Website ... what do you think ?

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

Hi Everyone,

First of all thanks to everyone who takes the time to reply to these posts its a lot of the same names but none the less appreciated !!
this site really is a mine of great info and valuable contacts ....
now down to business!

my website gets quite a bit of traffic, but im not sure what impression people get from it ? my family are all very nice in goin "aww well done you did that yourself, excellent & good luck" but i would like some impartial words from people who work in the industry !

muchos gracias

[funkymook]

I think the front page looks great.

Don't like the business card (mirror ball and speaker) image on the other pages, think some colour photos (even stock ones) would be nicer.

Not too sure about the gallery, don't like the navigating away from your site (you've got 'em, so keep' em there). I wouldn't be too happy having all my photos available for everyone to view like that that, but select a few choice ones and have a gallery on your site.

Some of the words could be tweaked, I quickly rewrote the first paragraph (though it could still be tweaked a bit more):

Revolution Discos are proud to have over 30 years combined experience in the entertainment industry.

We are available for all functions including Weddings, Christenings and Birthday parties.

When you book with Revolution Discos you can be sure your event will be in the best possible hands.


I think it's better to refer to 'your' event rather than 'their' event - makes it a bit more personal. :)

[Dj Diddy Davies]

I've had a look and, not that i'm an expert, it looks good!

I checked it out on a Mac using Safari and all seems OK.

Contact us on functions page just goes back to home page though.

With the why choose us, i prefer to state my selling points, not state why you shouldn't use someone else. Sell on what you offer, why isn't this an easy way for you to make money?

Get some photos on your own site rather than having to link elsewhere.

what's the "last night a dj saved my life about"? seems to really slow the page in loading. Also look at splitting your phone numbers to make it easier to read.

Looking behind the scenes, there doesn't seem to be any SEO going on (or maybe i'm missing it!).

Good effort, just put some photos on the site!

Hope this helps

Steve.

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

again many thanks all help more than welcome !
i will have a look at the pics and logos to be completely honest iv been promising a revamp to my business partner for weeks...
and as for the photo gallery the only way i could have a nice fancy gallery like that was to have a seperate page - the response for which has been fairly good, see iwas toying with the idea of selling keyrings at my gigs but i opted for nipping round with my nikon and bobbing the pics on a disc for the person whose event it is and that costs them a little extra, then with their permission i use a few on the website that their guests can view and hand out cards on the night with the address on to view them ! it brings great traffic to the site and enquiries too

[funkymook]

The 'Why Choose Us' page - it's veering heavily towards negative marketing - putting down others rather than building yourself up. A confident company doesn't need to mention their rivals at all. 'Why Choose Us' should be full of how great you are, what you can offer, your USP.

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

Looking behind the scenes, there doesn't seem to be any SEO going on (or maybe i'm missing it!).


SEO ??????
sorry im very much a noob to web design

I will re write the why choose us page, to be completly honest it was copy and pasted from another site lol ;)

i think i just need to spen some time now in jan whilst its fairly quiet doing these bits and getting in shape

[funkymook]

If the photo gallery is getting you more traffic then I might try that myself!

More than happy to give any changes you make the once over - as I'm sure others on the forum are as well.

[hammy]

I will re write the why choose us page, to be completly honest it was copy and pasted from another site lol ;)



oops

[Vectis]

I will re write the why choose us page, to be completly honest it was copy and pasted from another site lol ;)



You might want to do that sooner rather than later...

25. Member ‘Code of Conduct.
Any member found to be in breach or our ‘codes of conduct’ below, may be sanctioned, removed from the forum and directory.

a) Plagiarism
b) Theft of any pictures that are posted in the Gallery section of this forum.[/b]
c) Operating illegally
d) Letting down customers by failing to show


From http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=19228



... also, why is this in the Mobile Disco Forum??? :confused: And isn't there an almost duplicate thread in Website Help??? Or am I getting :daft:

[simonp]

I will re write the why choose us page, to be completly honest it was copy and pasted from another site lol ;)

Incoming :sofa:

I'm also surprised this thread hasn't been moved by the powers that be yet to the relevant page

[discomobiledj]

Don't like the layout, the menu should be centered in my opinion.

