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Old 05-21-2007, 02:56 PM
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Default Re: Please review my site - www.design-a-cushions.co.uk

Blanche, in no way am I trying to be offensive or disrespectful, but don't think about dropping the frames, DROP THEM. it is a completely antiquated and dated style that no self-respecting ecommerce site uses... not if they want any kind of search engine presences that is.

Frames are viewed as individual documents and that will always hurt you. always. Your customers won't be able to use a tell-a-friend service because of the link structure a frame site provides - which is to say very, very poor.

Furthermore, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE COMPETITION IS DOING. I cannot stress this enough. Since you are in the cushion business, take a look at how someone like Sumo.com (a bean-bag cushion company) presents their information. Granted, their site design isn't the best (but it is simple and effective) and a lot of that has to do with that Flash presentation but it's pretty obvious what they offer and how to go about getting their product (of course, you don't have to use attractive women to sell your product, but it always helps... also, ou probably aren't trying to attract the same demographic Sumo is but I think you get the picture. It's all about presentation).

Another decent approach to consider directly from a related company is this site:

http://www.cushionsandumbrellas.com/

It's also imperative that you kill that Java applet just below your header. That scrolling presentation can easily be done a number of ways that are not as hard on a browser.
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