[url= http://www.ukbikeskills.co.uk/index.html ]jedi coaching site[/url]
Like it. Nice and simple, plenty of relevant info. Good luck 🙂
I think you need to fix your fence at the back of your trails 😉
but seriously, website looks clean and pretty well set out, the big fonts look a bit blocky.
Looks great Tony. Only thing I can think of is the 'big' northshore riding photos might put off some riders, might want a more even balance of riding shots?
PS: Jedi is a great teacher and motivator, get booking ;o)
some vids of you in action to impress the customers?
Otherwise looking good and all the links seem to work
there's xc pics there too solamander 🙂
Looks nice and simple. Easy to navigate. Few minor issues: Could do with a 'back' button. 'Book a course' should have some dates and times and contact details rather than just a 'mail to'. Location of courses isn't clear.The pics that are there are nice. Would be nice to have more
Just had a proper look, yeah it's abit more even than I thought. Good luck mate.
Looks good.
I hope getting the flick from BT turns out to be one of the best things that have happened to you.
looks good, minor typo error noted, you might want to fix. clicking on "Intermediate 2" takes you to that page where the heading says "Intermediate 1" if you see what i mean.
looks good. would de-rad the main homepage pic though.
Don't know much about web sites, but good luck Tony,
Looks find on the iPhone for what it's worth.
Hi
Need to put location (town) on About Us etc, as location would be a major driver in choosing a course for me - ie its a waste of time if you're 1000 miles away.... - retraction just read 'held at any location that is convenient for you' - however I only kept going as I was reviewing site, ie there are so many sites on the internet I (personally) will always skip one if it doesn't give me 'critical' info quickly.
Mail/book a course - assumes mail is something I don't have installed - so don't work ....
It doesn't (well maybe I didn't find it) list your qualifications - SMBLA etc etc etc. (ok Mark Atkins sounds like he has experience)
Back button seconded
Site Maps/layouts are often offered
Home Page - I'd have put the text at the top. The two bits on left 'Making Farh faster' didn't drill - I expected them to. I didn't entirely get the front page - ie it said freeride to me but this was 'contradicted' by the top memu MTB/Road/BMX - just noticed the Freeride/Ns - which is not on home page or menu but appears on MTB and road skills etc pages.
Cheers and good luck
I like it as it fits my screen so i don't have to scroll up and down.
I don't like the form of contact though and would suggest a PHP based contact form
I got mine [url= http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/ ]HERE[/url]
You tell it the fields you would like then it generates the script for you to copy / paste then adapt as necessary. The first into a contact HTML page and the second into a PHP file
It worked for me as I've had trouble with such things before. PHP will only work when it is uploaded too unless your PC is a server.
good feedback so far 🙂
Doesn't appear to be working with Chrome.
chrome?
I like it - clear an concise but you have done one of my major hates - contact details not obvious and book a course link does not work for me - fire fox / outlook express.
Needs telephone number and address
Does it way that you will travel?
im using firefox/outlook and its fine here.
few bits still being worked on
With my pro-web-developer hat[1] on...
Looks good overall, but for a couple of things...
On the homepage I expected "Making Farah Faster" and "Niki and Scot XC Skills" to link to case studies about them.
Take down the pages that say coming soon. It makes the site look unfinished, we find it's best that customers don't see things like that and we only put pages up when they're done.
You need proper contact information beyond an email form. People only take business seriously and see them as legit if they can see real addresses, phone numbers, company registration numbers etc.
For the book a course, I'd have a form where people can put in the dates they want the course, number of people, location, type of course, skill level etc. Saves you having to email them repeatedly to get the information they'll forget to put in an email.
Instead of putting your weekly news and offers in the blog, they should be on the front page. People don't like to have to dig around sites to find the information they want. If they can't find it within 3 clicks of the mouse, they'll go elsewhere.
Good luck with the business, and that'll be 500 quid please 🙂
[1] Qualification disclaimer: I work for a software development consultancy closely link with a Large Blue Company doing this stuff on a daily basis. Obviously this advice is no way related to my employer.
Chrome is Google's browser which I use out of preference. I'll look at it on ie later which I still use for those sites that don't work with Chrome.
I like it overall and totally agree with the bensales stuff above.
