New Site, need some opinions

ScubaStevo · 08-02-05, 08:07

I had a friend of mine work up a little sample pages of my new site.

http://carcare.chromenight.com/

I'm just wondering how to post my before/after pictures? And an example of a mission statement for the home page.

Opinions on the little pictures there as well.

Some opinions ASAP would be helpful.

Steve

jakethesnake · 08-02-05, 08:51

Very nice homepge design. Although, none of the tabs work at this time.

I think the first thing you might want to consider is shortning the web address and keeping it short and simple for people to remember i.e. "superior shine." The web address you have is little long and hard to remember.

That's just my 0.02.

ZaneO · 08-02-05, 09:26

I think it looks really awesome. I wish I could get mine looking that nice.

Beason · 08-02-05, 11:36

Awesome, where did you get the graphic? I see you leave in on a piece of paper in your cars. I think its an awesome look.

ScubaStevo · 08-02-05, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Beason

Awesome, where did you get the graphic? I see you leave in on a piece of paper in your cars. I think its an awesome look.

The graphic is just shots of cars I've done in the past, and then cropped to make a little design.

As far as the webaddress, its just a temporary hosting site, for me while my friend is making the site.

None of the links work, as I haven't put anything there yet!

Steve

Anything that may help improve the site?

J.J. · 08-02-05, 02:06

The site looks really nice. I would suggest the following changes to the opening statement:
Currenlty you have this:
"This site is here to to give you an overview of the services we provide, to show you some of the work we've done and to help you get an estimate of how much to make your car look like new."

The end of the sentence is incomplete. I think you are referring to price (or cost), so you should try the following:

"This site is here to to give you an overview of the services we provide, to show you some of the work we've done and to help you estimate how much it will cost to make your car look new"

If this is not what you are trying to say, you should rearrange it so that it makes more sense. Just a thought. Excellent looking site though.

JJ

FrizzleFry · 08-02-05, 02:21

from a graphics standpoint... it's not bad. I don't know about the small pictures though.. they don't go well together. Meaning they clash against one another. If you were to get the colors to be the same general shade that may work well. I'm working on mine right now. I just have a marker there for now. But I do like your layout. Good job.

ScubaStevo · 08-02-05, 04:05

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Originally Posted by J.J.

The site looks really nice. I would suggest the following changes to the opening statement:
Currenlty you have this:
"This site is here to to give you an overview of the services we provide, to show you some of the work we've done and to help you get an estimate of how much to make your car look like new."

The end of the sentence is incomplete. I think you are referring to price (or cost), so you should try the following:

"This site is here to to give you an overview of the services we provide, to show you some of the work we've done and to help you estimate how much it will cost to make your car look new"

If this is not what you are trying to say, you should rearrange it so that it makes more sense. Just a thought. Excellent looking site though.

JJ

Its what my friend had put there. I'll put my proper mission statement there once I think of it.

As far as the little pictures, I'll take that into considerationg. Thanks!

Steve

SilverLine · 08-02-05, 04:16

Have you considered having the site professional designed. Dan Ekenberg from Mobilework.com designed mine recently. The site turned out great, dan was great to work with and had some very helpful advise as to the layout and certain aspects of the site, and he is very reasonably priced. Here's a link to his site: http://www.mobileworks.com and the link to my site is: http://www.silverliningdetail.com. Just a thought that you may want to look into.

Take care,

Matt Williams
Silver Lining Detail
www.silverliningdetail.com

ScubaStevo · 08-02-05, 04:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverLine

Have you considered having the site professional designed. Dan Ekenberg from Mobilework.com designed mine recently. The site turned out great, dan was great to work with and had some very helpful advise as to the layout and certain aspects of the site, and he is very reasonably priced. Here's a link to his site: http://www.mobileworks.com and the link to my site is: http://www.silverliningdetail.com. Just a thought that you may want to look into.

Take care,

Matt Williams
Silver Lining Detail
www.silverliningdetail.com

No, I haven't. I can't afford that because I'm just a part time backyard warrior during the summer months when school is off. By no means do I make enough to pay someone to make a site for me.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

pigeonbus · 08-02-05, 06:25

I think it looks really great! One of the things I hate about some detailing business websites is that the creator/owner crams so much onto the homepage, you just scroll and scroll down for what seems like forever with tons of information that should be reserved for tabbing and additional pages. So the fact that you're homepage is simple is great, people won't be overwhelmed because it's easy to navigate. The top graphic is a neat design, sans the little flame scroll - I think it's a little tacky and may imply that you create graphics like that on vehicles....I think it would look better with something else or possibly just the text. The little metallic is neat though.

I'm pretty sure that you work alone, but correct me if I'm wrong. For this reason I don't know if it's completely appropriate to have "we" and "us" used. Using "I" or talking about yourself in the third person would add a personal dimension to your business as people read through your site.

Finally, the word "Samples" to signify your detailing gallery isn't the best word choice IMO. Just use a word/phrase like Gallery or Previous Work.

Other than that I think you're site is awesome and I love that picture graphic on the bottom of the homepage.

Good Luck

Pontman43 · 08-02-05, 07:09

I think a longer first page, more pics, discription etc. I dont know what it is but a longer first page to fill up at least the sreen just looks more professional. Also the navigation bar, you might wanna change a little make it a little more exciting to match your top graphic. These are just my two cents and seeing as how I have a cardomain for a web page right now I'm not sure how qualified I am to give advise, but just a little something to think about.