Bob,

A template will make things easier, and more "professional" looking by
keeping things consistent from page to page. I have been visiting
your site for a while now, I agree this layout is easier than the old
one. Lots of good info on your site (still) - I really appreciate
your honest reviews as much as anything.

The Forum is a good idea. If the pros are locally known, it will help
to increase traffic, and provide value to the visitors.

The only other comment I have on the layout is that it is too wide.
Users have no problem scrolling down a page, but they do not like to
scroll right/left. Even full screen at 1024x768 I had to scroll to
the right to see the entire page. Visitors using 800x600 will be
missing a large portion of the page. (30-40% of web surfers are still
running 800x600, and most people surfing 1024x768 are not running full
screen - use % tables, or fix width for 800x600)

Overall, a good start to a redesign (not an easy task).

Kurt



On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:04:35 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

I started a thread on this subject a while back and you guys gave a lot of
great suggestions. I could not find the original thread so I started a new
one. (maybe it was somewhere else where I started the thread) Anyway, here
is what I have done with my personal site based on what you guys had to say.

After much review I have taken a lot of the advise you guys gave me and
revamped one of my websites:

http://www.YumaBassMan.com

I cleaned up the front page to make navigation easier. (I hope) If it
works out I'll make it the template for every page on the site.

I added a discussion forum. I'm still skeptical about the worth of this,
but we shall see. I also tied in pro specific groups that are linked in
from those websites. (A couple local pros I know personally) Who knows.

I added last updated dates to many of the in text links so people can see at
a glance if those pages have anything new since their last visit.