Honest review needed for site

[roundman]

thinking about something like this for image nav
http://www.elliotts4tools.co.uk/prodtype.asp
What do you guys think??

[roundman]

Seems to e a few, especially as you get past page 8-9 in the search list,
i was thinking of changing the sections, and have an image for each part, so 24v drills would have picture of 24v drill and so forth, perhaps make it almost so you could navigate thru by just looking at the pix,
Still wondering about colour scheme, i dont want to lose the corporate id of black and orange, but is it quite limited for making the site slick and stylish???
As was pointed out before it looks like a site from 4-5 years ago.

[bamboo]

yeah thats why we didn't post it.
i am busy researching other sites that are good AND bad.

I'll lay odds that you uncover more of the latter

[roundman]

yeah thats why we didn't post it.
Although it was done for "educational purposes"
Have found a site who will let me link to them for how2 vids, i have a designer on the case for a site overhaul, everything is coming together and i am busy researching other sites that are good AND bad.

[Darren B]

This isn't China!

i thought it was, every made in label says "made in china" these days

[bamboo]

a friend of mine was experimenting with music and video editing and made kind of advert, he wanted to upload it to Youtube but we were concerend about copyright as it was a well known video with a recently released tune on it, is it legal to upload this type of thing with your name all over it???

My god. Naivety is no defence. You are in effect stealing video & audio produced by someone else without their express permission for your financial gain & you would be vigorously sued.
This isn't China!

[RuralWeb]

It makes it easy for them to come after you!

[roundman]

a friend of mine was experimenting with music and video editing and made kind of advert, he wanted to upload it to Youtube but we were concerend about copyright as it was a well known video with a recently released tune on it, is it legal to upload this type of thing with your name all over it???

[Darren B]

Your missing the point of YouTube as the whole idea is to let people UsE your video. It's easy to get your URL added so it's viral marketing

I did wonder Mal, i have watched so many youtube vids that have advertising and personally thought it was a great free way of promoting, coupled with links from you own site saving bandwidth to me its a no brainer.

I use links to a couple of manufacturers youtube videos, i did not convincing to add a link to them.

[RuralWeb]

Your missing the point of YouTube as the whole idea is to let people UsE your video. It's easy to get your URL added so it's viral marketing

[parklifeclothes]

but if we make the video ourselves we don't want someone else using it on their site. might be a pain to keep looking and sending out legal letters.

Can't you have some kind of leaving a caption on in a corner? or otherwise having your website address always in the background, or mentioning your web address at several points so if it does get nicked their going to be advertising your brand. Have a look at stinkyinks, I'm sure he mentions stinkyink several times http://www.youtube.com/user/stinkyink

[Firecom]

we thought of youtube too, but if we make the video ourselves we don't want someone else using it on their site. might be a pain to keep looking and sending out legal letters.

but youtube is perfect for say a manufactures video.

[parklifeclothes]

If bandwidth became an issue there's always youtube, we have found no end of quality product videos on there, stinkyink is one.

[Firecom]

The video is a good idea. We are doing that at the moment. Will offer hi-def content.

We are ok as we are on a dedicated server, but what about bandwidth issues for people on standard hosting packages?

I think alot of people who are not technical would not ubnderstand fully this side of their hosting packages. Perhaps someone on here with much greater technical knowledge than me could explain?

[leehack]

I'd say V9, by the time you have done what you need to do, V9 will be as solid as V8.