Hi there ... would love to hear what people think of my site

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  2. mightyb

    mightyb Banned

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    I like the design.

    Two things i dont like is the long domain name and your ads at the header dont look right in firefox. Appart from that its great!
     
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  3. Merkersarl

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    I appreciate the long domain name is to get the keywords in the domain. Whether that works with the SEs anymore is open to debate but....

    You may want to reserve a tinyurl.com type of url for those occasions when you want to give someone your site but don't fancy typing it all in :)

    Nice design though :)
     
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    My initial thoughts (and i'll take some more time tonite to browse your whole site), are that I really like the design and layout, though I think maybe the header is a bit too big and I have to scroll down too far to get to the main info.
     
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  5. Mirrorball

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    Hi there,

    Thanks for your reply ... yeah, part of it was to get keywords in the title and part of it was that the cathcy urls I wanted had gone ... I think you are right about the tinyurl.com .... is it possible to just get the url and point it to the same site? I've never tried that before so any pointers would be gratefully received!

    Thanks for taking the time,

    Charlotte
    xx
     
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  6. GRIM

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    Like the design myself ;)
    Domain name is a bit long, you could easily reg a shorter domain to forward to the long domain though. Getting the keywords in the domain but having a short domain for your visitors to use.
     
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  7. Mirrorball

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    Thanks for taking the time to look and reply mightyb ... I've not used Firefox ... I'll download it and have a look ... thanks for the tip though!

    Charlotte
    xxx
     
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  8. Mirrorball

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    Thanks for your comments.

    The design is from a template I found so I have little control over the layout ... I just tried to make best use of the space.

    Thanks again for spending time on me :)

    Charlotte
    xx
     
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  9. Mirrorball

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    Hi there hrblcantra,

    Thanks ... how do I go about regsitering a seperate domain and forwarding? Do I just need the domain name or another host as well? Sorry, if that is a silly question ...

    Charlotte
    xx
     
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    Depending on your set up you should beable to forward the domain via your domain registar or from your current host, no extra hosting required.

    Who do you use for your registar?
     
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    Looks good in Opera, although... that is one of the longest domains I've seen :(
     
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  12. Mirrorball

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    The domain came free with my hosting package ... hosting through Streamline.net ... I'd rather not use them though (cheap but unhelpful)!
     
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  13. Mirrorball

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    Thanks Apsylum ... only actually viewed it in IE so thanks for looking ... am trying to do something about the domain name!

    Charlotte
    xx
     
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    #14
    One word Joomla.
     
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    I like the design and color....
     
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    U have to try to register for your domain.
     
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  17. Mirrorball

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    Well thanks to everyone for their comments ... I've taken on board the length of the URL and now the site can be reached from http://www.discountcodes.biz which should better!

    If anyone has any other comments I'd love to hear them!

    Charlotte
    xx
     
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    My suggestion is that you need some sort of identity regarding logo and name display but since you have a very long domain this might be tricky but i noticed you have gotten a shorter URL...i say use this to give your site more identity regarding a logo because this is really important.
     
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  19. Mirrorball

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    #19
    Thanks to everyone for their replies ... does anyone else fancy having a look at the site and letting me know their comments?

    Thanks again,

    Charlotte
    xx
     
    Mirrorball, Dec 23, 2005 IP