http://www.costablancauncovered.com

Costa Boy · #1 (**permalink**) 08-06-2005, 11:10 AM

I learnt Dreamweaver over Christmas. Finally got going in June and am learning rapidly.

The site needs me to get out and get some photos of the local area but I wanted to focus on content initially.

Is this site going to be gobbled up and loved by the major search engines?

Thanks

Mark
http://www.costablancauncovered.com

sem_reporter · #2 (**permalink**) 08-06-2005, 07:36 PM

Two quick suggestions. The logo at the top, I'd try to make brighter (maybe take off some of the black fade).

Also, your adsense ads just have blank space around them. I have heard that if you put pictures or something to caputre your visitor's attention, it can help with click through rates.

MKJones · #3 (**permalink**) 08-07-2005, 05:21 PM

Hi

Colour scheme is attractive. Some things I can pick on though. One thing especially and that is a lack of focus. You have split the site up into 3 with the middle being the content. Personally as you are not using a menu I would move the middle content to the left. Keep the Google stuff on the right and find some way to cope with your topics - a forum maybe? There is room under the top logo for a menu and I think it would pay off. Site just needs readjusting a bit I think.

Regards

MKJ
My CSS site (under development)

webhost1 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-08-2005, 03:24 PM

Might want to make your site so that it can adjust to any size screen. Way it is now on a small screen you have to scroll in order to see it all.

Might move your menu over to the left and the google ads to the right.

Your main content/text is bigger than the rest of the text. Might want to have it the same size?

Costa Boy · #5 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 11:06 AM

Thanks to all for the comments. I'm so glad I'm here asking for help so that I can get some basics right before I expand my site further.

For example - I've just changed my font size down - meant changing 43 pages - wasn't so bad but I'll now build all new pages that size. Although I use a template - the content is in an editable region, maybe there was an easier way but I just wanted to get on and get it done.

I also changed the background of the page to white as some were irritated by the yellow.

What I haven't done (as I'm lost) - is to follow the suggestion of webhost1 - making the site fit to people's screen. I have a 20 inch monitor so I didn't realise people had to scroll (no way!) around my site.

Does anyone have some quick advice? If not I will dig out my Dreamweaver for Dummies book and slog it out.

Thanks

Mark
www.costablancauncovered.com

dougadam · #6 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 11:12 AM

Your main page is a little long.

Costa Boy · #7 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 11:33 AM

That's an interesting comment Doug about the page being too long - you know what I did - I don't know if this was dumb or the right approach but with the blank index page staring me in the face and no site I wrote out a description for the site as if I was talking to the search engines.

So I told it there was a section for you if you wanted to buy property, there was a section for you if you were visiting Spain etc. etc. I then thought these pages would come later (and they have).

I then wrote what really should have been on the index page and that was the second half. I'm now just loathe to give up the first half in case it really helps Google.

Mark
www.costablancauncovered.com

webhost1 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-09-2005, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Costa Boy

What I haven't done (as I'm lost) - is to follow the suggestion of webhost1 - making the site fit to people's screen. I have a 20 inch monitor so I didn't realise people had to scroll (no way!) around my site.

Does anyone have some quick advice? If not I will dig out my Dreamweaver for Dummies book and slog it out.

Thanks

Mark

It looks like you have a 3 column setup. You could have one big table that covers everything and than the other tables inside the first table. Make both the right and left columns a certain with and than make the middle column as 100% and this will go as big or as small as someones screen is. Take a look at my site and you should be an idea what I am talking about with the 3 columns.