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Forum: Website Design 7th July 2013, 04:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 650
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Positive Criticism Welcome - Review My Site?

Having the four buttons at the very top of the page is not a good idea. Why would anybody click on them before they have read a single word of your body text?

You don't introduce your subject at...
Forum: Website Design 3rd June 2013, 07:13 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 405
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: I need about 100-500 1 page websites

I agree with Patrick. Designing 500 copy-cat 1-page websites for customers is a bad idea. Every customer will be in a different business and the same style and formatting will not work for all of...
Forum: Website Design 31st May 2013, 05:23 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 535
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Suggestion on making this not look like crap?

Heather, your Home page looks unattractive because the colors used do not belong to what is called a "color family" (Google that term). Pink and grey do not match whatsoever, and it makes your site...
Forum: Website Design 30th May 2013, 06:46 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 649
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: I noticed my site vanished in googles index because of this

One thing you should do, PROMPTLY, is edit your .htaccess file to fix the URL cannonicalization problem on your site, which loads as both www [dot] todds-cleaningservice.com and...
Forum: Website Design 21st May 2013, 05:02 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 479
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Color theory for personal finance blog.

There is a concept called "color families" where all of the colors used on a website should belong to the same family in order to look harmonious. You may read about this subject in many places,...
Forum: Website Design 20th May 2013, 07:44 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 493
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: How can I add a shop to this theme?

I don't quite understand. Do you want people who buy the theme to have their customers buy a cup of coffee over the Internet before they come to the store? That isn't going to work. Or, do you want...
Forum: Website Design 17th May 2013, 07:06 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 577
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Review my classified website

It is a highly cluttered site. By offering clickable links for posts that do not exist, visitors will become frustrated very quickly and leave your site. I did.
Forum: Website Design 16th May 2013, 08:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 647
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: HTML Editor Question

If you would like a professional-grade Editor, which can be used for not only HTML but CSS, JavaScript, PHP, try the Codelobster PHP editor. It's free and superb. I use it to code in every language I...
Forum: Website Design 16th May 2013, 08:47 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,316
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Simple CMS for client sites (preferably not wordpress)

Building your own CMS is folly. I've been there, done that and it is not worth the effort.

I provide Cushy CMS for my clients who want non-Wordpress sites. It's simple and effective. If you want...
Forum: Website Design 16th May 2013, 06:58 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 422
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: please help me review this site

Nice and simple. But checking "Turn on file compression" and "Cache images..." doesn't result in any code.
Forum: Website Design 15th May 2013, 05:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 884
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: H1 Tags in Wordpress make text look like crap

It is really a bad idea to use inline CSS to style tags. An example of inline CSS is:
<h1 style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Tahoma;" >...

What happens is that you forget that all H1...
Forum: Website Design 15th May 2013, 05:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 380
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Website Suggestions -

It seems to me that the image slider on your Home page should be less than half it's present size, such as the size on your "About" page. Because it takes up so much space, there is not a single...
Forum: Website Design 14th May 2013, 06:44 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 491
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Any Advice On How To Improve This Site?

It looks like it is based on a free template from 10 years ago. I think the Home page will generate a high bounce rate, because you say nothing about who you are. Therefore the "I will call you" has...
Forum: Website Design 14th May 2013, 07:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 567
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Hey folks please review my polished site thanks

I'll give you my first impressions, and I am sorry to say they may offer clues as to why other visitors leave.

1) Everything above the fold (the visible area of your home page when it loads) is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th May 2013, 07:12 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,004
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: high bounce rate 80%

Here are the reasons I would instantly bounce from your home page:

1) It looks like a wedding site, not a technical site. The flowery design belongs on a wedding card, not a high-tech website....
Forum: Programming 13th May 2013, 07:18 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 896
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: including .php on a wordpress page.

You could use an iFrame, but that brings with it some of its own problems.
Forum: Website Design 13th May 2013, 07:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 503
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Rounded Corners for images problem

You shouldn't try to match ANY background color- you should make the rounded part of the image the color you have defined as transparent. Then it will work no matter what the background color is, or...
Forum: Website Design 12th May 2013, 07:56 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 890
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Feedback on my membership site?! Is it UGLY?!

