My New Website.....1st Attempt!

[BigSi]

Hi all. Just published a new website for my new business. This is the first time I’ve designed a website, so was wondering what you guys thought of it? Any comments and hints would be much appreciated.

Still having trouble getting Google to find it. Had a few customers say that they couldn’t find it (would only work by typing the full site address into the search bar)?

Dunsec Electrical Contractors

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Have you submitted the site to google?

Also I would expect to click your company name at the header to return to the home page..

Plus some things i expect to be links arn't which can be a little confusing..

Have you thought about a section for landlords?

Something like this..

Guidance for Landlords - Electricraft


Looking good though

 

[mogga]

Great for first atempt might need some tweeking but it gives the basics nice and clear

 

[BigSi]

Thanks for the replys.

Plus some things i expect to be links arn't which can be a little confusing.

Which items do you think would need the links?

Im still getting used to the software, but I like the header/home idea. Also really like the Landlords section idea.

 

[kevyn]

Hi all. Just published a new website for my new business. This is the first time I’ve designed a website, so was wondering what you guys thought of it? Any comments and hints would be much appreciated.

Still having trouble getting Google to find it. Had a few customers say that they couldn’t find it (would only work by typing the full site address into the search bar)?

Dunsec Electrical Contractors

Excellent for a 1st attempt, very clear and straight forward

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Which items do you think would need the links?

Well on this page, the trustmark logo is a link, but not the other two..
http://www.dunsec.co.uk/part_p__trustmark.html



Whilst on this page, the trustmark isn't a link, nor the NICEIC,whilst the JIB and C&G are...
http://www.dunsec.co.uk/accreditations.html





just seem like a couple of irregularities.

 

[BigSi]

Well on this page, the trustmark logo is a link, but not the other two..
http://www.dunsec.co.uk/part_p__trustmark.html



Whilst on this page, the trustmark isn't a link, nor the NICEIC,whilst the JIB and C&G are...
http://www.dunsec.co.uk/accreditations.html





just seem like a couple of irregularities.

Thanks for that, forgot to update the link box for the logos. Im not sure what link to put for the Part P logo? The page I was going to use, now points to the ELECSA website.

 

[UNG]

Good site

Only one point on the accreditations page the city and guilds web address is wrong although the logo takes you to the right site

 

[Sparky Ninja]

Thanks for that, forgot to update the link box for the logos. Im not sure what link to put for the Part P logo? The page I was going to use, now points to the ELECSA website.

Maybe it could direct to your own page of reference, a little bit like mine does?

Part P - Electricraft

 

[BigSi]

Maybe it could direct to your own page of reference, a little bit like mine does?

Part P - Electricraft

Thats a very nice looking website, I like it!

I could design my own 'Part P' page for the logo to link to, but have it as a hidden page (only accessible from the logo)?

Do we have a thread on here where we can add our own websites, or help for those designing there own?

 

[DurhamSparky]

nice site matey, clean and precise..

feel free to have a look at mine also and take ideas... (as im taking a few from you!!! )

already stolen

T&C and PayPal idea....!!!

 

[Echo]

Great website for your first attempt... I like the idea of being able to settle invoices online, how does that work?

 

[BigSi]

nice site matey, clean and precise..

feel free to have a look at mine also and take ideas... (as im taking a few from you!!! )

already stolen

T&C and PayPal idea....!!!

You can also use my phone numbers if you want!lol!

Great website for your first attempt... I like the idea of being able to settle invoices online, how does that work?

I think I set-up a new PayPal account, and it generated a link that you could post onto your own website to take the customer to the start of the payment section on PayPals secure website.

I think PayPal take a little for each transaction, but if it makes it quicker and easier for the customer to pay, than so be it!

 

[Echo]

Do you have to inptut all your invoice numbers and the amount into paypal then as you generate them?


PS. have to admit i've also borrowed the T&Cs.

 

[BigSi]

The customer writes their reference number in the box (or what ever system you use to track customers etc), then on the PayPal site a brief description of works carried out, and then inputs the amount as shown on the invoice. Then its pretty much the same as if you went through eBay to confirm the final payment.

