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Just completed website #2
My first website was purely for children, but I wanted somewhere to stash some of my writing for adults, hence this second one.
Here it is (minus any news and events at the mo):
Helen Laycock | Fiction in a Flash
http://helenlaycock.wix.com/fiction-in-a-flashAny thoughts, folks?
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It's also got an error message for the wander around bit- box loaded saying, 'We're sorry, this content cannot be displayed. Please try again later.'
You have some with capitals and some in lower case.
Will read it properly later, am on a (short) break.
I can't see that error message, ladies. I'll go back to edit mode and see if there's anything untoward lurking there.
Yes, Baggy, I used lower case for 'Other publications' as I thought that was a by the by. I was trying to make it look less important. Perhaps I'll change that then.
Thanks for the feedback!!
I like the image for Light Bites - it makes me think of a nice sit-down with a cuppa and a book - but I wonder if the other two should be more dark and looming to match the content of the stories? Can you add a threatening shadow to the Underground one?
Just thinking aloud
Yes, Lizy, I looked for something a bit more sinister for the other books, but a lot of the image templates don't allow for rectangular book covers. If I go with square, it loses a lot. I'll have another look in case I've missed anything.
OK, Baggy, I'll make them all capital...
I've made all the tabs capitals, but on the link here they're showing the old lower case. Maybe that's what happens when you have more than a certain number?
Yes, please wander round isn't an active tab, PM. So, that's confusing...
Do you mean, Carol, that there's not enough there to warrant a tab?
...careful!
Maybe I should change the font.
Same page as stick - it's in another quote
Although isn't it a tad ostentatious for such a small person to have TWO websites?
I took away the box that the invitation to wander was on.
I've added the ISBN. Thanks, Eagle-Eyes Baggott.
sm, it is because I am small and take up so little space on this earth that I am allowed two.
Thanks, PM. It's odd that, on my computer, all looked fine and dandy!
Each will be slightly different, but the theory should be the same.
I think I can link it to a blog for no charge.
Apparently, new websites can take up to twelve weeks to be found by Google. I managed to find some sort of 'Wizard' document on Wix which gave tips about how to make your site work best. It counts the number of words you have used in your content, then calculates how many times your chosen keyword must appear - either visibly or behind the scenes in the 'SEO' settings (hark at me, sounding as if I know what I'm talking about!). I used my name as the keyword (for lack of other idea).
I've no idea how useful these sites will be. I just think that it's expected that writers have them. I just had a message from someone on Goodreads who had looked at my children's site and chose to contact me, so maybe the trick is just to 'put it about a bit'!
www.createspaceandme.co.uk is on the literature, but it goes to the blog.
Same with www.read-reviewed.com