedwoodcollection.info no matter what page you navigate to, that's the one downside of aliasing. However if you hover over a picture or link on the page notice that the status bar at the bottom of the screen changes to the actual page or link.

So it's possible to clean-up your website address and keep your existing webspace intact. You don't have to pay for new hosting, just domain name registration. I use Namesecure for this.

And I personally think it's a more professional look to have a .com or .biz name for your organization - and easier to refer customers to over the phone or in person if you don't have a card handy.

PM me if you have any other questions, I just stumbled on your post and probably won't be back through here again.

Steve

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Nice. Ditto the clean, easy to navigate menus.

 

[ReneeC]

Thanks Y'all!
Peek at the calendar once and a while to see what I have for updates. (or to rag at me because it is outdated!)

SJSpeck - thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it!

 

[JustJoe]

From the marketing/sales side of the page, what is the message? Would you like to sell me something? Put that message prominently on the page. You have a link to the page where your services are displayed, make it a highlight of the page.

Also, I would like to know more about the instructor. I don't want to dig around to find the qualifications.

This is all my opinion of course. Take it with a grain of salt please.

Joe

 

[Soda]

I like it. Clean and easily navigated through.

Just a heads up to those interested, I am a web designer. So, if you have any questions please let me know.


A dive site im working on www.capecoraldivers.com