As some of you know, I've been hard at work changing almost every aspect of my business, especially the way it looks. It all started with just wanting a more memorable name, and turned into an enormous project.

So, I'd like some constructive criticism on my new website, virtualassistantchick.com

Thanks!

*edit*
I forgot to add that it's still a work in progress, and not everything is fully functional! Carry on!

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April Sullivan
The REVA Academy

April,
I love the colors. Easy on the eyes and the font is good too. I have a large monitor and had to scroll over to see the 3rd column on all of the pages. You may want to make the 1st column [home, about, services, pkgs, blog, contact] a tiny bit smaller so everything fits on screen and people don't have to scroll over.

Great job and congrats!
Amy

Great job, April! I love the layout, colors, everything. What an adorable lil "chick," too!

One thing - if you look clear up top on your Home page you will see some unclosed or extra code that is showing up (" /> " />), and the other pages (except Blog) have " />. Those need to be removed.

Also, as it does for Amy, I have to scroll horizontally to see everything. Adjusting the width on some of your div's would take care of that. Body is at 1006px, headerElements is 1115px, column widths, where the embedded flash is, is 900px, so could be reduced, etc. When I do a website, I most generally set the width of the entire site at around 980px (allows for scrollbars in most browsers). Just a suggestion.

One great thing about your site is NO tables were used for layout - only X/HTML and CSS! I did a when I looked at your code. You're a girl after my own heart.

HTH a bit,

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Jules, SunRise Virtual Solutions - WordPress Customization & XHTML/CSS Web Sites

I like the black background, it really makes the blue pop. I also had the same horizontal issues, but other than that it was easy to navigate.
Good luck with your "remodel"

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Amy
www.porterofficesolutions.com

Thank you all so much! I never anticipated a name change and a new look could boost my business so much, but it really has and I'm very excited about all of it.

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April Sullivan
The REVA Academy

I'm beginning to think I need to change my business name as well. I hadn't intended to focus on real estate so much, but that's exactly what I want to do.

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Serita Diana, the List 2 Close Assistant
REVA Academy

Wow! Great site, good colors, clear, really good vibe. I also have a large screen monitor and I have to scroll to read, it's one of my things. Really, I thought you did a bang up job! I would like to ask in the future to "borrow" some of your ideas.

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Charlotte

Looks FABULOUS! Either my monitor isnt large enough to have the horizontal issues, or you've already repaired them. Either way, Kudos! Glad the refurb is bringing you more business.

Good Luck going forward

I like it! The banner with the little blue chick made me smile & I love your biz name. Your color combo is easy on the eyes & imo, very appealing. I really like how personalized you made your About page. Also, the names of your packages are clever & appropriate for your market.

I only see one little issue. On your home page in the third column, at the bottom, your email address extends out past the white block. I'm viewing with IE7.

Your site looks great, April!

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Lezly Harrison
Laserdog Productions - Code that Doesn't Bite

April - I like how when you click on your "Buy Now" boxes, you are taken directly to paypal. The site is very nicely done. Kudos to you!

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Sandy