michaelsmith

You use Wordpress, the Divi theme and whole load of plugins.
Why do you want to do this? It's a horrible site. Even worse on a phone.

Hi,
I had my website developed by a designer couple of years ago and I dont have access to them now
The web is designed by ASP.Net. Now, I want to edit a menu title. When, I open the source code in Chrome, I can see the relevant html code easily however, I could not locate the html file in the website file manager. I downloaded the whole website on my pc and still could not find it.
Now, I want to know is there any tool that I can load a website and then edit it in live mode (a graphical tool that I can edit the texts and menus without needing to edit a html code)?
 
Thanks in advance

You will need access to the server for this. If the site is created using .NET there probably will not be any html files for you to edit. The files that generates the markup will be asp or aspx files. If you really own the site you should be able to access the server. Then You could use a text editor and try to search and replace for the menu title in any asp/aspx files, but it is most likely that the whole menu is generated by a function/class file which has been compiled to byte code when saved. The original code behind files might be on the server, in which case you can open them in Microsoft Visual Studio and edit/recompile them. But you will need server access for this. These files can not be downloaded through normal  http access. 
EDIT: You could of cause also download a a static copy of rhe generated HTML and edit it a wysiwig editor like dreamweaver. But you will lose any functionality that runs on the server.

Gd information

Thanks @Nillervision for sharing this information!!

Welcome Marcus 😄

Welcome to WDF Michael. 

Hi My name is michaelsmith
To introduce myself, I am web designer/developer. Although I have been working in this sector for a few years now I have never really dabbled in forums.
Hope everyone is good 😀

Back to basics.
I assume the purpose of the site is to generate leads. You will be marketing your services and prospective clients will visit your site to see if you can help them out.
This means you need to sell your services on the homepage. Show people what you can do as soon as they land on the homepage. Bin the huuuuuge hero image and show me thumbnails of your websites. The grid you have lower down the page is good - move this up to the top.
You offer 6 different services - each one of these should lead to a new page detailing each service. On these page show examples of your work and link to project pages. I know you have links from the 'what we do' page but you also need these on the homepage.
Take a look at your branding page - the CSS is a bit wonky.
Add your email and phone to the contact form. Put your address in the footer.
The contact form leads to an unformatted error page or this page: https://www.biobreakwebdesign.co.uk/what-we-do/send_form_email.php
Reconsider the SM links - you want people to come from those site not to those sites.
Agree about the sticky header. People use phones and tablets a lot so make it easier for them to navigate.
The site does look pretty but you need to sell your services.

Thank you for this mate. Sorry I've been working but i'm going to start working on all those points you've raised!

I think it looks good mate, love the logo as well. One thing I spotted on the home page is the photo of the chap goes all squiffy (for want of a better word) depending on width etc, might want to look into it.

Had a quick poke about in the source and the home page has an unusual set of headings throughout where it appears you're using them as a sort of font sizing rather than their intended heading purpose? Also the H1 doesn't seem to appear on the screen at all but is in the source, sort of odd unless I'm blind? If it's not on the page (e.g. masked or display none) then the crawlers will generally ignore it.
Speed wise might I suggest running an audit with Lighthouse in Chrome Developer Tools, some quick wins there.

I really like the logo. 
A couple of things I picked up on, just had a quick look. 
On the home page I think there could be a good deal more contrast between the navigation/logo and the background. I'd also probably prefer a sticky navigation. 
I think the "Five stars on Trust Pilot" section should link to trust pilot for authenticity purposes. 
With regard to CSS Google prefers one file. If you minify it, even better. Some people will have two separate CSS files; The one 'main' CSS file contains layout-essential CSS -  everything else gets loaded after the fold in a separate CSS file using a <noscript> tag. This in theory should speed up page load somewhat, although I've never tested this personally. I personally stick to one CSS file, minified. 
 

Hi all
I'm a young, start out web designer and have undertaken a big project of creating my own website to showcase my services.
Firstly, there are a few creases I need to iron out, mainly the responsive device views. With that being said a few disclaimers before you all tear me apart:
1. The website isnt completely responsive on all devices as of yet (i'm leaving that to be the last thing to edit)
2. I know there is duplicate CSS rules when it comes to the repsonsive side as im going to attend to this with 1.
3. This is my first site of this size and I wanted to write every line of code myself, so the [static] website is all my own work and therefore would love to know some professional opinions.
4. I would love to know whether people agree with me putting all the CSS into one stylesheet, I did have seperate files for each device size, however, I decided to consolidate them into just the one stylesheet.
My site: http://biobreakwebdesign.co.uk
Thanks all

Hi Gang,
After some consideration reading posts on here I figured a good basic list of resources would be good. Not sure if a mod will lock this so it can be updated at a later date, might be nice to stop the "what is this SEO" type posts but any other peeps using with GOOD tools feel free to chip in.
The Beginners Guide to SEO - Moz
Read this! And before asking anything, read this! Seriously, read it; covers everything from how search engines work to tracking success. 90% of your questions will be answered before asking anything.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide - Google
PageSpeed Insights - Google
Yes, site speed is a factor, no quantity of keywords will fix these, this is 'SEO'.
Microdata - Schema
Mixed debate, personal favourite of mine, if nothing else have cool breadcrumbs under your listing.
Structured Data Testing Tool - Google
See what Google picks up from your structured data and clarify errors.
HTTP / HTTPS Header Check
A great way to see if the supposed 301 is real or if you're giving 302s instead.
Redirect Checker
Similar but also checks the number of redirects.
Learn SEO - Moz
Freaking great set of resources. If you're still stuffing keywords into titles and descriptions then you need to start here!
Canonical vs NoIndex - Moz
Yup, another Moz post but before thinking Canonical is a silver bullet read this.
XML Sitemaps: The Most Misunderstood Tool in the SEO's Toolbox - Michael Cottam, Moz
Worth a read, especially the consistency section.
News & Rumours
Google Algorithm Change History - Moz
SEMrush Sensor
Google PageRank & Algorithm Updates - Search Engine Roundtable
Paid Tools
SEMrush
Moz Pro
DeepCrawl
Screaming Frog SEO Spider (Free/Paid)
Advice
Link Spam In Forum Comments Work Very Badly (Thanks @Rich C)

I like it and it makes total sense to me.
 
Getting clients to see things this way is another matter entirely!!
 

I don't have a problem with normal clients understanding this. This link is more for those designers/developers new and old who need a little poke in the right direction when trying to price a site.

Haha yeah we'll see how many people vote it in!
 
It's actually been pretty handy for me today. It's nice to know that i've been doing it right all this time and not just being particularly difficult with clients

This topic should be sticky,.
+1 to karma

One of the many questions we get asked time and time again here at WDF is "How much should i charge for so and so?".
 
Every single time the answers come back from our regular members "How long is a piece of string", "depends on such and such", "to many variable" and on and on.
 
The following links may help you identify what a website should cost. There may be no definite answer but they should help you on your way!
 
http://whatdoesawebsitecost.co.uk/
https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/how-much-should-a-website-cost/

Painfully slow. Cheap Chinese made goods. No contact details. Awful wordpress site.
Instantly forgettable.

Hi everyone, I'm new in E commerce and I build a site that hope can help me to sell my products. Hope you can help me.  My site name is Ghiris  ( www.ghiris.com )

All of these http://cultofthepartyparrot.com
Next meetup we're wearing the shirts.

Still looking around but so far I love it! great job

So far so good, feels a lot faster too.

I'll have a proper look later but looking good!! ??