| Posted in Website Designing » Layouts and Templates - Wednesday 10th October 2007 at 7:46PM | |
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Kyle  Joined August 2007 |
Wasn't sure which category to put this under. __________________________________ |
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| Replied - Wednesday 10th October 2007 at 10:20PM [Post Link] | |
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Joe  Joined April 2007 |
Good for you for taking on a slightly different project, it's great for experience!
In my opinion, for a single house being sold, a whole website just for that would probably act mostly as a "read more" resource, where really indepth stuff about the lot is offered, including some nice photographs. But obviously people interested in buying in the area wont just stumble across the site, so the main way to get it out there would be in local newspapers ect, all the normal ways. Just my opinion, that it would just be more of a specification page than a whole website. But maybe I'm wrong. I think the first place to start when you're unsure is with the client - schedule a meeting to discuss how to go about the project to get a better idea of what it is they ectually want you to do. __________________________________ |
| Replied - Thursday 11th October 2007 at 9:19AM [Post Link] | |
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Alec  Joined April 2007 |
Yes, meet them and discuss what exactly they want. I did a similar website for my house The Old Brewhouse and it worked well, feel free to steal any of my ideas.
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| Replied - Friday 12th October 2007 at 1:45PM [Post Link] | |
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Will  Joined October 2005 |
The best look for selling stuff, especially real estate, is the clean and corporate look. Since I'm a naturally negative person, here are a few dont's (as opposed to do's):
1. Don't make the layout look flashy. Make it look clean. 2. Don't use stupid fonts and over extravagant headings. Remember Microsoft Works' contemporary theme? Use that. It works. 3. Don't make it look like an eBook selling website, that just yells "this could be a scam" to me. 4. Don't do everything on one page. Try (more than usual) to separate the site into many different pages to keep the user interested. 5. Don't quit at one or two pictures. Get a fucking hueg gallery thing going on ;) Good luck, and in true real estate style, charge them $10,000 2% of the sale profits. __________________________________ |
| Replied - Saturday 13th October 2007 at 3:36PM [Post Link] | |
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Alex  Joined July 2007 |
I guess just look around other real estate websites, and talk to your client about what he wants done specifically.
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| Replied - Sunday 14th October 2007 at 6:34AM [Post Link] | |
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Kyle Joined August 2007 |
Ok, thanks for the advice guys. I'll try to keep you updated on how its going.
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