Re: Nursery Home Page

Hi Gene-
One of the things that really bugs me on shopping website (e.g. Crate 
and Barrel) is when you have to browse by categories and subcategories.  
I want to have a button that i can click to "view all".  For example- on 
Crate and Barrel, you click on "kitchen" and then under that category 
there are 5 more subcategories.  I don't want to have to waste time 
going back and forth and click on each subcategory-  just show me 
everything related to the kitchen!! 

Just my 2 cents.

Theresa

P.S.  Yes, was shopping on Crate and Barrel this am- love their stuff, 
their website is annoying tho!

Gene Bush wrote:
> 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>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> 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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>>> --
>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
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>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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