I have to agree with solamanda's comment above re the "shore" pictures,I think maybe a lot of beginners would open the site, and think woah that's not for me - maybe a more generic "bike riding" picture instead?
In "Tony Doyle" "competitiveTriathlete" should be "competitive triathlete".
A bit later on in the same section, "Including the RTTC..." should be part of the previous sentence.
+1 on location.
Pricing?
Good luck with it!
Front page it's UK not Uk. I would also de-rad the front page. There is a missing space where you are talking about triathlon on your bio page. It'll be an enhanced crb check rather than an advance one too. Other than that and whats already been mentioned above it looks pretty good. Good luck with it.
I'd say definitely a "proper" contact form (drop me an email if you need a hand).
I'd also suggest less generic "coming soon" pages. If you're offering something but haven't got details, fair enough but either say something like "contact us for details" with a link to the contact form or remove the page temporarily. Pages like that have a tendency to not get done any time soon and I've found the odd one lurking on websites years after launch in the past.
Looks good, nice and simple, easy to navigate and tells people exactly what you can offer them.
My only negative criticism is the same as above, the homepage pic could be a bit off putting. I know from my own business (Bike-Dartmoor) that lots and lots of potential customers are really nervous and it's easy to take for granted the stuff that we do ourselves, however the same stuff can seem daunting or off putting for the less experienced. It's a strong image that you're using and I'm sure there's a good place for it on the site but something more MOR might be better for the homepage.
Good luck with the business 8)
site looks good, i'll be booking up as soon as i have some cash
Loving the look and feel of the Site!
Jedi - YGM
cheers bushwacked, you sorted a date for your one to one training yet?
Almost - will be in touch shortly to confirm. 😉
No locations, contact details and prices. At the moment the rest of the site is irrelevant without these if its purpose is to secure business - but looks promising. You should allow the customer to chose how they contact you
Looks really good. Where are you based? I could do with some jump/drop/north shore coaching.
based in hertfordshire
price is on every skills page!
Very clean.
Best of luck with that Tony hope it works out well for you.
cheers drac 🙂
looks good in chrome.
might take some lessons with you, starting with intermediate 1 🙂
Easy to read too!
buzz, ok dude, email away 🙂
Site bookmarked and pennies being saved 🙂
Like it. All the best!
From my experience (my wife bought me my only ever training course) and when she was researching what she'd buy for me - if she'd come across the main photo on your home page I'd probably be banned for life from a MTB never mind booking your course! OK I admit I keep her a little in the dark.
So maybe think about your target audience. I might suggest 3 photos to represent 3 aspirational skills - easy, medium, tough.
As others have mentioned - personally I wouldnt email you about dates / prices: I'd expect to see a list of dates / prices that I can come along to alone or with a mate.
Obviously the dead links are a no no. Looks amaturish.
Also Christmas is coming. Do you do vouchers?
Overall though - I like the look and feel. Good luck!
cudashudwuda...do you mean the piccy of the bloke doing the big drop off? Are you hugely under the thunb? 😉
I didn't even notice it to be honest. Had to have a second look to see what you were on about.
Great website jedi...and as you say, all prices are quoted on the skills pages. Just one little error which I know is being sorted.
The best of luck to an absolute legend!! 8)
FCxx
Nice site, v pro looking
BTW, Bob still has a mark on his nose from the 'off' he had. Ally gave me some shore tip and they really do work. Tempted to come down to visit you guys.
looks good im up for the bmx training with my boy,could do with a map of location
lock, email me(link from the site) and we can sort it.
I think it'd help to have a drop-down list for the skills lists.
This is because once you're looking at say basic 1 or whatever, you have to click back before you can look through the others for comparison, so you can't flick between the courses quickly for that purpose...
maybe...
Solamanda is right about the first picture.
It would certainly scare alot of my mtbing girlie friends off, who are nervous riders wanting to just try normal stuff.
I think everything else is laid out well.
This is you chance to share with everyone your fantastic skills. I think you will do really well.
'holds champagne glass into air to toast you'
a lot of the good feedback on here is from floks that know you.
i dont and while it is a nice site there is not nearly enough stuff about who you are as riders to make me want to sign up on a course(from an MTB perspective anyway)in fact you allmost say that you have not been riding mountain bikes that long.
