Posted by Myles on Mon Nov 30 12:51:48 1998
In Reply to: Front page posted by william on November 28, 1998 at 17:19:00:
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>I recently read what's on the front page of Paneris for the first time
>and had some thoughts.
>
>- It seems a bit dense. Perhaps that's why I've never really
> noticed it before.
>- Bits of it could have come straight out of Dilbert.
>
>In addition
>
>- it's doesn't trumpet our competence and achievements anywhere
> in the first 45 reader-seconds.
>Agreed. Customer-focussed has to be the watch word.
[snip]> So here's a stab at an alternative. I take it that the most
>important purpose of the front page is to put across our USPs.
>
>- We are competent [with a link from HERE to our showcases!!]
>- We are a collective---and therefore a friendly and trustworthy
> business partner for you the long term.
>- We have pioneered new ways of working---which foster
> flexibility and efficiency, so better results for you.
>- We stress quality and transparency---so we get things right
> and you feel in control.
>- We try to understand your real problems.
>>I'm not particularly claiming that my effort really achieves this
>yet. Comments? Here are mine:
>
>- I'm not sure about having all those links embedded in the text.
> On the other hand I don't think a bullet list/menu is really
> the right thing either. Perhaps just text with more discreetly
> highlighted hrefs, and a bar of links underneath?Yes. Links in the text and a mini navbar sound good.
>
- I would like to shorten it.
I think its OK.
>
- Have I been too subtle in pointing out the USPs inherent in
> being a virtual collective? I don't think we should stress
> it too much at the start or people will get the idea we are
> a teleworking commune ...The people we really want are the people how need a virtual
collective (flexible out-sourced development resources) so
don't worry about going on abuot it too much.>
- Otherwise I have been staring at it too long. Someone else
> have a go.
>>I also think we could tart up the people page. In
>short I'd feel happier if the front page, and everything directly
>reachable from it, was given a more or less American presentational
>gloss.I would be very happy going this way.
>
>Welcome to PanEris
> PanEris is home to a collective of web developers working together
>as a virtual corporation.> We take on projects for clients who wish to outsource the
>development of their Internet/Intranet sites, and the information
>systems behind them. (See the showcase of
>our biggest projects, or the repository of all
>our working documents.)Slightly misleading in that it lists our partners than the
repository(ies) per se...> Whether we are delivering a turnkey solution or advising an
>in-house team, we always seek to understand the broader business
>context of the customer's requirements. Our aim is to become their
>long-term supply partner.> All the members of PanEris are FIXME big
>hitters who have worked both in blue-chip organisations and with small
>startups. They bring a range of skills from graphic design to
>software and database engineering (and far beyond).> The collective's aims are very idealistic.
>For our customers, their most tangible consequences are the emphasis
>we place on openness, and the flexibility and efficiency of our
>organisation.> The PanEris web site supports the structured
>quality procedures and transparent communications
>which lie at the heart of our working practices. It isn't
>flashy---and we don't apologise for that. We are busy people, and our
>spare time is taken up with preparing
>PanEris II!> We believe that our way of working offers higher quality for our
>customers, and a better quality of life to our members. If you would
>like to know more, we'd be delighted to hear
>from you.Great
>For the `people' page
> I think we should have little blurbs about us, bite-sized and all
>on one page, since we are one of the USPs. Also a little directory of
>specialisms we can offer, since we don't want to give the impression
>that we are dumb web-heads, and you never know when someone might say
>"that's just what I need!".By 'us' do you mean everyone or the Core members? We could have too
many people on the people page, I think.I like the homepage especially, though.