Tilers Websites and Web Design

[Dan]

Don't have a website but was thinking about doing one next year, would it be worthwhile doing on terms of quotes and jobs!

Get one!

Follow this thread mate you'll end up with loads of free options, loads of better cheap options, and some awesome ones that cost a bit but pay dividends.

No doubt you'll end up with a few types to avoid being mentioned at some point too.

 

[Rookery]

I made my own using Serif publishing programme, starting with a 'blank sheet of paper'. I've used template based web designs in the past but this is far superior and allows me to customise my site at will. I did my own SEO and eventually reached page 1 on google for my typical search terms. My domain name costs buttons and the hosting is £60 per year.

 

[Minesacarling]

I really want a website but just get a bit confused with all different options available. Just don't want to go down the wrong path and spend a fortune just to end up regretting it

 

[burncross]

I did my own through Mrsite, but its just a basic one and it needs optimising, which i'm planning to do in the next few weeks

 

[AliGage]

Get one!

Follow this thread mate you'll end up with loads of free options, loads of better cheap options, and some awesome ones that cost a bit but pay dividends.

No doubt you'll end up with a few types to avoid being mentioned at some point too.

With a website your portfolio goes everywhere you do, and many places you don't. A must have for any business imho.

I really want a website but just get a bit confused with all different options available. Just don't want to go down the wrong path and spend a fortune just to end up regretting it

It doesn't have to be expensive. If you can spend a couple of hours a week to doing it. Choose a content management system like wordpress, there's loads of help, tutorials and books out there. It's dead easy to learn.

 

[robbieraven]

Interesting thread as I was a web/graphic designer for 25 years before I took up tiling, I obviously did my own Tiling services in Alton, Hampshire - Bathroom and Kitchen Tiling Could be a whole lot better, but who has the time 🙂 It gets me a quite a bit of work as I spent quite a bit of time working it up on Google. If anybody does need any advice, give me a shout. Cheers Rob

 

[Ceramico tiling]

I made my own using Serif publishing programme, starting with a 'blank sheet of paper'. I've used template based web designs in the past but this is far superior and allows me to customise my site at will. I did my own SEO and eventually reached page 1 on google for my typical search terms. My domain name costs buttons and the hosting is £60 per year.

A website is nothing but a glorified business card without SEO

 

[Dan]

Amen to that!

 

[StephenR]

I did my own with a plain text editor but one of my previous jobs was a programmer. Some of the packages the other guys have had success with would be a good start.

I've had better success with mine when I improved the content lately. A gallery section I think is a must and a testimonials section is good too. These two things I keep hearing from clients that contact me through it.

Spend time on getting the layout and look right before piling in the content. Simple is better than bells and whistles. Should be easy on the eye and very easy to get around. Get someone who doesn't like pooters to test it out.

There's plenty of material on "how to" out there. These days, more and more people use this method of finding things.

Then when it's done, read Google's search engine optimisation (SEO) material to help your ranking.

Something to do on these winter evenings.

 

[Spud]

I was looking at open source web templates last night and there are some good ones available ,I have built a site on wix.com but they are expensive if you dont want ads and upgrade to their premium package so I havent published the on I made on there and will build one with an open source template package