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Website Review Please

by Solvico
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Hi all,

what are your overall thoughts on my new website?

Website

Any changes/improvements I could make?

Many thanks
#review #website
  • Profile picture of the author harkon
    You should decrease the width of the copyright section. I see no reason for the first letter of the words "HOME" and "Solvico" to be in green and no reason for the small navigational menu on the left to hide. Maybe there has been some attempt to make the site responsive but it hasn't succeeded.
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  • Profile picture of the author stewie-Y
    What you've got going for you is that it's very clean, direct, and professional looking.

    One thing that you need to fix is the loading of the background images. I browsed your site for a good minute with a white background and a rotating circle before the images displayed.

    I would also change the font of your body text. It is pretty small and white, and is a little difficult to read with some of the background images. You may not need that much of a change in font size/style for it to make a huge difference.
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by stewie-Y View Post

      What you've got going for you is that it's very clean, direct, and professional looking.

      One thing that you need to fix is the loading of the background images. I browsed your site for a good minute with a white background and a rotating circle before the images displayed.

      I would also change the font of your body text. It is pretty small and white, and is a little difficult to read with some of the background images. You may not need that much of a change in font size/style for it to make a huge difference.
      The background images load instantly for me but the other week there was a blank screen for a while. Does anyone know a fix for this? My web hosting speed is good...
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael71
        I would use some kind of preloader with a fallback if image can't get loaded.

        Some lines of jQuery would do the trick!

        For the background... just add

        Code:
        background:#000;
        to #supersized in supersized.css

        Originally Posted by Solvico View Post

        The background images load instantly for me but the other week there was a blank screen for a while. Does anyone know a fix for this? My web hosting speed is good...
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  • Profile picture of the author Angle Warrior
    I like it, the only thing I might suggest is offering them a free guide in exchange for signing up, but other than that it looks sharp
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by Angle Warrior View Post

      I like it, the only thing I might suggest is offering them a free guide in exchange for signing up, but other than that it looks sharp
      Thanks, i've got a few guides to offer so i'll add that in
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  • Profile picture of the author stewie-Y
    This link may help: Latest Performance Report for: http://www.solvico.com/ | GTmetrix
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  • Profile picture of the author chaotic squid
    Work on compressing the images, way too large which is slowing down the site. Use some compression software. I process all my images with Photoshop. Just hit File > Save for web & devices. Then just find a balance between file size and quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author harkon
    I see you have fixed the width of the copyright section. It would also be a good idea if you make the left sidebar (the navigation menu) move up and down as the user scrolls the page. At the moment it takes all the place for the left sidebar but when the user scrolls down the menu disappears and the whole page looks centered a bit to the right.
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by harkon View Post

      I see you have fixed the width of the copyright section. It would also be a good idea if you make the left sidebar (the navigation menu) move up and down as the user scrolls the page. At the moment it takes all the place for the left sidebar but when the user scrolls down the menu disappears and the whole page looks centered a bit to the right.
      Do you have any idea how I can do that? I agree that it should follow the user as they scroll down the page, just not sure how...
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    The background images must be huge, since they load so slowly. You should compress them a lot more (but not enough to make them look bad).

    Remember that they load instantly for you (and anyone who has visited recently before) because they are stored on your computer (your browser's web cache) after the first visit. To see how they look to a new visitor, learn how to "dump your cache".

    I would stop the background images from changing after the first few - it distracts from your message - as people's eyes are drawn to each new background image. This interrupts your sales process in a bad way.

    Other than that, it looks good. A few little tweaks to the text, like to avoid ugly word-wrapping, would help a bit.

    I believe that Google considers your "Policy" or "Policies" page in their quality score and you don't have one.

    Hope this helps...
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by thatjc View Post

      The background images must be huge, since they load so slowly. You should compress them a lot more (but not enough to make them look bad).

      I would stop the background images from changing after the first few - it distracts from your message - as people's eyes are drawn to each new background image. This interrupts your sales process in a bad way.

      Other than that, it looks good. A few little tweaks to the text, like to avoid ugly word-wrapping, would help a bit.

      I believe that Google considers your "Policy" or "Policies" page in their quality score and you don't have one.

      Hope this helps...
      _jim coe
      Thanks for the comments Jim, I will try to compress the images in some way. Can I simply resize them and make them a bit smaller to help the load times?

      I'm not sure how to stop the image slider from working but I will talk to my coding guy and see what he says about it.

      What do you mean by word-wrapping? I had a content writer do the content but if there are issues I can probably mention it to him.

      Thanks for the tip about the policy page, i'll add one in
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  • Profile picture of the author Solvico
    Also if I update my theme, will all the changes I have made to my footer.php code be lost?
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  • Profile picture of the author thatjc
    You should create a "Child Theme" in which to preserve your theme edits when you update your theme. Your web guy probably knows how. In the latest WordPress "JetPack" there is an automatic child theme widget. You just put only your edits into the child theme and everything else comes from the updated main theme.

    The little word wrap issue is on the last line of your "Services" page:

    "If you’re ready to see what social media can do for you – without the headaches – get in touch with us today!" You should make it either longer or shorter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    I was going to say the same thing, the back ground is too distracting, also makes the text less than easy to read, party being that the text background is not solid.

    The changing background is "cool", but I'd rather focus on selling, then being cool. Don't mean to be rude, just my opinion
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

      I was going to say the same thing, the back ground is too distracting, also makes the text less than easy to read, party being that the text background is not solid.

      The changing background is "cool", but I'd rather focus on selling, then being cool. Don't mean to be rude, just my opinion

      I guess i'll choose just one image and leave it at that?
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      • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
        Originally Posted by Solvico View Post

        I guess i'll choose just one image and leave it at that?
        That is up to you. Sure not telling you what to do. Just my opinion. I do like the animated background, just wonder how many people it would distract from your business.

        Would be different if it was a portfolio, or entertainment type site.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikesalaru
    I'd add a video presentation of the website
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    • Profile picture of the author Solvico
      Originally Posted by mikesalaru View Post

      I'd add a video presentation of the website
      Yeah, I plan to add in maybe a whiteboard animation video at some point to explains the services in full
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    • Profile picture of the author Craig Coggle
      The site gives the impression of a professional, businesslike organisation. It's the kind of site a corporate web design company might use. It's a good looking site.

      But...

      ... I'm just wondering whether a social media marketing company would want to go for more connection and build a relationship with the visitor straight away?

      I'd probably tick some photos on it, so we know who you are, and give away some great content, some insider tactics. Ultimately you want to do whatever you can to make people stick around and want to know more about you... and then hire you

      Just MHO but hope it helps,

      Craig
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  • Profile picture of the author stlouisvip
    I like the background. However, the color of the texts , which is white, is not appealing to me. How about using soft colors like light blue or light green? This way, I can read the message without dimming my pc. Just my 2 cents.
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  • Profile picture of the author roton
    It's a good design. But your header and content mixed. I think you should change it. Overall nice.
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