RE: Nursery Home Page

Hello Maria,
	Can you give me a couple of examples that illustrate your
preferences for web home pages? 
	I know that I have personal preferences when surfing, but to be
honest I am not "bothered" to any great extent by differing web sites. If I
want to order I figure it out and order. So, since my web site is not about
me and my preferences, it is for the customer and their use, I am very
interested in your opinions.
	

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Maria
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page

It's sort of like the difference between magazines such as 
Architectural Digest, with its  name and little else on the cover, and 
Better Homes and Gardens, with all of the callouts giving the reader 
specifics about  what's inside. Splash pages with "Enter" buttons annoy 
me; I want to see some content immediately when I open a URL, not wait 
for a second page to load.

Maria in NE PA



> Your site manager likely knows something I don't, but it sounds like 
> semantic gibberish to me to say you shouldn't have a home page. Your 
> first page will be your home page no matter what it's called. Which 
> means how it looks and functions and informs will be how most 
> customers come to think of you. I agree with you--plainly marked, 
> easily opened doors.
>
> On Jun 5, 2009, at 3:56 AM, Gene Bush wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Jim
>> 	Took a look at both. Was not familiar with Whitman. Never occurred
>> for me to use PDF. My site manager seems to think there should be no
>> "portal" or home page as such as it is just another step away from 
>> real
>> contents. Wants to jump right in...lots of stuff up front. I feel 
>> simplicity
>> and plainly marked attractive doors to open ... we will see.
>> 	
>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
>> www.munchkinnursery.com
>> Gardener,Writer, Photographer
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of james singer
>> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:46 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page
>>
>> What Judy said. But I'd add Raintree and Whitman Farm.
>>
>> Main thing is the sites are easy to navigate, easy to find what you're
>> looking for.
>>
>> What Kitty said about pdf catalogs, I agree... but I understand why
>> nurseries use them. They seem unaware, however, that in pdf format the
>> table of contents rarely matches the file; most annoying.
>>
>> T
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