Review for holiday cottage

Students-Forum · 08-20-2006, 04:48 AM

The Site has just been finished,
Can you please critique the site

Thanks
Forest of Dean Holiday Cottage

Students-Forum · 08-29-2006, 08:28 AM

Anyone?

abc123ben · 08-29-2006, 09:15 AM

Very nice Website

. Nice banner, nice menu and sub-menu. I like the smooth text boxes

. Keep up the good work!

cambkey · 08-29-2006, 12:47 PM

observations as an end-user of such websites and not as a designer (although design looks good to me!)

index.html

The cottage itself has 5 bedrooms which is a feature that I think should be mentioned on first page (cottages are usually much smaller in UK)

If the cottage is family-friendly that should also be mentioned with examples of what makes it so. My wife (the decision maker) zooms in on things like that

The line 'click to view' made me want to click the words and obviously nothing happened - maybe change to 'click photo to enlarge' or similar.

The title of the home page is 'Forest of Dean Holiday Cottage - Price Charts'

No keyword optimization

Location and History
both go to a single location and history page - I would separate the two and incorporate/streamline some of the things in in the local area section. There is no map to give those outside of the area some context/directions

Price Chart
There isn't actually a price chart there. My personal preference is for sites where I can check both availability and price, make my decision and then contact the owner (if not book online) to make the booking.

Any special offers / out of season deals / booking now for christmas etc? something to grab the visitor

Availability
changeover day is a Friday, yet you take weekend break bookings - does that mean for the Monday through to the next Friday the property is empty?

All in all, looks like a great place to stay and the website does a good job of showcasing it.

does that mean I get a discount?

sin · 08-29-2006, 08:36 PM

I like the flash navigation, but I don't like the overall background color mixed with the table header color (where it says locations and stuff) they look too similar.

08-20-2006, 04:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Students-Forum Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 238 65.00 NP$ (Donate)	Review for holiday cottage The Site has just been finished, Can you please critique the site Thanks Forest of Dean Holiday Cottage

08-29-2006, 12:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
cambkey NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 215 100.00 NP$ (Donate)	observations as an end-user of such websites and not as a designer (although design looks good to me!) index.html The cottage itself has 5 bedrooms which is a feature that I think should be mentioned on first page (cottages are usually much smaller in UK) If the cottage is family-friendly that should also be mentioned with examples of what makes it so. My wife (the decision maker) zooms in on things like that The line 'click to view' made me want to click the words and obviously nothing happened - maybe change to 'click photo to enlarge' or similar. The title of the home page is 'Forest of Dean Holiday Cottage - Price Charts' No keyword optimization Location and History both go to a single location and history page - I would separate the two and incorporate/streamline some of the things in in the local area section. There is no map to give those outside of the area some context/directions Price Chart There isn't actually a price chart there. My personal preference is for sites where I can check both availability and price, make my decision and then contact the owner (if not book online) to make the booking. Any special offers / out of season deals / booking now for christmas etc? something to grab the visitor Availability changeover day is a Friday, yet you take weekend break bookings - does that mean for the Monday through to the next Friday the property is empty? All in all, looks like a great place to stay and the website does a good job of showcasing it. does that mean I get a discount? __________________ View my generic non-Premium fee .tv domain portfolio at: NonPremium.tv

08-29-2006, 08:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
Students-Forum Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 238 65.00 NP$ (Donate)	Anyone?

08-29-2006, 09:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
abc123ben NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 585 37.15 NP$ (Donate)	Very nice Website . Nice banner, nice menu and sub-menu. I like the smooth text boxes . Keep up the good work!

08-29-2006, 08:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
sin NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 785 127.60 NP$ (Donate)	I like the flash navigation, but I don't like the overall background color mixed with the table header color (where it says locations and stuff) they look too similar.

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