Over the weekend, I finished sending the “highly
recommended” materials that I discussed a bit in my last post. Soon after, our
designer messaged us with a link to her first draft of our new website. I was
very excited to open it and see her work.
For a first draft, the website looks
pretty good. There are currently seven working pages: Home, About Us, Why TPN
2000?, Product Features, News, Testimonials, and Contact Us. We still need to
work out the Web Conferences page and integrate our social media sites into the
News page to create our own newsfeed.
The design is simple and modernized, but I
think the overall look should be improved—more professional in appearance to
portray the seriousness of what our business stands for. There are also formatting
issues we need to address, particularly with pictures and text alignment. But I
think as long as we communicate what exactly it is we want to see, we will be
able to see progress.
Until next week,
Mia Lu
Until next week,
Mia Lu
How long do you think it'll take to edit the website to your liking?
ReplyDeleteRight now, it's back and forth - I suggest an idea, and the designer edits the site. Sometimes I send multiple improvements at a time, but that can get overwhelming/confusing.
DeleteWe are 12 hours behind our designer merely due to location, so it takes awhile to respond. I would say it took a good week to get the main issues sorted. The details seem to be ongoing.
How cool, Mia!
ReplyDeleteIs the link to this website one that only you and the designer can access or is it a public link that few people would ever find when searching for Marvin Medisoft?
As of now, we are the only ones with access to the site, since it is not active yet.
DeleteHopefully, soon the designer will transfer it to our own server, which will then allow us to use the same domain name and edit the site ourselves.
Wow, it's exciting to hear that the website is coming along well! Does she do well with implementing your suggestions the first time around, or does it sometimes take multiple revisions?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Alex.
DeleteIt actually depends on the request...for example, we asked her to redirect links to our other web pages, and she was very quick in response. However, we wanted her to add our Facebook and Twitter feeds to the site, and each time she tried to add one the other would mysteriously disappear from the page (?), so that took a few revisions.
But for the most part, if we are clear in our language/communication, she does pretty well with the improvements. :)
Sounds exciting! Are you able to share with us what the draft looks like?
ReplyDeleteThe website draft is not in the public domain unless you have a direct link. As we work out the main issues of the site, I can probably send screenshots.
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