Surfing Website

domainacrobat · 11-29-2007, 12:25 PM

Hey all! I am not a professional webdesigner, but I do land some webdesign projects here and there. This is my latest one.

www.vercellishapes.com

It is a surfboard shapers site. I personally know him and we worked out a deal for a bunch of boards.

So I am now a surfer! No choice really, if you have these sweet boards just sitting around you can't just sit at home and polish them. I designed this project from a blank white page. So it is built and hand designed by me

I am real good with photoshop because I am a photographer, so that helped! I basically used a WYSIWYG editor LOL! Think I made pretty good use of it! I also took the photos of all the products/boards. I also shot the shaper pic!
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-reviews/401258-surfing-website.html

Oh yeah and the Longboard is mine!

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Mike · 11-29-2007, 01:07 PM

Outstanding! Gets the action across, the dynamic, the feel, flair and the boards! There's just a few things i'd like to see enhanced. The Team Riders have their names displayed, it would be great if they were clickable, lead to a short bio, what board they're riding and why they chose their gear, eventually embedd a short video clip of their best rides.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=401258
The Blog/News section strays away from your very well done site design, extend your design to cover this section as well.
The Favicon is missing and the site title is "www.Vercelli...", VercelliShapes + "tag line" should work better than the actual site's URL in the title.

Outstanding job, well worth the boards that you received for your work.

IB

domainacrobat · 11-29-2007, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by IntelBank

Outstanding! Gets the action across, the dynamic, the feel, flair and the boards! There's just a few things i'd like to see enhanced. The Team Riders have their names displayed, it would be great if they were clickable, lead to a short bio, what board they're riding and why they chose their gear, eventually embedd a short video clip of their best rides.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=401258
The Blog/News section strays away from your very well done site design, extend your design to cover this section as well.
The Favicon is missing and the site title is "www.Vercelli...", VercelliShapes + "tag line" should work better than the actual site's URL in the title.

Outstanding job, well worth the boards that you received for your work.

IB

Hey thanks for your kind words! Your points are well taken and I agree. Unfortunately getting all the necessary info for each rider and individual pics is amazingly hard! The shaper is really old school which is really good in some ways and really bad in others. You get classic handshaped boards that are rarely made from a mold! Which is unheard of these days! But on the other hand he did not have a list of his team riders, no list of boards, no model names---> Nothing LOL! It was just all in his brain. I helped him develop his brand and concept over the last year and a half and its finally coming together! Funny thing is he still has no BIO, I have to create a Q&A that is interesting and also gives you enough background info on him. It could take a while LOL! I definately want to expand the riders section to contain bio's with videos but first I have to get his working! Then I have to urge him to track down all the videos then i have to find someone to edit them - it could be a while! I still have yet to plug in all the SEO and update what the top of the page displays etc, but all in all I have the main bulk of the work completed. I personally dont have alot of experience with php so I just used what blog/forum free applications were available under the godaddy hosting, of course they selected windows hosting- I have to switch it over to linux so there are more options available to me that will closer resemble the actual site. Oh and I should mentionI used a few small graphics from istock, but mostly really cool brushes from photoshop!

thanks again!

baumann93 · 11-29-2007, 02:45 PM

wow, and you are saying that you are not a professional developer? great design.

dotprofan · 11-29-2007, 05:02 PM

Looks really good - nice work.

domainacrobat · 11-30-2007, 12:37 PM

Thanks for your comments everyone!

Just curious, as I said I am not a pro so I dont know what to charge for a site like this... Could someone help me out a little!
I have been approached by a few companies recently, another surf company and another clothing store here in Hawaii. How much do you charge for a site like this? Do you charge by the hour? Flat rate? How do you determine this? I probably spent 150-200 hours between photoshop and the website editor.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

TheBulldog · 11-30-2007, 02:05 PM

You should be asking 25-50 an hour with a minimum number of hours

My brother does it professionally, and he won't even touch a site for less then a grand minimum. He never lacks for work and is offloading the minor stuff to others because he can't keep up.

domainacrobat · 12-03-2007, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by TheBulldog

You should be asking 25-50 an hour with a minimum number of hours
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=401258

My brother does it professionally, and he won't even touch a site for less then a grand minimum. He never lacks for work and is offloading the minor stuff to others because he can't keep up.

Thanks for your input BD!

11-29-2007, 12:25 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
domainacrobat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A-Team Fool! Posts: 3,708	Surfing Website Hey all! I am not a professional webdesigner, but I do land some webdesign projects here and there. This is my latest one. www.vercellishapes.com It is a surfboard shapers site. I personally know him and we worked out a deal for a bunch of boards. So I am now a surfer! No choice really, if you have these sweet boards just sitting around you can't just sit at home and polish them. I designed this project from a blank white page. So it is built and hand designed by me I am real good with photoshop because I am a photographer, so that helped! I basically used a WYSIWYG editor LOL! Think I made pretty good use of it! I also took the photos of all the products/boards. I also shot the shaper pic! ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-reviews/401258-surfing-website.html Oh yeah and the Longboard is mine! Any thoughts would be appreciated! __________________ SMILE!

11-29-2007, 02:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
baumann93 New Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 1QCC.com Posts: 14	wow, and you are saying that you are not a professional developer? great design. __________________ ★★★ Free ClickBank Trends ★ Short URL ★ :D HAVE SOME FUN :D ★ Proxy List ★★★

11-29-2007, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
dotprofan NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 386	Looks really good - nice work. __________________ Videos.pro \| Gamble.pro \| Military.pro \| Telecom.pro \| Value.pro \| Beijing.pro

11-30-2007, 12:37 PM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
domainacrobat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A-Team Fool! Posts: 3,708	Thanks for your comments everyone! Just curious, as I said I am not a pro so I dont know what to charge for a site like this... Could someone help me out a little! I have been approached by a few companies recently, another surf company and another clothing store here in Hawaii. How much do you charge for a site like this? Do you charge by the hour? Flat rate? How do you determine this? I probably spent 150-200 hours between photoshop and the website editor. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! __________________ SMILE!

11-30-2007, 02:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
TheBulldog Your Showbiz Connection Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spam-It's what's for dinner. Posts: 4,725	You should be asking 25-50 an hour with a minimum number of hours My brother does it professionally, and he won't even touch a site for less then a grand minimum. He never lacks for work and is offloading the minor stuff to others because he can't keep up. __________________ ════════════════►◊ Funny Google Voice Translations

11-29-2007, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mike NamePros Expert Join Date: May 2005 Location: www.chrome.us Posts: 5,217	Outstanding! Gets the action across, the dynamic, the feel, flair and the boards! There's just a few things i'd like to see enhanced. The Team Riders have their names displayed, it would be great if they were clickable, lead to a short bio, what board they're riding and why they chose their gear, eventually embedd a short video clip of their best rides. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=401258 The Blog/News section strays away from your very well done site design, extend your design to cover this section as well. The Favicon is missing and the site title is "www.Vercelli...", VercelliShapes + "tag line" should work better than the actual site's URL in the title. Outstanding job, well worth the boards that you received for your work. IB

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)