Writer Webs designs site - exclusively for authors.

[writerwebs]

Hi Everyone -

I just switched over to HostGator.com a month or so back because it my business has been growing significantly and I like what I've seen here.

I figured I'd put my primary site up here for review or thoughts:

http://www.writerwebs.com/

I've worked in web design for years and ran a small business. I decided to go niche market with Writer Webs, so I only design sites for Authors. All the sites in my portfolio are also hosted through my Reseller account here and I haven't run into any problems - in fact, Edit Points and other PHP work has worked much better on HostGator to my surprise!

The largest site I host is rwunlimited.org which generates about 800 visitors a day.

Thanks!
Brandon
WriterWebs.com : Exclusively for Authors

[esl]

It looks great!

[monyamic]

Nice looking sites. How do your clients feel about you putting your ad on their sites? Is it something agreed on from the outset?

[mark75]

Hi Writer Webs,

Thanks for reviewing my site, I thought I would return the favour.

Very nice site, good use of colour and crisp images. I like the random/ rotating portfolio spotlights. Also like the informative copy.

In terms of usability, I didn't always know which page I was on. Also I checked with the W3C validator and you have 14 errors on the home page. See http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...om%2Findex.php

Other than that great, it looks like you have developed some nice sites.

Cheers

[writerwebs]

Monyamic - Although I spent years going the route of legalese and contracts, with Writer Webs I do most deals by e-mail (handshake-style) agreements. I place the Writer Webs banner on each client site unless they ask specifically to not have it. None have requested that. Part of the reason I think it's not a big deal is because it started out as a symbol of quality - like "Writer Webs signature site" and then just became something I put on all the sites I designed. Since I work on a very specific niche market, it hasn't been an issue at all to my clients and has garnered me a bit of business!

Mark75 - Thanks so much for your input! I do know of the validator issues - my Writer Webs site is generally on the back burner compared to my clients sites, but I made sure it works in Firefox and IE - although I would always like to have 100% validation, I have my doubts if every single thing they find is truly worth being perfect over. *grin* I do agree on the "which page am I on". I'm writing a series of articles in a trade magazine, and I'm going to add a couple new navigation links. When I do that I'll take your advice and come up with a way to coordinate the navigation.

Thanks again everyone!
Brandon

[monyamic]

Fair comment. Good luck to you