- Site crit for business web site please
- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 19th, 2003
Hi,
Tell me what you think of www.retroweb.net:
- does it make you want to buy the hosting there?
- if not, why not?
- what's missing that could make the site better?
Apart from some more features included in the hosting packages, I'll be
adding a live support feature (like PHPLive) and a demo of the control panel
included in all the accounts.
I'm on the verge of redesigning this so any comments would be really
helpful.
Many thanks,
Matt 
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- Posted by David Gomez on October 19th, 2003
OK, the site is nice, these are my remarks:
- The retro concept might not be what people expect from a web hosting
company (I would prefer buying on a "tecky" kind of website)
- Hide all of your email addresses or you're going to get loads of spam in
your mail box
- Put the Euro symbol as well as you put the dollar and pound in the
drop-down menu
Colors and design are nice.
David.
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- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 19th, 2003
I understand what you mean; I'm trying to find to find a good compromise
Personally, I was getting sick of seeing web hosts using silver/chrome
templates for their sites - RetroWeb is intended to be different and fresh.
I think I may do a redesign which is slightly more techy/corporate but at
the same time minimalist and personal.
That's a good point, I might replace them with email forms, although I
haven't had any spam directed towards those addresses yet, only spam
directed towards other non-existented mailboxes at the domain.
I would, but AFAIK support for the symbol is a grey area... not all fonts
have the symbol, nor do all systems support it. I've seen 'EUR' used often
instead of the Euro sign, so I figured that was the best solution.
Thanks!
Matt
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- Posted by The Devil's Advocate© on October 19th, 2003
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:17:27 +0100, "Matt Bostock"
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I'm using Win ME Netscape 7. The username and passwords entry forms
don't like up with their accompanying text. No problems with anything
else.
- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 19th, 2003
Thanks, I'm getting the same on NS7.1 on my machine... I'll make sure I
change that
Cheers,
Matt
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- Posted by David Gomez on October 19th, 2003
That's right webhosting companies look“pretty much the same, but I think
this is because I think this is what customers expect - it's all a matter of
money. Offering the customer what he wants and receiving his money.
Regarding spam, make sure there is *NO* email address in the *SOURCE CODE*
Good luck!
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- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 19th, 2003
Thanks
Matt
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- Posted by David Gomez on October 19th, 2003
Matt, try entering € in your source code - this should display the euro
symbol in all browsers.
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- Posted by OJ on October 20th, 2003
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Hi,
And, finally the rocket lava lamp makes its professional debut. I like it.
oj
- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 20th, 2003
Heh... thanks
Matt
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- Posted by OpinionMan. on October 20th, 2003
Matt Bostock wrote:
I liked it. Would have liked to have seen some rollovers in the nav and
being a non techy you might want to label the icons on the bottom. I had
no clue what that feather meant until I checked your alt tag.
OM
- Posted by Matt Bostock on October 20th, 2003
Thanks OpinionMan, I'll add those to the site
Matt
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- Posted by Sebastian on November 4th, 2003
Hi Matt,
I like the web site - and the lava rocket lamp...
But the name
puzzles me! Why RetroWeb? I guess most users who are looking for a
hosting provider don't look for anything retro. But the web site itself
is very appealing, very clean, straight forward, nice!
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