Our website. A work in progress

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:55 am

This is our (my brother and I) company website. It's a work in progress. There are a few aspects still to be ironed out but I invite you to visit, appraise and comment on how we can improve. The quality of some of the images of our work is certainly something we need to address. My son has built and designed the website.

Stonemason contractor in Kent - Ashby Stone Masonry

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:50 pm

Perfect!! Very impressive!

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:11 pm

tabby;1409135 wrote: Perfect!! Very impressive!

Thank you very much

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:02 pm

It's very well done, easy to navigate, lots of photos and ways to contact you. I can't imagine how you could improve on it.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:07 pm

Is this a new trend, showing off our websites ?

If you are not careful I shall unveil mine............except mine is so amateurish compared to that offering.

I like the style, it looks classy.

Don't like the small print bit at the bottom, below the crease with the slate (?) background, why is that part there ?

But apart from that, very impressed.

Is it working for you, getting the phone ringing, or is it early days ?

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:48 pm

Bruv;1409142 wrote: Is this a new trend, showing off our websites ?

If you are not careful I shall unveil mine............except mine is so amateurish compared to that offering.

I like the style, it looks classy.

Don't like the small print bit at the bottom, below the crease with the slate (?) background, why is that part there ?

But apart from that, very impressed.

Is it working for you, getting the phone ringing, or is it early days ?

I'm not sure about the small print, unless it has something to do with the facebook hook up.

We get a fair amount of interest via the site and hopefully that will increase as the recession slowly dissapears. The important part of the site design was the work my son did in marketing it. Where the site appears in a potential clients search is essential. No point being on page 3 of a Google search, no matter how pretty your site looks.

My main concern at the moment is the quality of some of the photographs of our past projects. That has to improve if it's to impress potential clients

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:50 pm

Wow. I'm really Impressed...

Lots to see and past work.... love the Grosvenor facelift !!!!

I really admire Stone Masons....such skilled craftsmanship that will live on for centuries long after everyone has been forgotten.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:22 am

Snowfire;1409147 wrote: The important part of the site design was the work my son did in marketing it. Where the site appears in a potential clients search is essential. No point being on page 3 of a Google search, no matter how pretty your site looks.

My main concern at the moment is the quality of some of the photographs of our past projects. That has to improve if it's to impress potential clients

First page on Google with my search, can't be bad.

Change the images with newer jobs as you do them, or get them photoshopped a little, what I saw don't look bad, mind you I didn't delve deep.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:52 am

Very impressed with your work. I admire your skills tremendously. Very proud to know you, an artisan. Love the website too! 8-D

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:10 am

Well done, Snowfire.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:12 am

I love the navigation bar up top, first thing. Very crisp and imformative, the whole site.

Really nice job on it.

I've been too busy looking at pictures to find something you might want to change. In my humble opinion, great websites= pictures to capture the interest.

That's been done here, in an excellent manner!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:06 pm

Snowfire;1409132 wrote: This is our (my brother and I) company website. It's a work in progress. There are a few aspects still to be ironed out but I invite you to visit, appraise and comment on how we can improve. The quality of some of the images of our work is certainly something we need to address. My son has built and designed the website.

Stonemason contractor in Kent - Ashby Stone Masonry

An excellent site - clean design easy to read and navigate but let down by some small details.

Home Page - frame in top right corner overflow the frame below it giving text on text.

Past Projects - Missing link from Northamptonshire (there tend to be a lot of them down there

Restore and Clean - text formatting (e.g. extra carriage return and missing space between words)

About Us - Phrasing (you appear to have very strong growth despite a growing reputation in the industry, one wonders for what)

Spelling Mistakes - Can jar some people and easy to correct. For example in Stones and their Applications an for and, metamorhic for metamorphic). Also additional words such as more harder for harder.

Sorry if this sounds harsh – I'm deliberately being as picky as I can so that your customers won't be able to

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:23 pm

Bryn, that's exactly the sort of thing we need. Harsh is necessary. Thank you.

Home page frame problem........ That doesn't appear for me. Aligns with no overlap

Missing link...... It is there but you're right, The word Northampton doesnt appear in the title of the link ( Private Hospital)

Spelling mistakes will be addressed. It's very annoying to see.