You have used different sized fonts throughout the site which seem to get bigger and bigger as you go along.

The header looks stretched as well, but they may just be me.

Also, what's with the business card just put on the two pages?

[Corabar Entertainment]

... also, why is this in the Mobile Disco Forum??? :confused:

I'm also surprised this thread hasn't been moved by the powers that be yet to the relevant pageGive us a flippin' chance! We're not infallible! ;)

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

apologies for posting in the wrong place !
as you can see i am a newbie ......
and as for being in violation of codes of conduct ?? this was done more than a year ago off a site of noones on here ....
if i have offended i apologise im not here to hurt/ offend/ copy or degrade anyone, simply to gain some friends and some advice along the way

[Vectis]

this was done more than a year ago

Stop digging!!


this was done more than a year ago off a site of noones on here ....

Irrelevant. Theft is theft. Remove it.

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

Stop digging!!



Irrelevant. Theft is theft. Remove it.

Vectis ???
have I offended you in anyway ? i feel everyone else on this site has been encouraging and helpfull but you seem to have taken this first oppertunity to shoot me down ??
yes im comparitvley young compared to many here, but im professional and enjoy my work ? im certainly no davey double decks out to undercut all the older guys and 'rob' their lively hood .....
please accept my apology if iv offended you and be sure that the situation will be rectified asap :(

[Vectis]

Vectis ???
have I offended you in anyway ?

Just slightly.

I'm a web developer and spend far too much of my time chasing down plagiarists. Copying content from someone's website is akin to walking into a shop and helping yourself to whatever takes your fancy.



be sure that the situation will be rectified asap :(

Better be ASAP enough that the rights owners don't catch up with you otherwise it could be an expensive mistake... ;)



please accept my apology

Accepted... if you actually sort it :beer1:

[Shaun]

and as for being in violation of codes of conduct ?? this was done more than a year ago off a site of noones on here ....


Hi there. Our code of conduct applies to anyone who has signed up to this website. Whether you copied the text from someone who is not a member is irrelevant. I urge you to remove the text from your site that you've copied from elsewhere. :beer1:

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

right no problem, i will suspend my site when i get home and spend some time on the weekend re-writting things!
rights owners, fines ???
bit harsh to suggest that you would be in any way willing to contact such authorities over a genuine, newcomers mistake !

[StarZSoundS]

Vectis ???
have I offended you in anyway ? i feel everyone else on this site has been encouraging and helpfull but you seem to have taken this first oppertunity to shoot me down ??
yes im comparitvley young compared to many here, but im professional and enjoy my work ? im certainly no davey double decks out to undercut all the older guys and 'rob' their lively hood .....
please accept my apology if iv offended you and be sure that the situation will be rectified asap :(




Stick with it Revolution.....I think you are going to be fun.Angela has been seen rushing to the Medical Cabinet for some Valium after viewing your Avatar!!:D :D :D

Take a little step back and you'll be fine.You can carry on being off the wall....some on here like it.Not too much drama at the beginning though:beer1: :beer1: :beer1:


If you PM me i'll give you some hints on what not to say....Cos I've said them all!!

Rule 1)Don't own up to pinching anything from anybody elses Website ....If you're going to pinch anything change the odd word here or there!!:D :D :D :D :daft: :daft: :daft: :daft: :) :)


Welcome by the way!!:) :) :) :)

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

Stick with it Revolution.....I think you are going to be fun.Angela has been seen rushing to the Medical Cabinet for some Valium after viewing your Avatar!!:D :D :D

Take a little step back and you'll be fine.You can carry on being off the wall....some on here like it.Not too much drama at the beginning though:beer1: :beer1: :beer1:


If you PM me i'll give you some hints on what not to say....Cos I've said them all!!

