Need Mega Feedback on My 'Site!!!!

I have been very frustrated about the fact that I cannot no matter how hard I try to get my site to look the way I want it to. It is very frustrating to me. I have to get this done so I can get the word out.

It is supposed to be a shopping resource and information site. I am also going to have shopping reviews on it, and links to places people can shop. I am also going to have on it catalog items of my own to sell. It's a long time coming though, because...I need help getting things to be the way I want them to be...any feedback for me to make it easier?

I really don't want to switch servers again. I don't mind the server. It's better than that last one. I just wish I had a decent template. I am learning HTML but haven't had the time to study it as much as I would like to. I have been too busy with other projects.

Anyway...any help and feedback you can offer would be helpful. Thank you. I think what is most frustrating is not knowing sometimes where to put my ads. That is the hardest thing to deal with. I am learning, but it's still a rough road. And Why can't I have the ads set up as cool as on a site like this forum site???

That's what I would want.

Julie

Hi fishtail1776,

I definitely agree with ScienceFact! The color #00FFFF is not to pleasing to look at, although I don't mind the color #C1E0FE. Which leads into another issue "Consistency". Nobody like going to a site with every click you see a different color.
About all your tables, have you thought of using CSS?, You would be able to control all your table elements with CSS.
Looking at your source I see a lot of depreciated elements you are using ie.
That's the beauty of CSS, your whole site is changeable using one file.

All the best
nonnie

thank you...I know...I wish i could get it more like I want it. I am thinking of just paying someone to design a template for me. I am to the point I am sick of messing with it.

It looks good, but the grey looks to drab and it could use an image(s).

Check your META Tags, you are doubling up on quotes which is not allowed (see right after content):

Even if this was allowed, on your keywords, you have mismatched quotes as well.

Ok looking further into your keywords, not only is that tag a huge mess, it makes me wonder where did you come up with those? You should seek some help on fixing this.

-Greg

You mentioned about paying someone to design a template system for you, this leads me to ask, especially after seeing your source code, what are you using to edit it now? (web based template editor, hand coding, a html editor??)

You also mentioned that you do not like the template of the host you use. Are you locked into their templates. Can you edit code your self? These are big things to concider before askign someone to make you a template.

I am not trying to mean, but your site just flat out does not show any sign of profesionalism. Finding someone to help you would be wise, if possible, find someone who can show you, not just build a template and give it to you. The more you learn the more down the road you will be able to do yourself I would also suggestion finding someone with a talent for "looks" to help out. (color, graphics, layout, etc) This is the area a majorly suck at (along with SEO) which is why I don't do web sites myslef. Give me a picture of how you want the site to look, I can do it, but don't let me come up with colors or layout! LOL.

Good luck, don't give up! Visit site you like, look at their source code to see how they do it. That is how I learned 10 years ago.

-Greg

It would be much easier to accomplish what you want done with your site, if your code was not so jumbled. It's really a mess. You might want to spend a day just organizing your tags!

not to be a downer, I think the grey is a little to bla. The shopping information sites and articles head is sqished. It appears you use and image and it is not formatted correctly of the table size you are using. I would re-think your color scheme a bit. Other than that it is user friendly and easy to navigate around.

Everyone has a good point about your site, so its not really to reiterate everything but heres an outline of things you can try and do...
- first you need to sort out your markup, clean code means easier editing...
- Think of some color schemes you really like, limit it only up to three colors...
- get a screen capture of your site and make repositioning and recoloring on your favorite graphic program...
- and lastly, dont be afraid to ask questions if you face any roadblock along the development of your site, many of us here will help you get your desired results, and be patient...

I think that sums up what I like to say...

Hello,

My first impression when I saw your site was that it was a bit messy. It won't be hard to solve, but because all the colours are the same everything seems to blend in, and it would look better if there were move visible borders between your articles and the google ads for example.

The field you are trying to compete in is very large, and you may find it hard to get this business going. The content and setout looks pretty good, but you really do need to change the colour scheme of the site as a whole.

i agree the colours are drab, font too big and you need to get rid of those border.
If you want to use different template try downloading a free one and editing it using HTML-kit (free to download), it really is too boring at the moment and looks very unprofessional.
Keep working on it though and dont be disheartened if this is your first attempt, practice and learn.
good luck

You say you don't like it and keep changing it ... I reckon it's because you are thinking to much, trying to hard. The golden rule: KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid

You don't need to have/use a lot of graphics to make a pleasing site, perfect example is google.com
Some of your left side buttons are to short for the words on them; Consumer and Credit is "Consumer and Cred" Shopping information is "Shopping informatio" and travel has a small t while the others start with a capital

Having your source code many pages down is an old method to hide it, but downside is all those returns actually count in load time (which is quite slow on dialup)

You have a contact form and a email address link, yet the contact form isn't really a contact form, and is in bad English "Please submit to us your e-mail"
The form itself has no validation, it can be submitted without anything checked which is a bad idea.

You also need to watch your page names, ideally the pages should be named to suit the content ie; catspage.html, dogpics.html, contact.html, myrestrainingorders.html (just kidding), instead you have gpage.html1.html
You also have a few typos around the site, costumer service being one.
As I read some of the site I am thinking someone has been telling you to stuff as many keywords in as you can which is not always a good thing. Take this sentence for an example: "There are many ways to spot a bargain a mile away while shopping. The best way to learn how to spot a bargain a mile away is to ask a friend." I suck and grammer (can blame my accent lol) but could be rewritten as "There are many ways to spot a bargain. The best way is to ask a friend." or if you want to extend it a little, could be: "There are many ways to spot a bargain. The best way is to ask a friend how they manage to spot a bargin a mile away."
If the content comes across as poor (which keyword stuffing does) it will reflect on the site and what your trying to do. Forget about the search engines (and fix those meta tags), forget about the ads, write the content to the topic THEN adjust to suit the ads only if you can get away without it sounding cheap and nasty.

constantly changing your website is an on going thing

the reason you don't like it half of the time is because you built it and feel you could do better. I've been through that before. Been really chuffed with a site design and a few weeks later decide dI don't like it anymore and change it.

Are you for real?! Is it just me or did you really set up this page only to make some money with Google? The thread name " Need Mega Feedback on My 'Site!!!!" would support my suspicion as it seems this is your way of getting some traffic. No layout, no originality. It seems like you have just thrown in everything randomly. I don't know what the feedback will be for my site but I at least did it all my self from a scratch.

By the way, I have just reviewd a site by "monsterslippers" that looks just like yours.