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On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Julian Hall wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: >> And also point out that their host seems to have registerd their domain >> name in their name rather than the shops name (Assuming the shop isn't >> just a trading arm of Vista Print - hm. I suspect not - looks like their >> print-shop is offering a one-stop shop for everything, including an >> utterly rubbish web site! > Looking at the source HTML it's been written with some WYSIWYG thing > called VistaPrint v19.7 which is probably an online utility created by > the domain host/webspace provider. Also proof reading doesn't seem to > be a strength... 'send us an email thought the "contact us" page', > missing the opportunity to make 'contact us' a direct link, never mind > 'thought' instead of 'through'. > > Either way they don't seem to have put much thought into using the > Internet to promote their business - ironic for an IT related company. I suspect they've been "given" the site from their print company, or via "someone they know who did some printing for us".. I wasn't directly criticising the site, more the general ignorance there seems to be about websites, etc. (however an IT company ought to know better!) I have seen many instances of companies offering free/easy websites just to get or keep business - the print industry is one example - "Do you want a webite with that?" I've even heard of accountancy companies offering websites too... And I do have a client who is a publishing company who has their own web offering to their clients, although they're a bit more savvy then these "vista print" people seem to be... Ah well. Still, nice to see new shops opening at these times rather than shops closing! Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html