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Old 22-02-10, 01:29 PM
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Hi guys!

I am dropping random posts on the blog bits, but need you to all have a mooch and see if it is working as it should, this needs to be business like without being Financial Quarter Corporate!

The site is a Wordpress site, meaning it looks like a web site, but behaves like a blog, for SEO purposes.

Smart Health and Safety Solutions | Somerset
About | SMART Health And Safety Solutions
Smart Health and Safety Solutions, Somerset | Experience | SMART Health And Safety Solutions
Services | SMART Health And Safety Solutions

Oh and the extra links are not just for SEO indexing purposes, but to show the format throughout the site! As the pages are different from the home page!

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Wordpress! I dunno, cheat, should be sat there with notepad open by candlelight

Looks pretty good visually. Couple of minor things, in the header, are all the villages named deliberately? No SEO value as they're in the image, looks like filler?

Not sure about the duplicate tabs on the R/H side, welcome, about etc, gives it a template feel but looks great in the header. Also "Search For" font looks out of place, looks like its still default.

Wouldn't a L/H sidebar look better, or is it by choice?

On the experience page, all the images are just stacked on top of each other, with the r/h column blank.

Assume work in progress, but looking good, you know me, pick holes in anything

Question is, what does Mike think
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Cheers buddy!

Village names, text! Just cannot be pinched!
OK, have dumped the navigational links on the right, although they may go back, as they allow for more navigational pages, without filling the top up (space limitation) so once I add a few more required pages, will see how it feels.

L/H sidebars are un-natural, we iMac users know how natural usage is worked out! haha! Ner ner! The mouse generally hovers over on the right Steve, so want them to be next to links, so will click through the site.

And you are right about the images, been messing with them for ages! Grrrrr

Oh and Wordpress = SEO dream! I would build everything in WP if I had my way! Static pages and integrated blog, genius!

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I'm too close to even say anything other than I am simply walking on air. This man Kip is such a genius, so much so that the phone has actually begun to ring.

Steve: no doubt Kip will take on-board what you said cos I know he is still avin a tweak or three, for me though....Words fail me for a change...apart from

Luvvin it-luvvin it-luvvin it.

Can't wait to be able to access the blog and include news items.

Kip for a knighthood methinks next

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OK, Here is the updates! Thanks Steve!

"Wordpress! I dunno, cheat, should be sat there with notepad open by candlelight, haha never been into the wordpad thing, hose people amaze me!

Looks pretty good visually. Couple of minor things, in the header, are all the villages named deliberately? No SEO value as they're in the image, looks like filler? SEO Plugin and using all my little tricks here and there! Have a couple of sites in Mikes area I want to be beating for him!

Not sure about the duplicate tabs on the R/H side, welcome, about etc, gives it a template feel but looks great in the header. Also "Search For" font looks out of place, looks like its still default. Removed duplicate tabs, went with an 'Extras' page to hold extra content. Search box is on the hit list now!

Wouldn't a L/H sidebar look better, or is it by choice? As earlier, left bars are un-natural for the user, so sticking with left

On the experience page, all the images are just stacked on top of each other, with the r/h column blank. Sorted! This were being a complete pain!

Assume work in progress, but looking good, you know me, pick holes in anything Even Gorgonzola?

Question is, what does Mike think Just ask him! "


OK, pretty much where it should be now, need to pass on some tricks and tips I have learned along the way plus been taught by people that know more than I.

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Lesson two is done, webmaster live now!

Glad to be of assistance!

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Looking good matey

Home page, first image Alt tag name - who are we - image is showing as broken on my browser, rest of them displaying fine.

Images on examples projects much better

Didn't notice any G analytic code? You going to get Mike set up with that or is he using something else?

When Mike makes his first million, do you think he'll remember us?
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The 'who are we' is me uploading and still not quite certain of that bit. Just popping out to see a client so will speak to Kip later on today.

remember? YOU BET!

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The missing image is just a teething issue, I am teaching Grasshopper the way, he has webmaster, soon GA, and then the world wuuuhahaha

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Grasshopper has made some progress, even managed to get to see a new client as well. Came through MLF ( I ask), maybe a week or two before the beautiful work Kip has done will start getting the site on Googly

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