Most groups of local groups of riders that i have ridden with over the years would have at least one handy rider that had achieved stuff on a bike as good as the stuff you list so its kind of out there anyway.
Had to think twice about posting as i am being neg for all to see but you did ask.i wouldnt book and thats the reason.
Please ignore the chaps who say it looks good - it doesn't.
You wouldn't ask a web designer to teach you how to flip-whip would you?
Pay someone to do it properly for you. It will be worth it in the long run.
Just remember to keep it simple and REMEMBER WHO YOUR MARKET IS!
Good luck.
Strongly disagree with Euro. Site looks good in my opinion. Clean, simple, gets the info across. Only niggle for me is the big fonts - I do find the blockiness a bit amateurish. That's pretty easily sorted though.
Nice one lads,i think you done well with the site, and pretty sure you can make a few quid doing what you love doing, hats off to you Doylee, and Tim.
nonk, i have never met anyone from this thread afaik!
feedback is good.opinions are too
forgotmename, do i know you??
actually, i met 2 of the people on this thread looking at it
I think the site looks great Tony! 😀
the fact is jedi that if you guys are good you will be onto a winner anyroad.its just that as it stand thats what would put me off.
best of luck chap.
Jedi, how much shore stuff do you teach on the advanced course?
as much as required. thats what i mean as trail center obstacles as its limited hieght/width wise etc so i will teach on that level of stuff .some riders only want small ladder drops etc...
Cool, had an interesting conversation about FC best practice about that kind of structure.....
Fancy coming down to see you, the Bob and Ally had a blast and it'd be good to ride somewhere new!
bob is coming down this week.
what did they say?(fc)
Yeah im a personal buddy.
the tattooed love god thats gaz?
about the height of stuff and how its compromised, high enough to fall off and hurt yourself but not high enough to prep for a fallvresulting in lower limb injuries
i'm against the 3ft stuff due to the shear danger
few changes/additions should be done this week 🙂
thanks for all the feedback
I like the look of the site personally (and seems fine in Chrome for me).
I'm still confused on the location thing though, the site implies the course is held wherever the student wants it but on this thread you mention its in Hertfordshire? Sounded like a USP with the "at your convenience" for a location (I'm having trouble getting a course in South Wales for example) but it's obviously going to eat into your margin if there's no surcharge (what if someone wants a course at Glentress?).
If people like nonk are questioning the biking credentials - why not post links to (or embed) videos eg the one that was VOD on pinkbike?
Don't think anyone is questioning his credentials (just saying his webite sucks :lol:) but embedding a decent vid on his site under an 'about us' section would be good.
Euro - From what I've read I get the impression that on the whole most people like the site, just a small proportion have said it is really bad - perhaps those people who design / like those ****y corporate sites 😆 . My understanding is its only a first cut - in fact I've just checked the site again and seen a few changes have already happened.
my only gripe would be white text with a photo behind - sometimes difficult to read. looks good though.
e.g.[url= http://www.ukbikeskills.co.uk/northshore_training.html ]second para - first line[/url]
The text for headings is the same for links so it is not always clear what is a link and what is a heading. I initially didn't find the prices because I had assumed that the skills headings were not links as they look the same as the page heading.
Good luck an all that!
Small serving of humble pie please?
The fonts were all over the shop on the work poota for some reason, but looking at it from home it looks better. Not a design masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but should do the job. (Bushwacked - how did you know I was a ****y designer 😉 )
Love that shore Jedi. Is that home made?
the shore is made by me yes.
the uk wide coaching i am trying to do for the price quoted plus reasonable travel expenses after a 40mile radius from hertford.
Just accidently started another thread about it...i dont spend long enough on here!! Good Website . As said contact details & location could be clearer. Photos great. I think you will be busy!Best of Luck!
Nice site... quite slinky.
I looked at the North shore film. Big up for the skills but I could not help thinking hamsters on bikes.
Every page on the web site should have the main menu on so it is easy to navigate (I got a bit lost on the Farah Niki and Scott news page.)
he's adding contact and location asap
That looks better. One tiny gripe is under your qualifications the first one is CRB checked - I'd put that last or not mention it.