On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:00:52 -0700 (PDT), JRF Precision
wrote:
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I can just post th webpage here. http://www.jrfprecision.com/
You have to exscust it. I'm doing the page myself and it is some what
rough.
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I will second the advice on the oversize graphic as too slow to
download over dial-up, and there are a *LOT* of people with
dial-up.

You can use Iview32 to resize your graphics.
Download for free at
http://www.irfanview.com/

One tip is to provide small, low res pictures as a
guide/preview/teaser and then have the high res graphic as a
download option.

Be sure to include your email address on the contact page in
addition to your phone number. If possible inclue as a mailto
html link. Make it as easy as possible to contact you.

put an under construction notice on the unfinished pages such as
services so people don't wait and wait for it to load.

On your equipment page use a table so you can get 2 or threee
columns across the page so the reader doesn't have to scroll
down. Pictures would be nice (but keep them small with links to
highres/large pictures.

Roster -- again an "under construction" sign -- also use a table
and include pictures of your people. Should have their shop
aprons on and a micrometer or such in their hands.

On your contact page include a description but not a specific
name for functions such as customerservice, info, rfq,
orderstatus with email addresses such as

This will allow easy reasignment of the particular task w/o
having to redo your web page, for example when someone goes on
vacation.

Consider adding Live Messenger capability to allow personal
contact on the cheap. Live Messenger is free and a 40$ webcam
and microphone/soundcard is all you need.

On all the pages use larger type -- there are a lot of old farts
with bad eyesight [like me] that have to use the zoom add-in for
firefox.

Be sure to create and add your keyword list and submit your
website to the major search engines so people can find you.

Pictures of sample jobs/products are always interesting.

You most likely should also include a webmail contact form --
again make it easy to contact you. Be sure to include an FTP
area so people can send you large cad/cam files. Many ISP
providers limit email attachments to 8 meg total [or less].

All in all a good start, and this will tend to be a work in
progress. Apply the KISS principal and don't let the webpage
tail start to wag the machineshop dog.

Good luck!


Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).