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Submit Your Site For Review Need a fresh set of eyeballs to take a look at your site? Have a specific issue or question about some aspect of your layout, design or interface? This is the forum for you. When submitting your site, be sure to discuss what aspect you are looking for input on. Just posting a link with the word 'review' isn't appropriate.

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Old 02-11-2004, 08:48 AM
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Default www.wilberelectrical.com - Working electrician-waddya think?

hi all you technocrats.
please check out my site.
I am not an IT head.
jussa 'lectrician
The site is based on someone else's work [default and services pages] but he dropped the ball on me.
I added the coupon and, lately, the photos.
I have no training [or time for it] and would appreciate any input.
[I added all the links and buttons]

thanks

bob

http://www.wilberelectrical.com

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Old 02-11-2004, 09:29 AM
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There is some attempt at saying what you do, which is not bad. Lose the "download Netscape, IE"

Inside the bullet points and photos they lead to are less than informative. I see wires going into a breaker box -- which is closed. This tells me almost nothing about 1) quality of workmanship. 2) How satisfied the customer was. 3) What the big greyish looking "locker" thingy is (...if I don't know what a breaker box is).

Say you are calleed in to bring something up to code. You snap a "before" picture. You put it on the site with a caption "Can your electrician spot the five code violations in this picture?" You snap a detailed "after" picture. Take it into some (any) graphic program. Draw circles around repairs. Then add this to the site explaining each, and what they would cost if inspectors had found them before you did.

This is not IT head stuff. It isn't even fancy writing. It is probably not far off from the way you talk up the business when face-to-face with potential employers. Don't list credentials, explain why credentials matter. (This is a source of opportunity to explain what sets you apart)

The front page looks different from interior pages, which look different from photo galleries. Unify the site around a single layout.

The site needs a tagline or significant business proposition (the 'elevator pitch.') It needs content which puts the bullet points in some context for the reader (You do X. This does not, in any way, give me the context to decide anything.) The site might need a testimonial or two. The front page can be eliminated by integrating it as a unifying theme for the rest of the layout. Photos should either be changed to infographics, or closeups of detail need to be highlighted and captioned with explanations.
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