Any web designer ? I need your opinions of the site
22 June 2006, 10:49 AM
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Well done Ray! Lets see some of your fantastic work then! 
I actually think £60 was a good price, I couldn't do that in 2 hours. I doubt anyone could from scratch. I also doubt anyone could have set up zencart in that time.
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
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I actually think £60 was a good price, I couldn't do that in 2 hours. I doubt anyone could from scratch. I also doubt anyone could have set up zencart in that time.
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
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22 June 2006, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by RichB
Well done Ray! Lets see some of your fantastic work then!
I actually think £60 was a good price, I couldn't do that in 2 hours. I doubt anyone could from scratch. I also doubt anyone could have set up zencart in that time.
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
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I actually think £60 was a good price, I couldn't do that in 2 hours. I doubt anyone could from scratch. I also doubt anyone could have set up zencart in that time.
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
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Point me in the direction where I can host it for free (for a few days) and I'll show you.
22 June 2006, 11:01 AM
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Agreed Rich, for £60 you will get some joker who probably does it in his spare time. Its easy for anyone to get hold of stuff and spend a little time using it and say they 'know' it. Would you take your scoob into a garage and let a mechanic who taught himself maintenance in a few days service your car? Nah doubt it!
22 June 2006, 11:01 AM
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Tell you what ray, just email me your stuff garykind@hotmail.com and I'll put your site in my space if you like.
22 June 2006, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by GaryK
Tell you what ray, just email me your stuff garykind@hotmail.com and I'll put your site in my space if you like.
22 June 2006, 11:20 AM
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Got what you paid for there, hehe.
As above lots of people think they can put a website together, it's madness how many people actually make a good living out of it!
I don't confess to being able to do it cheaper, but if you want something better then let me know. I enjoy working on websites, the prices i charge and the work i produce reflect it.
As above lots of people think they can put a website together, it's madness how many people actually make a good living out of it!
I don't confess to being able to do it cheaper, but if you want something better then let me know. I enjoy working on websites, the prices i charge and the work i produce reflect it.
22 June 2006, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by RichB
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
Scoobynet is funny at times
22 June 2006, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
I taught myself Dreamweaver in under 2 days 
Using the tool and being a good designer are not the same thing.
22 June 2006, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by carl
I taught myself how to use a pencil in a fairly short period, but I'm no Degas.
Using the tool and being a good designer are not the same thing.
Using the tool and being a good designer are not the same thing.
22 June 2006, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by RichB
If anyone here can do a new design of that site that looks professional for £60 and wants to post it up here I have loads of work I can send your way, I'd really love to hear from you.
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22 June 2006, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
and where did I say I'm a good web designer?
22 June 2006, 06:50 PM
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It looks bad, first impressions last, don't advertise until you get it sorted!!
On a positive note, it's clear what the site is about and the worst elements - Bad alignment on different size screens and buttons too small for otherwise large graphics are easily fixed.
Anyone who does much web site design could improve that 100% in 20 minutes.
Depending on the size of the business I would prob start again and look to pay a few hundred and make sure you see work samples first!
On a positive note, it's clear what the site is about and the worst elements - Bad alignment on different size screens and buttons too small for otherwise large graphics are easily fixed.
Anyone who does much web site design could improve that 100% in 20 minutes.
Depending on the size of the business I would prob start again and look to pay a few hundred and make sure you see work samples first!
22 June 2006, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
one of the worst I have seen, for £60 you CAN get a good site regardless of what many web designers will tell you 
Unfortunatly web designers belong to a similar class of people such as alarm engineers (not all but a large majority) who insist on sucking in a large amount of air when you ask them to do anything and think that there time is valued at £100+ per hour!
Unfortunatly web designers belong to a similar class of people such as alarm engineers (not all but a large majority) who insist on sucking in a large amount of air when you ask them to do anything and think that there time is valued at £100+ per hour!
Thanks for the alarm engineer comment, never been callen a robbin leech before
.....well once 
23 June 2006, 01:33 AM
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Ok thanks for all the comments. I love your honesty
How about a little competition then.
