RE: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-30 Thread Chatham, Will
I appreciate everyone's input. I think I will definitely remove the 'ahem' statement. Will Chatham Webmaster Ingles Markets ooOo-o 828.669.2941 - ext.534 www.ingles-markets.com -- > I personally wouldn't include this kind of message, but if I > were goin

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Kay Smoljak
Chris Dimmock wrote: >Your new site looks fine to me. My only constructive comment is that >you should rethink your 'ahem' comments - as search engine spiders are >effectively text based browsers. I personally wouldn't include this kind of message, but if I were going to, I'd put the message in a

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Chris Dimmock
Will, Your new site looks fine to me. My only constructive comment is that you should rethink your 'ahem' comments - as search engine spiders are effectively text based browsers. Telling Googlebot etc "Our site should still be completely usable to you, it just won't look as good as it could becau

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Tenley Shewmake
Hi Mike, Looks very attractive and easy to navigate. Viewed on dialup - very fast loading! Just a couple of suggestions (have to earn my fee :=): 1) Steps to ordering cakes and cookies online could be fewer? Seemed tedious to select state, wait for the next page to load and then select city. I

RE: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Mike Pepper
Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer www.seowebsitepromotion.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Ingraham Sent: 29 April 2004 19:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input > your Site looks good to me. One thing

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Tonico Strasser
Paul Ingraham wrote: your Site looks good to me. One thing I would change is the message at the top of the page. It may be confusing for people using screen readers or other assistive technologies. I would replace the text with a "Skip to content" link (or similar). Tony, can you explain that a li

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Paul Ingraham
> your Site looks good to me. One thing I would change is the message at > the top of the page. It may be confusing for people using screen readers > or other assistive technologies. I would replace the text with a "Skip > to content" link (or similar). Tony, can you explain that a little bit more

Re: [WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Tonico Strasser
Chatham, Will wrote: The new site is here: http://www.ingles-markets.com/~will I am interested in comments about the look/layout/code/usability, etc. Hello, your Site looks good to me. One thing I would change is the message at the top of the page. It may be confusing for people using screen read

[WSG] Pre-Site Launch Input

2004-04-29 Thread Chatham, Will
Before I launch our new, standards-compliant web site, I would like to get some feedback from the folks on this list. (Because you guys rock ;) ) I was hired a couple of months ago to remake our current site: http://www.ingles-markets.com . This site is a prime example of 1990's era coding. The