So I’m building a new website, actually I’m not, Todd my “webguy” is www.consumedesign.com. Todd has been doing my site for the last twelve years or so and I can’t say enough good things about him and his work. Not only is he a great web developer but he’s a avid cyclist and apparently a great dad too. Happy fathers day Todd!
At any rate we’re working on a new site design but for the most part content will be the same. We’ll be adding a few new webisodes, a better gallery and the site will be a larger size so all the images will be larger and easier to see which should help with details. The reason for this post is I thought I’d ask for input or ideas on what you think might help us improve the site even more. You can make your suggestions on the blog here or you can send them directly to my email, strong@strongframes.com.
We hope to launch mid to late July. Thanks in advance for any and all comments and ideas.
I’m not even a Strong owner (but if my current frame fails, I just might be!) but I’ve got to say your web site is so well organized and complete in the information that it offers. Your webguy HAS done a great job.
The only thing I’d like to see “improved” upon?-a constantly changing gallery of frames. Brent Steelman seems to do it once a month and I always look forward to the new frames and bikes going out the door. Keeping the gallery fresh will keep people coming back to visit, and hopefully that will lead to more orders!
Just a few things, from the perspective of a site user, and a webbie-man myself.
The link to the contact page ought to be in the main menu at the top of the site. Currently it needs a bit of digging to find it.
This one is a bit selfish (as currently my emails are being eaten by a spam filter somewhere), but I think a simple contact form on the Contact page would enable people to contact you directly in an ‘emergency’.
Perhaps make the default text size a bit larger (very small in Safari in Mac OSX).
Perhaps it might be easier to navigate to all parts of the site if the main menu wasn’t at the top – but in the navigation bar on the right. Currently when a main menu item is selected, a sub menu for that section appears at the top of the navigation bar. This seems a little unintuitive, and to more in-keeping with how things ‘normally’ work, it might be better if the 5 or 6 main menu items were at the top of the navigation bar, and sub menus then open up under the menu items, once they have been clicked.
Thanks Peter!!! That’s a suggestion I plan to use.
Thanks Richard, we’ve worked hard on improving navigation and a lot of what we’ve done is consistent with your suggestions. I think it will make getting around a lot smoother.
I think your current website works, lot’s of usable info and guides. I guess a facial revamp on the site will give old and new customers a “brand new” feeling.
I think your gallery can use some close-ups of your TIG welding… you are after all, the master at it hence it’ll help convince a lot of fence sitter on your work.
And of course… it has been said before but pix of your monthly works would be great too…
Keep up the good work!
Thanks Eric, sounds like it the gallery is where we’ll be doing lots of work.