1st site finished...phew

[FluKe]

http://www.ryandavies.photo.btinternet.co.uk
Phew.......just finished my first site. Its ok its for myself so if its not workin i wont get in trouble . Any thoughts and comments as to wether its workin well would be mighty fine. Thanks in advance. FluKe

 

[killaklown]

good site, kind of plain, but if its your first ever site, its good!

 

[identity_00]

very nice .. now just setup paypal

 

[ILikeGoodDesign]

Nice

If that's your first site, you should be very pleased.

In terms of layout, I think you've done a great job - it gets to the point, and shows off the quality and range of the photos very clearly.

A couple of things to think about:

I would add an "about this site" page. This would just clarify the purpose of the site, and let people know what the site is for (to buy photos, to hire the photographer, etc) More importantly, an about page would give the search engines something to pick up on. Since it is nearly all graphics just now, Google will be struggling to work out what the site is about. Using the ALT tags over your images also helps.

Secondly, the e-mail address is "exposed" in the HTML. By that, I mean that it has the "mailto:" tag used. There are special SPAM robots that scan websites for these, and add you to mailing lists. It does mean the user only has to click on it to open their e-mail browser, but it would only take them a few seconds to type it in. This is a really minor point - don't worry about it.

Hope this helps,
Well done!!!

 

[painperdu]

You're off to a good start!

It's simple, but I like simple. You could use CSS for the navigation instead of an image map -always use simple text when you can.

BTW, great photography.

 

[FluKe]

thanks

thanks for checking out my first go and posting. All youre comments and ideas are V much appreciated. I shall add an "about this site" page asap. Interesting point on the email spam, when i get bombarded with mail saying i need a bigger.... "gentleman" i shall now know why. lol:D ....... I'm keen to know if anyone has looked at the site on a mac yet, as most of my clients will be. Ta, FluKe