Can all you lovely people with a good eye give me some help/opinions on my website please?

[schneebly]

Any mis-spellings, dodgy looking fonts or whatever!

I have no previous experience!

Thank you.

[Wotznotreallyhere]

how did I miss this?

[HandyTrinkett]

font's need to be consistent across the site.
consider moving your actrobats logo into the big dead curtain space at the top - at the moment it doesn't do anything apart from eat up space. Sticking a logo up there would also help to reinforce the identity of the site - something that is currently lost as soon as you navigate away from the main page..

[whomovedmychocolate]

Oh Schneebly you are too kind . Your site is lovely too - no pics of you up there though. You should consider it, people like to know who they are dealing with. My pic on the site is my passport photo - taken in the glamourous photobooth in Tesco! So you don't have to go to lots of trouble.

Lots of pics of kids having tons of fun would be good too.

Also I would think about having a downloadable flyer so people can print them and take them to the PTA/group meetings to get budget approval. People demand to see these things so they know the person suggesting it isn't planning to spend the money on beer and prossies and taking the kids to McDonalds instead

I have a lovely layout going spare which would fit in perfectly with what you are trying to do which you could have if you like......you have my email address. I am not sure how your meestermumpty web software is on allowing you to import but I daresay you could pull it in and use it. That'd solve your menu issues etc. and it'd be royalty free.

[schneebly]

whomovedmychocolate - I looked at you site! What a cool business and a lovely pic of you! You are very pretty.

[schneebly]

Thanks wisteria!

[Wisteria]

try adding a space after each / - makes it easier to read.
Great idea; wish you came as far as Derbyshire!

[schneebly]

right I have done all the little things mentioned I think - apart from moving the menu which I cant do with that template but I have put the anumated bullets instead to make the menu stand out more...

I am also still waiting on DH to bring me the camera cable so I can get photos up.

I have added a links page too but no links on it yet - have to figure out what links to use.

[schneebly]

need to do some secretarial work for DH now but will work on it later! Thanks everyone.

[whomovedmychocolate]

Mistymoo - no you don't have too - but if you want your site to appear correctly on all browsers it's fairly important.

Okay Schneebly - here's what I'd do if it was my site:

(1) Shift the menu to the left
(2) Increase the text size on the front page and make it a bulleted list.
(3) Label all page assets appropriately - go into the HTML and just look and check they are labeled, head 1 for example, body for the main part of the text.
(4) Do a Poodle test to see how search engines view your page (and indeed if they can actually crawl it).
(5) Get rid of the typos.
(6) Be very clear on who your audience is - are you selling to the parents directly or engaging the kids so they badger their parents?
(7) At least consider getting some better software, what you have is doing you few favours IMHO.

Tis a nice site though.

[schneebly]

that's okay! I was expecting this - constructive criticism is good. I can take it - must be the actress in me

[uberalice]

Congratulations - it's pretty good considering it's your first website. I agree with whomovedmychocolate's comments. Also, what's the deal with the curtain at the top of the pages? Is it supposed to open and reveal a heading? Or have a heading superimposed on it? It takes up about a quarter of each page without actually adding any information, and as a result most pages need to be scrolled to view the text.
Consider using the same font throughout for the main text areas.
You've underlined some headings, and this led me to click on them hoping they were links. Why not make headings bold and paragraph text not bold?
Your map is a bit blurred too.
BTW, I'm originally from Southport, though I don't live there any more, so I got a nice warm feeling when I looked at the site.
Well done.

[Mistymoo]

Odd font sizing too.
Odd combinations.

Dont we all sound negative?

[MerryMarigold]

I'd make it a bit more 'theatrical' if you can eg. maybe a more 'fun' font (though still readable) and poss use some dark red in the writing as well. At the moment it is a little boring (black, red, white) to be a drama website! (Sorry).

The actual navigation is fine, I think. Just needs a bit more 'jazzing up'.

[schneebly]

thank you so much

[whomovedmychocolate]

Am laughing madly now - looking at your HTML code:

"Top image must be butt up against div "

ROFL! Sorry but honestly there are some lovely web design packages out there for non html people, this one is just a tad unusual......

Will try and come up with some practical advice in a minute....

[Mistymoo]

Whilst Heading etc are important, you dont have to have them.

Agree with the menu down the right while do-able isn't best practice. Consider moving to the left or top.

Also if i was you, i would NOT put my mobile number on

[whomovedmychocolate]

Rollovers in white on a white background are generally not good as well - red would be a nice alternative.

Typo:We will also create workshops for adults be it in a club/organisation or workpace setting

[schneebly]

whomovedmychocolate - I don't really know what any of thaht means Not offended at all but not sure how to fix!

lulu - not sure what to do about that because prices will vary quite a bit depending on the service. Hmmm.

[whomovedmychocolate]

Another one:

'Please contact me if you are outwith the area and we may be able to make arrangements.'

I think you mean outside the area.

[whomovedmychocolate]

Please don't be offended, but:

(1) No h1, h2 or h3 Headings were found. Which means, that you haven't labeled the pages or sections correctly. In turn this means that when Google indexes it, it will be unable to name the page and will look for the first available link on the page in the assumed main section (which isn't the intended main section). Sadly that points to the software you used to create the site rather than your services.
(2) It is traditional to have your links on the left because accessible browsers find it easier to navigate. It's okay to have them on the right but you need to clearly label your HTML so that it's clear what is body, what is navigation etc.
(3) Your padding on your forms is wrong, the last box is a different size to the others.

Hope that helps a bit.

[lulumama]

you going to put prices on??

[lulumama]

"The gallery is under constuction - please bear with us.

Thank you"




CONSTRUCTION !!




so excited !! can i sign up my DCs??

[newlifenewname]

Nice simple site schneebly Looks good. I like the deep red and the bats!

I'd either lose the list of stuff you do and keep first page simple with good links (as you already have) or jazz up that list a bit. It stands out as a dull section on the page right now.

The all the world's a stage header might be better capitalised or with first letter capitalisation?

Font could be more sophisticated there too maybe.

Tis Good though, honest!

[schneebly]

I am in the process of getting some pics together - agree that pics all over would be good.

Lulu - I know! It looked good and I liked the prices so thought I would give it a shot!

[colditz]

Yeah, more pictures of people doing things.