Rule 1)Don't own up to pinching anything from anybody elses Website ....If you're going to pinch anything change the odd word here or there!!:D :D :D :D :daft: :daft: :daft: :daft: :) :)


Welcome by the way!!:) :) :) :)

HA HA thank you mate,

I am a bit of a live wire once i get going, that pic was from a garden party i did last summer it was a 'beach party' thought it was more tha appropriate ? lol

hope people can get over my HUGE faux pas :o

and no longer shall i do things that have words for them i dont understand

Pete ;)

[StarZSoundS]

HA HA thank you mate,

I am a bit of a live wire once i get going, that pic was from a garden party i did last summer it was a 'beach party' thought it was more tha appropriate ? lol

hope people can get over my HUGE faux pas :o

and no longer shall i do things that have words for them i dont understand

Pete ;)



Rule 2).....don't own up to playing Black Lace.......I made that mistake!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

bit harsh to suggest that you would be in any way willing to contact such authorities over a genuine, newcomers mistake !

So, think about this.

A week after you pass your driving test, you are caught for speeding on a road that you thought was a 40 mph limit and it turns out it's a 30 mph limit.

Your defence? I've only been driving a week and it was a mistake.

Do they let you off?

I think not. ;)

[soundtracker]

Rule 2).....don't own up to playing Black Lace.......I made that mistake!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Rule 3: Don't buy your shirts in Primark! - He made that mistake as well!

[Shaun]

and no longer shall i do things that have words for them i dont understand

Pete ;)

Clarification for you then.

http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html

Glad I could help. ;) :d

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

Clarification for you then.

http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html

Glad I could help. ;) :d

Thank you Shaun ;)

[Corabar Entertainment]

RevolutionDiscoNW: Theft of someone else's work is something that many people on here (myself included) feel quite passionately about, but just get rid of anything you've pinched and people will forgive ;)

But just one other little tip for you....
Stick with it Revolution.....I think you are going to be fun.Angela has been seen rushing to the Medical Cabinet for some Valium after viewing your Avatar!!:D :D :D

Take a little step back and you'll be fine.You can carry on being off the wall....some on here like it.Not too much drama at the beginning though:beer1: :beer1: :beer1:


If you PM me i'll give you some hints on what not to say....Cos I've said them all!!

Rule 1)Don't own up to pinching anything from anybody elses Website ....If you're going to pinch anything change the odd word here or there!!:D :D :D :D :daft: :daft: :daft: :daft: :) :)


Welcome by the way!!:) :) :) :)Ignore ANYTHING that Martin says to you. :D

(Martin: please stop posting things like that about me... you do not know me in any way, shape or form and it's wearing very thin.... and 'changing a word here or there' or not owning up is NOT the way to go. That is just down-right stupid and dangerous advice)

[Vectis]

bit harsh to suggest that you would be in any way willing to contact such authorities over a genuine, newcomers mistake !

No, I'm not. You've not lifted it from one of my sites.

But if the rights owner happens to run a Copyscape scan (or any equivalent) then someone else might.

[StarZSoundS]

Rule 3: Don't buy your shirts in Primark! - He made that mistake as well!


Its actually a Fosters Promotion Shirt....great shirt for Radio???:D :D :D

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

well i personally think this has gone far enough !!!

thanks to everyone for kindly pointing a few things out to me, I will be sure to rectify said problems and then look forward to my future with bright cheery optimism knowing that I am not hurting anyone lol

so moving on ......:)

oh and i quite like martins shirt ha ha

[Corabar Steve]

It has to be said, it's an improvement on what you're wearing

[soundtracker]

It has to be said, it's an improvement on what you're wearing

haha - out-typed! :D

[Shaun]

well i personally think this has gone far enough !!!

thanks to everyone for kindly pointing a few things out to me, I will be sure to rectify said problems and then look forward to my future with bright cheery optimism knowing that I am not hurting anyone lol



It's good to see that you've taken on board the comments. At the end of the day all we're trying to do is help you onto the right track as it could potentially get you in a lot of trouble if the copyright owners found out. Once you sort it then no harm no foul. :)

[Mark Wild]

Copyscape seems to have quite a bit of fun when your website is run through it or am I using it wrong? lol


http://www.copyscape.com/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolutiondisconorthwest.co.uk %2F

[soundtracker]

"We at Revolution disco pride ourselves in having over 30 years combined experience in the entertainment industry"

That's a bit of a leading statement! You don't actually say how many of you there are that contribute to the 30 years, so could be 2 of you with 15years or even 1 years experience 30 times, and of course if you work together, its the same experience anyway! Seems a bit strange a 25 year old with 30 years experience.



