shanenin Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Since I had added my web address to my yellow pages ad, I felt the need to make a sight, so my cutomers were not getting 404s(term?). I have this very plain sight. I used mozilla composer. I also add a little code to keep my email address from getting mined. Keep in mind, I do not know any(hardly) html yet. I am welcome to any suggestions.http://brighteyedcomputer.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Looks OKRather plain, but you said it was.I did a web page a few years ago and it's not up anymore,but I used FrontPage to write it.jr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) Spellcheck! Or get someone to proof read for you. Also, make sure it looks correct in all the browsers. I use NAMO for my site.... If fact both sites...... Our BritFix site was built with frontpage, then rebuilt in NAMO, and the size was 2/3 smaller than FP.... Check out www.britfix.net Simple, helpful, informative, and good looking. Edited January 24, 2006 by bozodog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 thanks for the heads up; I fixed my spelling error. I will check out britfix.net later today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Since I had added my web address to my yellow pages ad, I felt the need to make a sight, so my cutomers were not getting 404s(term?). I have this very plain sight. I used mozilla composer. I also add a little code to keep my email address from getting mined. Keep in mind, I do not know any(hardly) html yet. I am welcome to any suggestions.http://brighteyedcomputer.comLooks good, shanenin, I like the way you centered the text. If possible I would upload a picture to your web page, perhaps you could put it under the title "Bright-Eyed Computer", you could use this code to do that:<center><img src="picture.jpg"></center> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hai-Etlik Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Spell checking won't get all spelling errors."Sight" is a word but it isn't the right one. It's "Web site", as in location, not vision.HTML and CSS are easy, at least if you remember to learn both rather than misusing HTML where you should use CSS. It's well worth getting a working knowledge of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I must congratulate you on your choice of colors....it's easy reading for these old eyes....clear and precise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Suggestion(from customer POV):I have no clue who you are, where your located, what your rates are, where you do service. I dont know if your reputable, so I biz. licence would be great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Suggestion(from customer POV):I have no clue who you are, where your located, what your rates are, where you do service. I dont know if your reputable, so I biz. licence would be great.thanks, those are all very good suggestions. I am not sure I am reputable :-) I do not have a business licence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 thanks, those are all very good suggestions. I am not sure I am reputable :-) I do not have a business licence.Get your hiney downtown and get a DBA license.... (doing business as) Costs only a few bucks and then you get a Federal ID number for filing taxes, opening a bank account and using business deductions. If you don't legitimize yourself and have a problem with a customer, all kinds of hell can befall you. Believe me.... you don't want the IRS and all it's penalties knocking on your door. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) I have a state tax id number. This is used to collect sales tax, which I have been doing. I also filed with the state to do buiness under an assumbed name. when I filed with the state to do business under an assumbed name, maybe they did give me a licence number. I will need to check into that.I did a job yesterday for a small business in town. They asked me how many employees I had. I downplayed the fact I have only been doing this professionally for a about one month. I have no employees or place of business other then my house. This can be a positive thing. Since my expenses are not to high, I can give my customers a great price. Edited January 26, 2006 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) look in to nvu, it will allow you to build wysiwyg sites, but will also let you build using css and html (they have a tab for that ) and look back at the main tab to see what it did. 'its Open Source http://www.nvu.com/has spell check, adn unlike FP will conform te the W3C standards. (also has a built in W3c checker to let you know if you are stadard.. )plus will run on any platform I built my site with it.. Edited January 26, 2006 by iccaros Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 shanenin, you can save yourself a lot of bookwork and hassle if you forget the state tax stuff. For a small business like yours that is more service and labor, forget about a parts account that is tax free. Pay the tax and pass it down to your customers. I did that for years... with my paint and wallpaper service. Buy paint w/tax, charge the customer the total price. We saved soo much time and accounting doing it that way. BTW, my accountant recomended we do it that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Suggestion(from customer POV):I have no clue who you are, where your located, what your rates are, where you do service. I dont know if your reputable, so I biz. licence would be great.i wouldn't put the biz license on the site. Someone could take that info and really screw your business up. After being in business for six months you can register with the BBB as long as you meet the other aspects of membership. There is also a fee incurred on this, which is an even better reason to wait the 6 months.Better Business Bureau membership page. This will give you all the info you need so you can work at getting a membership. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xxkbxx Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Personally I'd add a lot more to your pagePeople make their first judgement on a company within seconds of seeing the webpage (just like MOST people judge others immediately) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 It has been updated. Credit is given to http://www.iabusinessprojects.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpmk12 Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Since I had added my web address to my yellow pages ad, I felt the need to make a sight, so my cutomers were not getting 404s(term?). I have this very plain sight. I used mozilla composer. I also add a little code to keep my email address from getting mined. Keep in mind, I do not know any(hardly) html yet. I am welcome to any suggestions.http://brighteyedcomputer.comThe first thing I notice is that the site may be plain, but the information is easy to find. The colors are easy on the eyes and the navigation is logical. As far as the pages go, I think you should come up with service packages. A service package for hardware, a service package for software, this way your customers know how they will be charged and know your professional. As far as the actual design, I suggest you learn more about html to expand your capability. I also think you should learn CSS to help your site look consistent as the site grows. Over all, right now, the site is plain but easy to follow and is ok to look at. Once you get some coding knowledge under your belt, youll be amazed at what you can do. Good job so far. Just remeber that the key to a good web site it to always keep improving. Always keep trying to make it better and better.JPMK12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted March 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 you missed the original. It was just a single page that I did quickly with mozilla compozer. This is a completly new sight. I suppose i should post the old sight for comparison. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 It has been updated. Credit is given to http://www.iabusinessprojects.comThanks Shanenin. Although a lot of the design input was yours, I just did the actual coding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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