This Week With Taylor & Gordon: S2E39

Very long lockdown hair Communication Platform Discord - https://discord.com Communities of people with specific interests Some people didn't want to sign up to Facebook or Slack Taylor uses it for web development Channels for different topics Voice Chat & Screen Chat Discord Servers are the main topic, with sub-channels Originally a gaming platform. Integrates with Steam and Spotify The core system is free to use. There are "boost" extras which cost a monthly or annual fee New website launched - long time coming https://www.pipkennedy.co.uk Gordon's adult magician performing stage name Over 1 year in the planning Needing to be done for many years The original was limited by the technology available Lockdown was the catalyst to making this a priority We used Oxygen to build this site, and it took a while for Gordon to build as it was a new builder for him Testing on hundreds of devices is just not possible so tweaks are always needed After putting it live, added image compressor, pre-loading pages, CDN, sitemaps Had some comments back after posting the link on Facebook Entertainer friend said it didn't have enough "Pizazz" although for the target market I was also told it was perfect - very corporate and professional Please take a look and leave your comments below Take away is to get feedback and look at it in context. Make sure you respect the views of the people giving the feedback, and whether they are your target audience Also - don't be precious on your work, have an open mind and be prepared to change things and ideas if there are good reasons to do so. May need to split test the site - but we need traffic first which isn't going to happen during lockdown   Drayson Design Website - https://www.draysondesign.com The Creative Tinker Website - https://www.thecreativetinker.com Facebook: https://bit.ly/thisweek-fb Youtube: https://bit.ly/thisweek-yt