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NotASingleWhiteFemale:
I'm looking into improving my website.
I'm not into spending money on my website though - whatever it is has to be free - my budget is nil for websites.
So... How would you improve the site? I'm limited to free templates. I'm kinda happy with the template although I might change the image at the top (which shows 4 images) to something more corporate although I'm not sure what yet.
I might change the start page to be the portfolio since that's what people need to see.
I'm also thinking of putting in several different slideshows along the lines of:
Product, Wedding, Event, Brochures, Catalogues etc.
I'm not quite sure how to do the different slideshows however, I could have several on the lines of the one that I have on my portfolio page - all running simulteneously or I could have a simple menu on the portfolio page or I could have them as separate portfolio pages.
I am quite restricted by what I can do with website baker BUT it works and I want to make the best I can with it, not having the money to pay for websites. I am trying to get my business more on word of mouth than on webvertising.
My website is www.sagephotoworld. com
hrioo:
You can start by visiting some websites that are in your line of business. Then take a piece of paper & a pencil and do a freehand drawing of how you want your website to look like and then modify your template to your drawing. Some of the most beautiful websites i've ever seen are photography websites so you shouldn't have to dig to deep.
If you can't afford paid service you either have to find a free template that suits your needs or learn html and css. i suggest larger sized good quality photos in your front page and a different template than the one you've selected. There are many templates in WB's download page that may be a better option for you and are not too difficult to modify if you know a little html.
NotASingleWhiteFemale:
What I'm looking for doesn't seem to be available free :(
I need a nice image gallery. Thus far those I've tried just aren't that great.
Ruud:
If you are not afraid todo some javascript coding in your pages, there are lots of great scripts out there.
http://www.eyecon.ro/zoomimage/
or a nice overview of scripts
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/18/30-best-solutions-for-image-galleries-slideshows-lightboxes/
a great free flash gallery: http://www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/ or http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/
Ruud
NotASingleWhiteFemale:
It's labour intensive but...
How about if I put a wrapper for the slide show and wrapped around an html file like this:
<html>
<body bgcolor="#000000">
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="3; url=1.htm">
<center>
<img src="../images/SampleWedding003.jpg">
</center>
</body>
</html>
The first file would be 0.htm and I could work through to 20.htm. Only thing I don't know is whether the wrapper would wrap around 1.htm etc.
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