 

[Echo]

ah ok I see, I thought they entered there ID number and paypal automatically brought up their invoice with how much they owe ect.

 

[robsparky1975]

I think you have done really well,looks proffessional enough,i need to make my own website ut dont have a clue,did you have to pay for that one ase some are free but google does not list them.

 

[Sparky Ninja]

You'll possibly have to buy your own webspace, and then get a load of free domains with it. I use 1and1, it costs about £60 per 6 months. We have three websites setup at the moment, and am working in the 4th.

Regarding the manufacturing of the website, we made it ourselves. My brother being the self taught web geek and I being the provider of content.



Electricraft Electrical Contractors

 

[phil194]

Hi

Nice web site what software did you use to create it

thanks phil

 

[gawain]

i would probably take out the bit about
“DIY electrics is one of the most dangerous jobs a non-qualified person can tackle.”
the reason there on your site is because they are looking for a sparky.
also when your letting them pay on paypal im not 100% sure how it work exactly but i thought it was like they give you money if you dont send them something back then they can claim there money back might cause some trouble.
but for a first attempt i think it looks good. hope the criticism helps :>
and by the way if you do need some help with it and willing to pay a small fee i know a good web designer.

 

[BigSi]

Thanks for the replies guy.

With regards with PayPal, it kind of acts as a middle man, so you pay money into my PayPal account, then it takes it from your PayPal account. I think I used the business setup as apposed to a normal private account……but don’t quote me on that as it was a while ago since I set it up.

The website was designed with Freeola’s 'InstantPro' website design software, which is very quick and easy to use (website address bought through 'GetDotted.com'). Because I use them as my ISP, I get free website hosting. Normally I think it’s around £3.50 a month, or something like that? I did try using Mr Site’s Website Takeaway, but didn’t like it one bit, couldn’t do half the things I wanted to do!

I’ll look again at the ‘DIY Electrics’ bit when I have some downtime. It was in the NICEIC PR pack, so I just copied & pasted……I should really read it I suppose!!!

 

[juliapho]

It is a very nice site, I like it. Clear and clean . I didn’t know you can do that with “Instant Pro”.

 

[BluSparx]

Thanks for that, forgot to update the link box for the logos. Im not sure what link to put for the Part P logo? The page I was going to use, now points to the ELECSA website.

Hi

check out my Part P section, feel free to use this if you want

I am going to be tidying this up a little bit, putting the Part P logo on and maybe a few pics to compliment the sections but hey not bad for a first time attempt.

Blu Sparx Electrical Contractor - Billingham Stockton Middlesbrough Redcar Guisborough Hartlepool and Darlington Electrician

 

[electricians]

You really need to carry out some SEO to get the website found , I can supply free advice or check my website electrician in fife for some more help , I have a few blog posts that may be of interest .

ta - good luck

Ronnie

 

[Liberator]

Hi BigSi...

just a quick note...

make sure that every page has a Title in the top of each page there is a <title> x </title> section.

Replace the x with whatever the title of that page should be, and make them unique to that page, maybe put "Dunsec | Accreditations", "Dunsec | Contact", etc...

also, make sure that you have basic keywords in all pages, but then page specific keywords....
The keywords section is enclosed in the tags: <keywords> x </keywords>

Other things that google likes is bold headings, the search engine robots will scan pages for any text that is bold, not completely necessary as it may make your page look odd, but it all helps if you can.

another thing that really helps is to place a robot.txt file in the home directory of your webserver... (where you upload your index.html files too)... the content should be something like this:

# can add a comment here
User-agent: *
Disallow:
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap.gz

you can create a robots file through google or at this site: Robots.txt Generator - McAnerin International Inc.

Check out these site for further help:

Google Analytics
Google Adwords
Google Keyword Tool
Google Web Tools
Google Webmaster Tools

all of this will help with your google rankings...

Another good practice is to get your website listed on webpages that already have high rankings, free listing on yell.co.uk, and other sites like that is a good idea...

~Liberator

edit: be warned, google adwords is a chargeable service.... if you don't understand it all too well, get some help.... your monthly bill could be £100's or £1000's if you don't set it up carefully........ peace

 

[deebz]

nice work great first attempt, also widdler v nice site