Copyscape seems to have quite a bit of fun when your website is run through it or am I using it wrong? lol


http://www.copyscape.com/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolutiondisconorthwest.co.uk %2F

Oops!

[Charlie Brown]

Stick with it Revolution.....I think you are going to be fun.Angela has been seen rushing to the Medical Cabinet for some Valium after viewing your Avatar!!:D :D :D

Take a little step back and you'll be fine.You can carry on being off the wall....some on here like it.Not too much drama at the beginning though:beer1: :beer1: :beer1:


If you PM me i'll give you some hints on what not to say....Cos I've said them all!!

Rule 1)Don't own up to pinching anything from anybody elses Website ....If you're going to pinch anything change the odd word here or there!!:D :D :D :D :daft: :daft: :daft: :daft: :) :)


Welcome by the way!!:) :) :) :)

:agree:

Welcome. :beer1:

Stick around for some great advice. It's a good laugh on here too. Once you've removed it from your site - everything will be fine. You're very similar to me...I cut to the chase and say it how it is, always telling the truth. You didn't have to admit to copying it...but you did. Although it's wrong, I respect you for telling the truth. ;)

See yah around. :beer1:

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

to be completely honest it wasnt even supposed to be anything to do with me, my father in law bought a load of new gear and then started gigging again i started helping him just by going and setting up then i got roped into it..
iv been doing clubs for about 7 years now with a few private gigs inbetween !
but albeit i said id help so thats what im trying to do, initially it was just untill he'd gained back his initiall expendature but as time went on i started doing more and more and he offered me to be his partner.
Im by no means a computer expert (facebook & youtube being about the main diet of my internet time lol) so i did what i could, now as i stated in previous posts the reason i asked for feedback wasnt for praise it was for suggestions.
so I am in the process of redesigning the site
thanks for all feedback

[StarZSoundS]

:agree:

You didn't have to admit to copying it...but you did.


That what I liked too Charlie!!!;) ;) ;)


Think we should give him a break now??:cool: :cool: :cool:

[Mark Wild]

Think we should give him a break now??:cool: :cool: :cool:

A break from what and who is 'we'?

[Dj Diddy Davies]

Looking behind the scenes, there doesn't seem to be any SEO going on (or maybe i'm missing it!).


SEO ??????
sorry im very much a noob to web design



SEO = Search Engine Optimisation. Over simplified version = You write it into your web source coding and Google likes it (and what's on the site) and you're No.1 on Google listings!

It's a sort of voodoo that web gurus do that helps your site ranking on Google.

Don't copy anything, look, apply to your own set up situation and re-write. Copyscape is an easy tool that searches the web and compares your site content to anything else on the web. Copying then becomes obvious and you get a whole heap of trouble!

Steve.

[RevolutionDiscoNW]

SEO = Search Engine Optimisation. Over simplified version = You write it into your web source coding and Google likes it (and what's on the site) and you're No.1 on Google listings!

It's a sort of voodoo that web gurus do that helps your site ranking on Google.

Don't copy anything, look, apply to your own set up situation and re-write. Copyscape is an easy tool that searches the web and compares your site content to anything else on the web. Copying then becomes obvious and you get a whole heap of trouble!

Steve.

Thanks Steve,

like I said this has all opened my eyes a little and am getting on it this weekend and ripping it all apart ....
maybe next week ill have something new for you all to look at and appraise for me lol

just one more thing is this SEO something i can learn and do myself ??

[Dj Diddy Davies]

I did, to an extent, and developed my fist few web sites. Then i got wise and found a certain person on the Isle of Wight (Vectis) who does a much better job, in way less than half the time it used to take me, with much better results!

Best advice is get an expert to do it!

Steve.

[Pink Elephant]

Just to be nosey I ran copyscape on our disco website and found several DJs in Andover area to have stolen content from us!
One was a listing on UK-disco and they have pulled it straight away. Another is on Mobile DJ Online who haven't yet come back to me.
The 3rd is on a US based free website making site so that may take some time.
I wouldn't mind but the language and grammar used on our site is completely different to the rest of the content on theirs?!

These things are sent to test us.....