I would not say that it is ugly. It is just incredibly cluttered. The top part of your Home page, above the fold, is excellent. It is clear, clean and simple. Then, it scrolls down leading to more...
Forum: Website Design 12th May 2013, 07:47 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 992
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Cease and Desist Forcing a new URL

rocket2uranus brings up a good point. By pointing the old domain name to the new one, every search engine on the planet will receive a 301 redirect message saying that the old domain has "Permanently...
Forum: Website Design 11th May 2013, 04:14 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 992
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Cease and Desist Forcing a new URL

Lem0n and Andrew are giving you good advice. If you are not the registrant of the domain you got the C&D letter about, you can do nothing. If you are the registrant, then do the following:

1) Get...
Forum: Website Design 10th May 2013, 07:18 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 436
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: review my website - hanoitraveltours.com

Your site is generally well done, but it is too bad that the design is not responsive, which would make it work better on mobile devices. The top menu works well and it was easy to navigate your...
Forum: Website Design 9th May 2013, 08:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 563
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: User Interface / Interaction Help - Pretend You're Stupid!

My recommendation is neither. The reason is the weasel-worded statement that appears on both versions: "Let's get your computer cleaned up, then we'll deal with billing." Why is it that you do not...
Forum: Website Design 9th May 2013, 03:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 437
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Id like to know your opinion about my website

Any website where video automatically loads and starts playing is a bad idea. The visitor should be in control and choose to either play your video or ignore it. On your site, several videos all...
Forum: Website Design 9th May 2013, 07:16 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 727
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: How can I Improve my website?

Instead of having your domain name as an H1 tag on every page, you should have a logo. Using your domain name as a logo replacement is a poor choice, and you should NEVER put your domain name in any...
Forum: Website Design 8th May 2013, 05:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 376
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Where Can I Place These 3 Items?

I agree with David V that the buttons should be below the video. On the other hand, if your entire page has no text on it and all that the visitor can do is sit and watch your video, I am betting...
Forum: Website Design 3rd May 2013, 07:04 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 997
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Displaying Videos on an HTML Page

Just a note of caution- you are using Flash to play the video. Flash is now considered obsolete for this purpose because it does not work on mobile devices. You should look into using an HTML5 based...
Forum: Website Design 2nd May 2013, 11:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,571
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: I want a message to pop up when clicking on a picture in WP

People tend not to like unexpected pop-ups, and they could be blocked by the browser itself or add-on blockers. Your pop-up is unexpected because if someone clicks on a video, they expect it to play....
Forum: Programming 1st May 2013, 02:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 680
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Uploaded WP site to new host no images showing

I agree with ttkim- you probably have a folder or a file name for an image on your server which uses upper case letters differently from what your image request uses. Best to make all folder names...
Forum: Website Design 1st May 2013, 07:31 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 493
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Error 404 for my website after transfer to new hosting

Yanl is right. The steps for transfering to new hosting require you to



Copy all the files
Add the domain name to your account with the new hosting provider
Find out the names of the DNS...
Forum: Website Design 1st May 2013, 07:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 500
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: please help me to review this site

In my opinion, it is difficult to use. As already noted, the empty blue header is pointless. The word "mass" on the menu bar should be capitialized like the other menu items.

The real problem is...
Forum: Website Design 30th April 2013, 01:36 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 404
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Imagges not showing up?

Most web servers are case sensitive, except for IIS which doesn't care. Make absolutely sure that you capitalize the image and path you reference in HTML ExACtLy the same way as the image path and...
Forum: Website Design 28th April 2013, 11:30 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 530
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: HTML code needed

Sure- it can be done easily using CSS.

<div style="width:300px;height:120px;border:2px solid red;">
This text will display in a box with a 2px red border.
</div>
Forum: Programming 23rd April 2013, 02:14 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 5,332
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Please Help Wordpress URL is Still Showing Parked Domain Page

All web servers follow a prescribed hierarchy to tell them what the default web page is. If a page called default.htm, or default.html, or index.htm or index.html exists in your server root, that is...
Forum: Website Design 22nd April 2013, 08:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 677
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Stumbleupon url redirects to original url - Help please! :(

I don't understand your question. What keeps disappearing? What exactly is the problem that needs fixing? The URL you gave works fine except that the page has obvious layout errors. Is that the...
Forum: Website Design 22nd April 2013, 05:34 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 332
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Looking For Reviews

I found the image slider more annoying than helpful or informative. It changes too quickly with the result that the average viasitor can't begin to digest what is on each image before it changes....
Forum: Website Design 21st April 2013, 07:41 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,691
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: E commerce site ? Should I use shopperpress?

I absolutely agree with Abledragon. Using Wordpress and then tacking on a module to make it into a store is a non-scalable solution. Sooner or later you will discover that there is a feature or...
Forum: Website Design 19th April 2013, 08:08 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 667
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Frustrated with a client

Training the client on WordPress is out of the question. Let the client figure it out themselves- there is no shortage of information on the subject.

