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potatoe_bird
07-31-2004, 06:15 PM
www.holeshoteng.com
How could we improve on it? I'm open to all suggestions.
Thanks!

-=ADA$=-
07-31-2004, 06:32 PM
i would say its good, its simple, clear, and not complicated and overthought like many todays web sites

rocknbil
07-31-2004, 07:48 PM
From a web developer's point of view . . .

1. Lose the counter. It falls under "stupid web tricks" and serves no real purpose. If you want to know who's hitting your site, your web host should be able to set up stats for you, and it should NOT COST A THING. If it does - get another host. Stats are a robust breakdown of hits by the hour, day, and month, provide some sort of info as to where the traffic's coming from (telling you if link exchanges andsearch engines are working for you) and are far more useful than an anonymous number.

2. Look how you have the products along the left, big empty space to the right, text at the bottom. That text is what the search engines digest for content. It's also something you want the customer to see without having to scroll - some people are visual (pics) some are logical (text.) Put your text up in that empty space, you can do this with an HTML table:

------------
header
------------
links text

3. You've got your purchasing loop worked out, good job! More than most people do. Try to work on better pics though - it will make the buyer more confident about laying out some dinero.

At some point, you may consider getting off payPal and getting an official shopping cart/merchant account, but I know ALL about budgetary restraints and what it limits you to, so good luck in your venture and hope this was of some assistance. Dass all ya get fer free. :D