Website Facelift - Website Redesign
Posted on August 24, 2007
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One of my favorite books I’ve recently read and re read is one titled “Web ReDesign | Workflow that Works” by Kelly Goto and Emily Cotler. Packed with practical design and re design procedural methods, the dynamic redesign duo did a great job on this book. A great study but even a better tool if its actually used. The techniques get a practical evaluation this weekend as I wrap up several projects.
This weekend is my wrap up ALL MY SITES weekend. For months and I don’t mean one or two I mean MONTHS I’ve had a dozen projects literally in limbo as I worked on client projects and this weekend some are getting completed beginning with ReDesigns.
I’ve redesigned JaredRitchey.com again and again finally time to make it a reality with the final render. Some of the features my new site will have include;
- An assortment of clever web based web design related tools (many for sale for $3 - $5)
- Cost analysis calculators for web design price comparison
- More effective and open user / visitor features. Taking comments and membership a new direction.
- Categories for CRELoaded, Tutorials, OpenRealty, Joomla, WordPress added
- New file management feature added for the dozens and dozens of resources
- http://www.jaredritchey.com/articles the Joomla install that will be the central location to all the larger posts and articles.
- Snippet DB with Forum for the products and free solutions I have on the site.
- All those templates with previews, online documentation and downloads. Many going to The Brokers Edge as well.
- Better advertising management as I’ve installed OpenADS with some integration done to make it work in flash. Advertising doesn’t index in the SE’s so why not use it to its fullest potential.
- A section entirely dedicated to building commerce solutions that actually turn a buck.
- Portfolio. I’ve avoided it for years, but I’m posting a limited dozen or so designs and concepts for review.
- New online client questionnaire for web design projects using my new friend jQuery.js
- Photoshop Tutorials - Plenty of them
- Dreamweaver Extensions, once I got started I got addicted so I’ll be writing about and dedicating a section herein to their use.
- Professionals In Review - I’m starting to write about industry professionals more often so I’m going to have a category for each of the people I write about. Why? Because I think blogroll is great but this is better.
- http://www.jaredritchey.com/articles/creloaded/ being added to accommodate everything CRE Loaded
- much more ….
UPDATED: 08/28/07
I’ve found a small error in the new design you may have seen Saturday that conflicted with the WordPress Shopping Cart. I’ll repost the new design today or tomorrow. Commenting is fixed and still available.
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Hi Jared
“Advertising doesn’t index in the SE’s so why not use it to its fullest potential.”
I think I understand what you mean with this but would you mind elaborating. I agree that ads don’t get indexed which is a good thing… so do you mean that since adding ads doesn’t negatively affect your SEO work there’s no reason not to add ads to make money from your sites?
Just curious really.
cheers,
Oliver George
Opeands Ltd
George, every site I’ve tracked that I manage and or administer including the 4 forums I’m an admin in all use openAds for advertising.
With that being said I sincerely believe that if a site wishes to share its wealth in traffic to potential advertisers that can benefit via a natural adjunct then making such things available is encouraged.
In short! Make advertising available and use either a service provider that matches up publishers and advertisers by using OpenAds.
I wrote a rather LONG post about this in the Pro Real Estate Forums in this Advertising Article