Newbie please could someone review my site

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Hi this is my first site, could someone please just give me a quick review before I start advertising it. There are no adds at the moment

What shall I have for the banner??

Thanks
Jess

inthehoof.com
#newbie #review #site
  • Profile picture of the author adils29
    Hi Jess:

    impressive site but aren't you using a capture page?

    Adil
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      It's my first site just trying everything out. Thought I would do it about something im interested in. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a look at my site. I'm going to become an affiliate of all horse based products. I'm going to have landing pages to encourage them to buy the products. Once again thank you so much for putting the time in to review my site i appriciate it alot
      jess
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      • Profile picture of the author scrofford
        Originally Posted by Inthehoof View Post

        It's my first site just trying everything out. Thought I would do it about something im interested in. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a look at my site. I'm going to become an affiliate of all horse based products. I'm going to have landing pages to encourage them to buy the products. Once again thank you so much for putting the time in to review my site i appriciate it alot
        jess
        I like the site! Why don't you consider creating your own info product of some kind on some subject on the horses? Do your research and find out what people in that market want and write away. Then you could either use it to give away while building a list or outright sell. I would build a list first though. Then create an even better product to sell.

        addon: you might also want to change the font color in the breeds. I click on a breed and it takes me to the page ok, but the content is really hard to read because of the color. I would change it to black.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
    Looks pretty good. Loads up kind of slow, but not terribly slow.

    It is kind of hard to read with the color font you have on that background color.

    I am a little unclear on what the site is for.

    Overall, it look spretty professional, but not so much that it does not seem like a personal site, that is a pretty good thing.
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    • Profile picture of the author brandon2664
      Switch the neon green logo to red. Turn the dark greys to lighter grays. You site navigation is solid and clean. I like the whole site it just looks a little dark.
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      • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
        Ok thanks allot ill give that a try and see how it looks thanks so much for taking a look you guys are great

        Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author PatriciaS
    I LOVE IT! Well done!

    I had no idea there were so many breeds (and you really do have to change that font color, OR the background color). I am quite taken with the Gypsy Vanner. Loved the videos. You've got quite a bit of content on there, and I think it's all really well done.

    I think that chalk gray color for the theme is so refined. Unless you're really crazy about the green in your banner, consider a medium-dark cantaloupe orange, which can be really stunning with this smudgy gray.

    Well done. I'm sending the link to my brother who loves horses. He'll enjoy it tremendously, as I did.
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      My site is for all horse lovers and just a general place for them to chat and learn about horses. I will attempt to make money through affiliate links with horse products as they are very pricey.

      Thank you so much for your help and taking the time. Im changing all the things everyone has listed.
      I didnt think i would get so much excellent feedback. Thanks EVERYONE so so much i cant say in words how much its appriciated.

      Jess
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
        It's already much esier to read. Looks really nice now and does not have that somber feeling like before. Do you have to change the colors on each page individually?

        It looks way better for your first site than a bunch of others I have seen from folks who have been making sites a long time.

        Congratulations.
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        • Hello all,

          I am very new to this affiliate thing all together. I need your help! I am a music producer that makes instrumentals & Beats for artists on the internet. The market is literally booming right now. I do sell beats. What I am trying to figure out is how to have it setup where other affiliates sell my beats and I give them a huge commission. I do not know if I am in the right place, if not maybe you can point me in the right direction. Or would be great if anyone has some knowledge on this. My website that currently sells my products is NickySouthBeats, very simple site. I can not put the .com because the thread will not let me because im new. If I needed to make a better site I would. Any help is much APPRECIATED! Thanks,
          Nicky South
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  • Profile picture of the author weatherforecast
    It's a good site. But give us some details. This site is for what ? anyway pretty site . get traffic and do what you need with this site
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  • Profile picture of the author PatriciaS
    Oh, no!!

    Jess, I don't like this version nearly as much. I think your new header looks a bit cartoonish, and the overall design, while no longer "somber," is also no longer as sophisticated and elegant looking.
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    • Profile picture of the author packerfan
      Looks like a pretty nice site. Lots of content, like the forum integrated on the site. One criticism... It's really hard to read for me, and little unorganized. The gray background and grayish text is tough on my eyes. I could never read an entire article with that layout.

      But great job on your first site.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesWilder
    Looks great.

    What did you use to make it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ralph Moore
    Originally Posted by Inthehoof View Post

    Hi this is my first site, could someone please just give me a quick review before I start advertising it. There are no adds at the moment

    Thanks
    Jess

    inthehoof.com
    That is a very nice start to what could be a great site.

    I think you need to generally increase the font size overall on the entire site, even though that may change the formatting. Use Arial or Verdana as a standard font for reading on a pc.

