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Who needs a site designed, updated or looked at for suggestions?
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Visit Atcom to get started with your new business VoIP phone system ASAP
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Let us show you how to do VoIP right, resulting in crystal clear call quality and easy-to-use features that make everyone happy!
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I'm here to help. My name is Roland and I offer web design and hosting. You can see samples of my work at www.vwebworld.com. My approach is to learn about you, your business, target market, and the goals for your web presence. Then use my 30 years of business experience and 10 years of web site experince to create or redesign a web site. This is a collaborative effort working with you, so you are comfortable with your website. If you have any questions, pleas do not hesitate to ask. Your online success is my success. ~Roland
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So the goal for us is to stay away from templates right?
I checked the site and I guess that I just need a time to sit down and mow it over because I still have no clue.
I am a phone man not a web designer Jim :p
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Originally posted by wrichey: So the goal for us is to stay away from templates right? well .... not necessarily The word "templates" has been given a bit of a bad rap lately. Templates can be seen being sold on many websites now. How bad would it look, if you purchased or downloaded a template that was being used by 10 other websites? However.... Professional web designers have been using some kind of templating system for their clients for years. The rationale, is that the client is receiving a designed website that has a consistent look throughout. - from page to page. There's nothing wrong with using "templates", just make sure it is a unique one. 
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Templates are not bad and can be a good start or basis for your website. As Cyanide said, if you use a template, make it unique.
"Good" websites usually have certain things in common. They have consistant design and navigation through the whole website. They provide a clear message and lead the viewer to take action. They convey trust by providing contact information (name, address, tel#...etc).
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Wrichey looking at your site, IMO you have everything there, I think it just needs some rearranging...like having your logo on the top of each page and additional information at the bottom, which can link to your home page. You can do it on each page or use a template, I would also work on the Titles and descriptions of your web pages (thats one of the biggies, use keywords or keyword phrases)
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The https://www.altcomm.com/ has only two web pages that I see. The "default.htm" page and the "products.htm" page. To a new visitor to your site it is unclear what the relationship between altcom.com and nbtx.com. The viewer may not understand what each provides or who they should contact if they are interested in obtaining a product or service. Also, you should make it easy for a viewer to contact you. Since the viewer is on the internet, provide a link to your email address or better yet provide an online form for the viewer to complete. ~Roland
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Once a user has found your site, make sure they don't leave due to a lack of information...like who you are, where you are, how to contact you, what you do, and even maybe how you do it. The hardest part is getting them to your site and after all that work...you don't want to loose em. 
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Here's some thoughts about websites and some points for "success": Three Factors That Make A SaleYour website needs to pass some usability standards and is: - able to be found
- easy to use
- easy to remember
- free of errors
- easy to learn
Is having a web site with all the above enough to make a sale? No, there are three critical factors behind a viewer’s decision to make a purchase: - Relevance - Does your web site have what the viewer is seeking?
- Differentiation - What makes you different from the other web sites that offer your product, service, or information? You must communicate this difference clearly, loudly, and often.
- Trust - The viewer must feel confident that all interactions with you will be completed in the manner you specify.
read complete article ~Roland
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So what do ya think now?
better huh?
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Originally posted by wrichey: So what do ya think now? better huh? Yes. You do not have to have "_" between the words in your web page titles. I suggest removing them. So it will be: "Telephone Systems San Antonio". The same applies to your alt image tag for your logo. :idea: I'd pefer to see a "menu" on every web page. That way the viewer does not have to click on your logo to go back to your home page and select another page. ~Roland
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Ok working on it
will report back soon
I thought you needed the _ or the search engines would not get the words correct eg: you would have to type telephone20%systems20%san20%antonio
was this wrong??
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You do not need the "_" between the words in your web page title. In fact having "_" or "-" between words may hurt rather than help. A site without "-" may rank better than one with "-" between the words. Now for URL, your domain name, ( www.something-something) you need the words connected so www. somethingsomething or www. something-something ~Roland
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