Tilers Websites and Web Design

[beanz]

for a while now I have been wanting to move to a website that is a little more tablet/smartphone/pc/google.......friendly.......

I think I am on the right track......what do you lot think?

CLICK TO VIEW MY NEW SITE

it is not complete by a long shot but have a mess around.......

Looks good! Can i get some info on how you went about putting this together Lee? I really do need to get my rear in gear, and join the 21st century!!

 

[Protilers]

Looks good! Can i get some info on how you went about putting this together Lee? I really do need to get my rear in gear, and join the 21st century!!

I have been building it in HTML...notepad++ and dreamweaver...........plus I like computers, so I understand a few programming languages (sort of!)......my best advice is contact Dave Howe.......he has a lovely website....
and he had it built for him.....as opposed to my bash it together effort...............he may be able to point you in the right direction.........

all the best

Lee

 

[rainsco]

i like the before-after photos a lot!

 

[Ceramico tiling]

Best and cheapest option really if you're going down the template route is use Wordpress and set it up as a website, and then use one of the hundreds of thousands of templates that you can get for that. You'd end up with something akin to Dave's site.

WooThemes.com is one I subscribe to.



And they rank really well. And have loads of third party customisation options all for free. So you can choose out of dozens of gallerys for pictures etc, dozens of feedback form options etc etc

Ive been trying to suss out Wordpress.(partly since reading this post so thanks Dan)
But I am really struggling to wrap my pip around it.Trying to customize the templates seems limited and frustrating.Does one require prior web-development experience to use it in your opinion?

 

[taffy]

I'm not so sure about all these CMS solutions, they are an easy security risk... anyone remember 'matt's free scripts' many moons back.
static HTML is the best

 

[goz]

Gents please let me know what you think, need more photos on there but it's nearly there. Tried to keep it simple but stylish

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www.cjgceramics.co.uk

 

[Gazzer]

Gents please let me know what you think, need more photos on there but it's nearly there. Tried to keep it simple but stylish

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Christopher J Gosden Ceramics - Tiling Services for Chichester and Surrounding Areas

its getting there.

 

[PaulSmith]

Great looking website.

 

[cdstiling]

Hi , Please let me know what you think of my website any positives or negatives ?
here is my website CDS Tiling Harrogate And Leeds For All Your Tiling Work

 

[Del W]

Hi , Please let me know what you think of my website any positives or negatives ?
here is my website CDS Tiling Harrogate And Leeds For All Your Tiling Work

Looks good. I think your drop down needs to be a few seconds longer & theres a spelling mistake on your contact page... (should be "and" not an.)

 

[cdstiling]

Thank you for telling me that ,I've had a couple of people mention spelling mistakes...should of tried harder in English lessons!

 

[jonnyc]

my web site has been up and running for few months now. I have only had two calls but both found me because of key words that have been inserted seen or unseen.
one could lead to a 20k contract so i am encouraged.
I actually made the web site so i could point clients to it when quoting for new work so they could see what i do.
This has definitely got me a number of jobs which i might not have won if prospective clients could not see my previous work.
So i think the visual shots of work definitely help which is why i have so many images .
I can also see that by naming particular stones this will bring me in leads in time.
signed on for google analytics and it is an amazing site giving so much info about who and what people are looking at on my site.
I am yet to get my first job from someone who has found me on internet but I am optimistic.

 

[cdstiling]

That is a nice site ! ive had my site now since before xmas and slowly worked my was up the rankings for my keywords , how many visits a day are you getting ? i get a phone call every other day from people who have found me on google , a website in my eyes is the best way to go about getting work nowadays, ive turned down really really big jobs that have contacted me through my website.

 

[rainsco]

jonny, the case studies are really nice feature on your site. i don´t know if i love it because i´m a tiler but i think customers will love it too.
now you have a click from germany tomorrow on your google analystic site

 

[BuilderMCR]

Had mine done off a guy on eBay £39.99 includes domain, a years hosting, email addresses etc. still needs a gallery page and the pictures changing. Only had it done about a week ago.

Builder Manchester - JB Property Services (NW) LTD

 

[Ceramico tiling]

WORD PRESS IS AMAZING!! Been messing around with it for a few months now and it just gets better and better.Once the basics are understood you can do anything you want with your website.Its free,there are plugins for anything you could ever want on your site.Contact forms,sliders,galleries,SEO plugins,google site map plugins,just to name a few of thousands!!...sooo much better than these Wix (DIY) type jobs.

 

[Protilers]

Evening all.....

updating my company website at the mo'.........my old one was Flash.....not good with all these mobile devices!!!......that said I have done a few in HTML and they are just not "right"............here is my latest......

is there anything you would add.....or lose?

there are still a few bugs to iron out.....let me know your experience of it..........it should work perfectly on your phone, pad or computer!!!!!!

all the best

see you later

Click here to view!

thanks

Lee

 

[andy8758]

Evening all.....

updating my company website at the mo'.........my old one was Flash.....not good with all these mobile devices!!!......that said I have done a few in HTML and they are just not "right"............here is my latest......

is there anything you would add.....or lose?

there are still a few bugs to iron out.....let me know your experience of it..........it should work perfectly on your phone, pad or computer!!!!!!

all the best

see you later

Click here to view!

thanks

Lee

Hi Lee.
Loved looking at your website. I am a glutton for style and both the work you display and the website design looks very stylish. But there is nothing there that tells potential customers where you are and what area you cover. That ultimately makes the website a brochure and not a marketing tool. Is that what you intended?

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Had mine done off a guy on eBay £39.99 includes domain, a years hosting, email addresses etc. still needs a gallery page and the pictures changing. Only had it done about a week ago.

Builder Manchester - JB Property Services (NW) LTD

Hi mate, could you recommend this website builder?
cheers

 

[Ceramico tiling]

To all the IT savy tilers out there.. I am after an new "easy to use" Wordpress theme. Preferably free,any suggestions?,
And if anyone is after a easy peasy free theme,,,the one I use is called "Childishly Simple"

Thanks

 

[Qwerty]

At long last, our website is completed! Had it up & running for ages, but it was always quite clunky and was a flash based website (could not be played on apple products). This is now sorted and is hosted through 1&1 (wordpress based).

Any suggestions or thoughts are very welcome (I did it myself so I wont give up the day job just yet!)
www.plantectiling.co.uk

 

[PaulSmith]

Nice looking site

 

[DHTiling]

At long last, our website is completed! Had it up & running for ages, but it was always quite clunky and was a flash based website (could not be played on apple products). This is now sorted and is hosted through 1&1 (wordpress based).

Any suggestions or thoughts are very welcome (I did it myself so I wont give up the day job just yet!)
www.plantectiling.co.uk

I would balance up the phone numbers in the header .. oh and turn comments off to stop spammers..

 

[prceramics]

love the logo

 

[Qwerty]

I would balance up the phone numbers in the header .. oh and turn comments off to stop spammers..

Cheers dave. A difficult one really as I have deliberately gone to great lengths to get the site suitable to view on PC's, android & iPhones. The site changes slightly in each different type of device. On my laptop & iPad it is balanced up, yet on the iPhone it is as you say.

Keeping the comments on (for now anyway) as I pay my wife a wage to do something, oh and I quite enjoy reading the emails from young Philippine refugees who want me to wire them £175 to help their sick kitten! Seriously though, I find its worth it to allow customers to leave testimonials. It won't take many more spam emails to make me turn that function off though!