Kiah,
First off, I would like to order one of the well fed Dairy Goats that you just listed on the front page. :thumbup: Great Pic.
Sorry, Gus cleaned me out over the weekend. Something about a wedding. I didn't dare delve deeper.
Expand your Front Page to fill the Screen completely, this is your chance to capture the attention of store browsers.
I'm back and forth on that. I wanna make it viewable without scrolling on smaller monitors, but then I think "Who's still using 800x600?". Still up in the air on this one.
On the Right to Middle area - post some great pics, type a short message about what is new with you, the website, your Forum, sales etc. If possible use Hyperlinks in each photo to take the viewer to a similiar area on the Site.
That's kinda the plan, though I'm bad about updating, and don't want it to get stagnant feeling. Hopefully I can get the lead out of my ass as far as that goes though and keep it fresh. Some kinda blog software would be good, but I'll have to look into it. I'm using Xara WD right now which makes it easy enough I guess.
Earthtones are great, I like em. No need to get fancy, most folks like a clean navigable... navigaatable... uh... easy to use website.
Yeah, I suck at color picking. I figured brown would look good. I don't wanna go with the whole pseudo military look. I know that's appealing to some but it's not my style.
I think having an area of "standard" offerings is a great idea. As many as you can think of with no options - this will help you stay streamlined. Offer Options (colors, clips, Lanyards, etc) in a secondary area.
Yeah, on the original site (back when I was learning mostly), I had checkout options listed, and it was a lot easier to deal with than emailing back and forth. Why I did away with it is beyond me.
As for lanyards and bracelets and such, I've been wanting to offer them. The problem lies in the fact that I don't really wanna make them. I was thinking the other day about possibly setting up a page with options and letting the site send orders and payments to somebody else. That would let me offer them as a separate thing, without me actually doing anything. If you and Katie have any interest, let me know, as I'd much rather go that route than try to do it myself.