Hi guys,

 

I'm writing this website Vinyl Records Still Live! as they are a passion of mine, but - of course - I’d like to earn a bit of cash at the same time!

 

I uploaded the framework in November last and since I've added Adsense and am now seeing about 1.5 dollars/day. Google Analytics tell me I have a 'bounce-rate' of 43.5% Is that good or bad?

 

I’m using Serif WebPlus10 as a WYSIWYG editor – any good?

 

I'd really like someone to look at the site and the stuff going on behind it. Tags, Sitemaps, general layout – what ever you think.

 

Please tell it to me like it is. As I said - Vinyl Records - no mystery to me - web design – not too sure.

 

Kind Regards,

Hey mate, I used to be a bit of a vinyl collector myself, probably much of a different style no doubt!

 

I'm going to be honest with you here, but I hope since you're a beginner you won't take this to heart, you should see my first website lol.

 

1. Your using a beige background with a 16 colour pallette blue, that's just not very pleasing on the eye. It should be very easy to change the colour of all links, although i wouldn't know how in your software.

 

2. The logo/text on the header graphic you have created is very pixelated, for no reason. You should look for a decent graphics program for this.

 

3. I think the buttons down the left hand side look cheesey and don't suit the style at all.

 

4. The are also many places you have got a graphic and just scaled it in your HTML editor, this is really bad and it's what makes images look pixelated.

 

 

On the plus side, it looks like your content is very good, well written etc.

Agree with Tucker, also i would create a container and have content in a white background or something, with a small boreder