Re: Nursery Home Page

Gene- just clarifying. I wasn't referring to what most people call pop-ups which are usually new windows. These are tags which pop when your mouse rolls over something, but then disappear when your mouse moves away. On photo sites, like Flicker, I have seen them called tags but I don't know what they are called on retail websites, so I referred to them as item pops. Eg: at Bluestone as you move your mouse to the search field, a tag appears telling you to enter an item code or plant name in the box. Well, that's what you had been attempting to do, but now you can't because the tag is in the way. It goes away quickly enough, but as you said - very annoying. 


Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@netsurfusa.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 6:09 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page



Kitty,
If you do a search on Goggle for wildflowers or shade perennials, a
specific shade perennial, odds are I will be up in the top 10 or so results. 
Or, that is the way it has been in the past. We could get much better
results if we paid for advertising on the search engines. Which we do not
do.
I do not use pop ups and probably never will. I find them to be very
annoying and distracting. Figure I am just human enough that if I do not
like them, there may be others that do not. No advertisers on my site
either. Just you and me.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Kitty
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:55 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page

I see why this is so important, Gene.  Some m-o nurseries are moving away
from paper catalogs.  Seneca Hill for one.  I've always enjoyed her site.
But if online is all you have and there's so much competition out there, I
would think search engines would be a priority.  What about the new Bing?
I'm a Google fan myself.

But, however folks get there, you're right the site's got to look good and
be easy to navigate.  You asked for positive things, but I'd also like to
mention a negative. Something I despise are tags and item pops. A few are 
useful, but most times they just really get in the way.  I'll be moving my
cursor over an item that's close to another and an enlargemnet pops up so I 
can't see what I was reading.  Very disconcerting.  Some are handy I
suppose, just don't overdo it.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@netsurfusa.net> 
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Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:16 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page



I agree..
Lee Valley is a clean, direct, site. Simple and covers it all.
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
Of Pam Evans
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:58 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page

I just find the site very user friendly, ordering is a piece of cake.
Tony
Avent's sense of humor probably helps too w/ his descriptions and
comments.
But there have been sites in past I tried to use that were too difficult
or
annoying to use and as such I do not do business w/ those companies.  If
you
make it too hard for me to place an order in 5 minutes or less, I'm outta
there. Lee Valley Tools is another one I find easy to use and well
organized.

On 6/5/09, Gene Bush <genebush@netsurfusa.net> wrote:


Pam,
       I liked the layout of High Country, Plant Delights seems crammed

and

busy to my eyes. Why do you like Plant Delights home page?
       Curious.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
Of Pam Evans
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:10 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page

Agreed on High Country Gardens and I like Plant Delights Nursery (Tony
Avent's place) also.

On 6/4/09, Gene Bush <genebush@netsurfusa.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks Kitty & Judy
>        I agree with you kitty about High Country and Arrowhead. Judy,
> thanks for your opinions as well.
>        Anyone else??
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Kitty
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:19 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page
>
> Gene, I don't much care what a website looks like so long as it

functions

> well.  High Country does a good job, I think.  Arrowhead doesn't. I
dislike
> pdf catalogs.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@netsurfusa.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:56 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Nursery Home Page
>
>
> > Who better to ask than you gardeners...
> > I want to make some changes to my web site. In particular the home
> > page. Do you guys have a favorite web site connected to gardening...
> > suppose
> > I mean commercial nursery where you place orders... I am especially
> > interested home pages. The graphics layout, functions and contents,
etc.
> > Overall presentation. Which ones do you like and why?
> > I see some fairly simple and clean ones, some crammed with content.
> > Clean and simple or busy, busy??
> >
> > Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
> > www.munchkinnursery.com
> > Gardener,Writer, Photographer
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