I am looking for a new logo for a new site im going to get done
We can put them on here and then run a poll to see which one is the best and the one that wins i will use.
Anyone up for it?
How about a little competition then.
I am looking for a new logo for a new site im going to get done
We can put them on here and then run a poll to see which one is the best and the one that wins i will use.
Anyone up for it?
23 June 2006, 09:08 AM
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My wife is an alternative health practitioner, and TBH many of the related sites I've seen aren't the best around. First opinions count though for most people, and if your front page looks rushed it could reflect badly on the business.
I knocked my own together - www.bestside.co.uk, and given that it was fairly straight forward, am now offering to do sites for small businesses, most of whome don't have time to learn how to how to do it themselves.
I reckon charging £250 is reasonable for upto 10 pages, though I need to do some research for that. It costs best part of £100 for the domain name +hosting package anyway, so there still isn't much profit in that.
I'm doing one for a health practice, which contains all their policies. Sadly it has to be password protected, so I can't use it for advertising!
I'm not advertising here BTW, I don't have tome to take anything else on.
I knocked my own together - www.bestside.co.uk, and given that it was fairly straight forward, am now offering to do sites for small businesses, most of whome don't have time to learn how to how to do it themselves.
I reckon charging £250 is reasonable for upto 10 pages, though I need to do some research for that. It costs best part of £100 for the domain name +hosting package anyway, so there still isn't much profit in that.
I'm doing one for a health practice, which contains all their policies. Sadly it has to be password protected, so I can't use it for advertising!
I'm not advertising here BTW, I don't have tome to take anything else on.
23 June 2006, 09:31 AM
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Not wanting to pee on your fire Mr Whittle, I wouldn't use that site as a good reference for offering design services to others.
Good on you for doing your own site, but it has that "My First Website" look to it.
Good on you for doing your own site, but it has that "My First Website" look to it.
23 June 2006, 11:24 AM
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We offer a complete web design and hosting package at a very competative price.
aprt from some small mistakes, I think the site is okay - could do with some colour though, but that's just my opinion.... I have seen LOOOOADS worse than this.
fyi - the services and clients buttons go to blank pages
23 June 2006, 01:01 PM
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I created this site for a bloke at work and charged him £50, I think it's clear and easy to use and he was chuffed with it.
www.funkychoc.co.uk
www.funkychoc.co.uk
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23 June 2006, 01:38 PM
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I'm no expert either, after doing my old site a couple of years ago and successfully letting our property in France I did a site a couple of months ago river cottage france.com, they recently sent an email thanking me for the site after getting a lot of interest.
They do advertise thier property with a link to the site, obviously I wouldn't expect the bookings to have come just from having a website, I advised them to advertise and have a link to forward any interest.
Wannascoobydoo - Keep it simple and have good quality pictures, there is too much going on for me, drop the background and have simple buttons or just hyperlinks and dont display your email address due to spam.
Lee
They do advertise thier property with a link to the site, obviously I wouldn't expect the bookings to have come just from having a website, I advised them to advertise and have a link to forward any interest.
Wannascoobydoo - Keep it simple and have good quality pictures, there is too much going on for me, drop the background and have simple buttons or just hyperlinks and dont display your email address due to spam.
Lee
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23 June 2006, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by +Doc+
£60 can get you a really good flash template that you can edit yourself very easily, dont listen to these over paid web developers!
LMAO @ RichB
23 June 2006, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dynamix
for free then...think i will pass
if you value your business you would pay someone for the job
if you value your business you would pay someone for the job
And i get a free logo
23 June 2006, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul3446
I created this site for a bloke at work and charged him £50, I think it's clear and easy to use and he was chuffed with it.
www.funkychoc.co.uk
www.funkychoc.co.uk
23 June 2006, 03:01 PM
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wannascoobydooandafreelogotoo you aint getting **** for free!
Actually, I'll rephrase that, what you get for free *will* be sh.t!! :
LOL
Try here: http://www.logomaker.com/
Actually, I'll rephrase that, what you get for free *will* be sh.t!! :
LOL
Try here: http://www.logomaker.com/