From what you have described, it is time to...
Forum: Website Design 17th April 2013, 01:07 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 574
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Custom aweber Success URL Gives Access Denied

I would suggest that you look closely at your server .htaccess file for the answers. Problems there cause a 500 Internal Server Error error message.
Forum: Programming 15th April 2013, 03:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 516
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Change Image File Size?

Just increase the JPEG compression level.
Forum: Website Design 14th April 2013, 03:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 554
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Mini Sites

The answer is that it is a bad idea. This topic was discussed in another thread on this forum. The answer to your question may be found in Matt Cutts' video at this Warrior Forum link:
...
Forum: Programming 13th April 2013, 03:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 407
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Can one Domain name work on two different hosting account?

Just because your files are there doesn't mean that your domain is hosted there. You can have the files for your website on thousands of servers and only the server your domain name points to will...
Forum: Website Design 13th April 2013, 09:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 442
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Can someone awnser this question? In one sentance?

I am concerned by your statement: "have installed ... some sites into my public_html folder". No you haven't. You have a single site with a bunch of folders, all of which are under the same domain...
Forum: Website Design 13th April 2013, 09:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 788
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Need to create lots of static HTML landing pages

Remember to use the <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX"> tag in the <head> section of the landing page(s). Regardless of how you generate the pages, if all of the pages are identical except for the...
Forum: Website Design 12th April 2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 373
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Website Redesign Advice

In my opinion the site is incredibly cluttered. In terms of navigation, instead of having it all in one part of the page where visitors can easily go to to find what interests them, you have...
Forum: Website Design 1st April 2013, 06:07 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 744
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Please review my site - cratefordogs.com

Well, if you learned to do this all by yourself, it's not bad at all. It's a very simple site, but what I immediately like is that it is not cluttered with gratituous animations. It actually has text...
Forum: Website Design 30th March 2013, 04:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 715
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Website Review Please!

I have to agree with Istvan. If you are in business, and you create a website, it should be a showcase for your business. What you have done so far is create a 1-pager, which does not qualify as a...
Forum: Website Design 29th March 2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 715
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Website Review Please!

I almost passed out when I clicked on the link for your site. Why is it that zaplabeler.com redirects to ...
Forum: Website Design 27th March 2013, 08:32 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 739
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: How to test speed of new hosting company?

You don't care about the hosting provider. What you really care about is the speed at which your website loads. This includes both the hosting provider's response and the number and speed at which...
Forum: Website Design 22nd March 2013, 12:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,532
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Exit Pop Up Script that will work in Chrome / Firefox / IE?

This is a website design forum and IMHO having an exit pop-up of any kind which tries to trap the visitor so they can't leave, or pleads with them to stay, and so on is bad web design. Period.

It...
Forum: Website Design 22nd March 2013, 12:22 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 661
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Virus warning on my own site..any virus experts on here?

This is not really a design question, but you can go to virustotal.com to check any URL for viruses. Your home page is clean and so is the counter script. As to how the code got there, it seems...
Forum: Website Design 21st March 2013, 06:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 405
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: opinion and suggestions please

Well, let's see...

Lapo is a basically a blank page with some words on it, and misplaced navigation of some sort at the bottom. I would guess that the bounce rate from this page is about 100%
...
Forum: Website Design 21st March 2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 411
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Website Review Needed

Well, I have to tell you that as soon as I loaded your site, Web of Trust (a popular FireFox add-on) warned me that your site was not trustworthy. If you are not aware of this, here is the link to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st March 2013, 05:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 694
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Duplicate Content on site

This question actually belongs in a different thread, but since you asked it here, you do NOT have to worry about duplicate content issues for property descriptions. This is because the reason the...
Forum: Programming 18th March 2013, 07:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 699
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: display JS random number inside url?

You don't really want a random number if it must be unique. Any random number generator will repeat a given number eventually. Why not keep a little file on the server and add 1 to the value each...
Forum: Website Design 18th March 2013, 07:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 636
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: Remove or demote keywords.

If the text "Add to Cart" is taking precedence over more important keywords on your site, then your site is simply poorly optimized for those other keywords. Another possibility is that your site is...
Forum: Website Design 16th March 2013, 12:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 426
Posted By SmallBizWebsites
Re: My question about URL change

I am inclined to agree with Istvan. There is no difference having it either way from either a visitor point of view or from an SEO point of view. You do not gain anything by making such a change....
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