I slapped this thing together so you could get an idea of what it will look like. However, everything can be (and probably should be) edited or changed on your website. Here's some of your suggested homework assignments.
1. Perk up the Portfolio
As you probably noticed, I was a little hard up for photos for your portfolio page. Some of the "before" shots are just hacked up PhotoShop versions of the "after" shots. Hopefully, you can come up with six good sets of before and after photos that I can use to update this page.
2. Fix up your Philosophy
I approached your Company Philosophy page as a creative writing assignment. This really should be edited to actually be your own company philosophy. (Or at least take out the parts you think are stupid.)
3. Overwrite the Owner
I made my best attempt at telling the Mike Falzone story on the About the Owner page. But you may totally hate it or prefer a different style or different information. Let me know what you would like to see on this page. A photo of your big noggin, perhaps?
4, Pony up to PayPal.com
It's really a great way for you to accept credit card payments if you want to go that route. There is no annual or monthly charge. But you pay 1.9% + $0.30 for a processing fee if someone uses it. So if someone pays a $500 bill using their credit card, PayPal would keep $9.80. No finance charges are fun, but you are guaranteed the money. You don't have to go pick it up from the customer. You don't have to wait for them to withdraw the cash. And Paypal handles all the security of the customer's financial information. You get a deposit directly to your account. I can help you with this, if you want. It takes about 20 minutes to set-up.
5. E-mail is very popular these days
I know you can't really check your fancy new e-mail address ([email protected]) very often. So I have it set-up that when someone signs your guestbook or sends you an e-mail from this website, it gets copied to me. I can give you the heads up because I check my e-mail pretty regularly. Whenever you get a computer, I'll stop having it copied to me.
6. Edit as you see fit
It's your company and your website. I would be happy to cut, copy, kill, create, or tweak anything you want. Print out the pages, scribble all your notes on them and send them to me. Go ahead, poke around and see what you think.
