SatellitePhoneStore.com

timmathews.com · #1 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 06:44 PM

Hello everyone.
I am working on a site for the company http://www.satellitephonestore.com

I have mocked it up here, http://www.satellitephonestore.com/tim.php

Please, I would like to know what you guys think about it before I send it over to the owners for the mock up. Have a look at thier current site first -
Satellite Phones and look here Rent a Satellite Phone.
You can see the site is not very neat and kind of cluttered. Please let me know what you think about my mock up.
Thanks!
Tim

Lerza · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 06:17 PM

So I guess a whole weekend of silence should be interpreted as: "Whoa Tim, that's effin' great!"

Did they come up with the "in touch even here" line, or is that all you? Either way, it's brilliant. I never leave my house unless I'm at work and I still want one now.

Seriously though, this is quite nice. I'd be 700% more likely to buy something from a site with your design than their current one.

My only criticism is that I tried to click all your clickety-clicks and none of them would click. What gives? ;p

**Tiffany** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 06:29 PM

Loved your mock-up site. Definitely an improvement from their last site. It is very clean looking. I liked your use of color, just the right shades and amounts, not to light or too dark. Nice job! :)

timmathews.com · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:04 PM

Thank Lerza!

I think it is a night and day difference as well.

The page you see is a mock up low res .jpg image slapped into a .php page so the client (and all of you) can see the general look and feel.

I didn't want to spend the time to make all the .html into the .php page, if they (and you guys) didn't like it, so you cannot click on anything.

As for the slogan, they used to say "Explore More, with a Satellite Phone.".
This is fine, but my slogan, "In Touch. Anywhere. Even Here!" really hits the nail on the head when relaying to the customer they need to be in constant contact with the world. Satellite Phones allow them to travel the globe, but never be too far away from that important business call.

Tiffany,
Thank you for your comments as well. Gee, maybe I should get back to designing webs on a full time basis?

:)
Thanks for checking it out everyone!
Tim

timmathews.com · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 04:50 PM

I see a ton of people are looking at the post, but people are not commenting.
Maybe they don't want to click on a link...

Well, I solved that.
Here is the original mock up I did:

Here is the second mock up.

You can still get to the page here,
http://www.satellitephonestore.com/tim.php

Any thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Tim

timmathews.com · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 04:52 PM

I know the images blow this post way out of wack, sorry!
Tim

Chris · #7 (**permalink**) 10-04-2006, 11:45 AM

i guess WPW emps are the only ones wanting to share their comments. personally, i like the look of the redesign quite well, however, a successful site needs to be much more than good looking (altho that's helps a ton).

instead of showing which services work where, perhaps they need some screenshots of their actual product and then you can do the service information on a seperate page... just a thought.

btw, i fixed the second image (made it a link) because it was blowing the forum out.

timmathews.com · #8 (**permalink**) 10-04-2006, 01:46 PM

Chris,
They have all of the things you mention in their current site, I am just redesigning the site and writing them a better shopping cart.
Thanks for your comment though.

iany · #9 (**permalink**) 10-04-2006, 08:07 PM

As a concept it's ok but until we actually see a live page it is difficult to say anything meaningful about effectiveness, how it loads and how it will actually look in html flesh.

humbrol · #10 (**permalink**) 10-04-2006, 11:42 PM

wow, would love to hire you to do my site as well

http://www.humbrol-hosting.com

humbrol@humbrol-hosting.com

timmathews.com · #11 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006, 11:11 AM

iany,
As a concept, the site needs to be approved before time is alloted to mark up the page.
Company has officially said YES!, so I will be moving forward with the site.

humbrol,
Thanks! Send me an email, tim@timmathews.com and let me know which site you want to have made over, and I will have a look and send you a quote.

Thanks all for looking.
Tim

EArmand · #12 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006, 07:11 PM

One word: sweeet

getmea · #13 (**permalink**) 10-05-2006, 11:29 PM

I like the color, the design, gives it a rich feel. Some folks might assimilate a rich-looking website to $$$ Not sure. Are the owners interest in volume selling or high-profits?

I like the new slogan, but not the "Even Here" ending. The first two phrases are bold enough and says it all.

CyberCrone · #14 (**permalink**) 10-06-2006, 03:34 AM

I agree with the person who suggested leaving off "Even here." The photo says that quite succinctly, the words aren't necessary.

But I don't agree with all the people who say the color is right, which means I am probably wrong, I guess, but here goes anyway: I find it a bit TOO cool. Can you add just a touch of a warm color? A principle in art that I think is right: both warm and cool colors are needed or the graphic looks either monotonous or too warm/too cool. You don't need much to fix this, just a touch. Not sure what color to suggest or where it should go. Maybe purple for its warm red content without going too far away from the blue. What do you think?

Other than this nitpicky comment, it's quite nice.

Toni

Purple13 · #15 (**permalink**) 10-06-2006, 06:23 AM

Hi.
I like what your doing and I can see where your going with the design. A couple of ideas for an alternative mock up...

I would make the home page much shorter, drop the 'areas' text - perhaps present that from a drop down from the main nav bar? and show a large product picture, perhaps overlay the 'artic' visual at the top.

Although the visual sums up the anywhere point really well, half the picture will still give the impression of wide in-hospitable open space. We know its the Artic! (or somewhere equally cold and lonely).

Sounds like the product might appeal to the boys with toys brigade - gadgets as well etc. These sites usually feature big on pictures and less on the text.

On the colour front, did it arise out of the use of the picture or is that just a happy coincidence?

Keep at it.

bsmiffy · #16 (**permalink**) 10-06-2006, 06:24 AM

Looks a lot better than the original one, clear layout but the mock shows 2 pages on one. If you scroll past the bottom of the top page you get a repeat page.

JohneeMac · #17 (**permalink**) 10-06-2006, 06:30 AM

I think its a good design, but to me it looks a little bit 'templatey'.

Thats just me though as i look at numerous designs each day looking for inspiration on my next project. To your normal every day web user i very much doubt they would notice that.

As mentioned maybe an image or two of the actual product your selling would add to it.

Overall though, a good job.

timmathews.com · #18 (**permalink**) 10-18-2006, 07:46 PM

JohneeMac,
Maybe the reason it looks "templatey" to you is because I have created over 1,500 templates that are sold on the net today. The product images will come into the site, I was just laying something out to get rolling. I am considering adding product images into the design.
PS, the client has decided to move forward with the initial mock up, so I will show you guys the finished product and you can all critique it before it goes live.
Thank you all very much for your input. It is greatly appreciated.

timmathews.com · #19 (**permalink**) 01-04-2007, 02:52 PM

I figured I'd let you guys have a look now...
It is more in depth...
Here is the site in development, we are building a rental management and airtime billing for the company as well, so they want to roll out the whole package at once...
Thoughts?
http://ww2.satellitephonestore.com

Hit me back.