    Also, when you are formatting articles, be sure to limit the length of each paragraph to about three or four sentences at most, and leave a double space between paragraphs. It is much easier to read and encourages people to stay on the site.

    You can probably increase the font size on the menu buttons without changing the size of many of the buttons since there is so much white space before and after the text.

    Gotta love the content. Very nice.

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    • Profile picture of the author mycyberquest
      Looks great... the next thing you need is traffic to your sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Douglas
    I like it, clean and fresh. Good luck I hope it works well for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author jaiganeshv
    pics load very slow.. do they have too many pics in home page?

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    Also the navigation links are comparatively small for me!! other than that it looks different and nice
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  • Profile picture of the author whiteshadow1890
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    Cool website, but your login or register link doesn't work. I am using Firefox 3.6.3.
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      Originally Posted by whiteshadow1890 View Post

      Cool website, but your login or register link doesn't work. I am using Firefox 3.6.3.
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      I just went on it and it lets me sign up? Im using internet explorer

      Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
    Thank you all so much, i really do appriciate it. Im going to work on all the recommendations tonight and start writting articles to advertise it and hopefully make a little money from affiliate links. chi-whiz ive got rid of the cartoon grass
    Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author Jim Hegarty
    Nice site. I like the topic. I'd make the banner a little more "professional" It looks a little too much like a template site.

    But a great start!
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      I dont know what to have on the banner, i had some cartoon grass but everyone said it stopped it looking professional and slick. That is what i need help on next i keep playing around with it but i dont think it looks right?

      Thank you for the comment

      Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author Shazia Mirza
    It is a good site, for well a website standard.

    But at the moment, it is nowhere close to seeing the day light of income.
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      Originally Posted by IMReview View Post

      It is a good site, for well a website standard.

      But at the moment, it is nowhere close to seeing the day light of income.

      What do you think i need to do.
      Im open to any criticism at all I want it perfect before rushing out and advertising

      Thanks
      Jess
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      Originally Posted by IMReview View Post

      It is a good site, for well a website standard.

      But at the moment, it is nowhere close to seeing the day light of income.

      This is not true at all.

      Not only is the site put together by somoene who loves what they are doing, but the site itself is laid out well.

      Inthehoof is an easy to navigate site with a good selection of topics of interest in the nav bar.

      Eventually when the site gets monetized or starts list building, it would be good to replace the picture gallery above the fold with something that helps with those processes, but right now, it is very decent site.

      @inthehoof Your website will be a constantly gowing and evolving project in your life. It will never be "perfect" but it iis certainly ready to start being advertised and written about in articles and pretty much anything you want to do with it.

      You can also find out what people think about their own personal web designs by clicking on the links in their sig files. No offense intended, but in case you don't know what that is, it is the link just below their post that looks kind of like a little advertisement.

      It isn't like you need to copy all the designs you see from those websites, but because all those links are supposed to be from your own personal sites you can get an idea, maybe, of what they think is important in web design.
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      • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
        thank you the z man. that has built my confidence up
        ill have a look at the sig files, there was no offence taken, i didnt know what it was

        thanks again
        jess
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        • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
          Originally Posted by Inthehoof View Post

          thank you the z man. that has built my confidence up
          ill have a look at the sig files, there was no offence taken, i didnt know what it was

          thanks again
          jess
          You are very welcome.

          You might not like everybody's site designs, but you might be able to get some good ideas of what to do or not to do for your own site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shiva
    Great work as a newbie..keep it up! the site is professional and looks attractive!!

    Color combination is good!

    Now get alot of traffic..!
    good luck..
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      Originally Posted by Shiva View Post

      Great work as a newbie..keep it up! the site is professional and looks attractive!!

      Color combination is good!

      Now get alot of traffic..!
      good luck..

      Thank you, im just looking up affiliate programmes now

      jess
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  • Profile picture of the author adambr
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    Never saw a site like this, is it all made in flash, because it loads very fast.
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  • Profile picture of the author ekxstores
    very nice horses site. very professional
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    • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
      Thank you is there anything you would recommend to improve??

      thanks again for your comment

      jess
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  • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
    Originally Posted by mygold View Post

    OK that's looking good. But you should some arrangement to this.
    I dont understand lol

    Jess
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  • Profile picture of the author nykn43866
    Navigation and site content looks good but just a little slow to load...
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  • Profile picture of the author Inthehoof
    Grrr i really dont know what to do with my headed/banner, ive tried everything any colour or arrangement suggestions anything welcome

    Thanks nykn43866 i need to sort the front pics out so it doesnt slow everything down.

    thanks again
    jess
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