Hello All,
I'm having trouble figuring out what to put/how to lay out content for my "home" page. Here is the link so you see what I have to work with: http://benjisa.com/draft/
I'm just really not sure... Here's what I was thinking... I'll write up a little something about my services for the right panel thing (underneath "welcome"). And on the left darker thing (below my logo), have some little ad-like bubble things highlighting some of my services.
What do you think?
Busy posted this at 10:11—4th April 2007.
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How about a blurb about how your services could be used or how effective they are on the interweb - basically sell yourself
<?bhb if(broken){ echo("It wasn't me
"); } ?>
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Some people are like slinkies, they dont really serve any purpose but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs ...
Megan posted this at 13:23—4th April 2007.
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The left column looks fine now. You could start the body area with an introduction explaining what it is that you do (specifically, with good keywords for search engines). Then show an example of your most recent job or a highlight from your profile. Make sure there are links to other parts of the site and calls to action for the user.
You might find this interesting: "Great Homepages Really Suck"
Megan
My web design blog
benj posted this at 20:12—4th April 2007.
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As you see, I've recently added the things on the left...
That link really helps, thanks! I guess I should have explained better what my problem was. That's really interesting though about drawing people into the website. Because in the past I've tried to give a huge summary on the home page.
benj posted this at 05:10—10th April 2007.
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*bump*
Can I get some more critiquing on the draft site in general?
brianwiz posted this at 20:55—10th April 2007.
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In general very good. I would like to see text in the box to see how that affects the overalll view. Put a copy of paragraphs in there just to see if anything gets moved around or distorted
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benj posted this at 04:44—12th April 2007.
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Thanks. I'm still writing up my content for the home page, but I have tried filling the page with temporary content and it looks fine, no problems with stuff lining up, etc. But I will put the final stuff in there tomorrow or in a couple days, so check back.
Any more comments, please, I need all the feedback I can get!!