Still in the works?

>> My Big Idea Website needs to Load FAST!
I would agree WP may choke under a load – depends on server and database performance. You may want to consider if you have static-type pages to make them plain HTML pages to help balance the load.

>> My Big Idea Design needs to Appeal to ALL Age Groups!
That is a big demographic to cover. Depending on the content you could maybe split the demographic into smaller age groups, again if appropriate. If so, maybe consider the age groups are on different sub-domains to help load balance. Just an idea if it is that critical and applicable.

>> My Big Idea needs to have Simple, Easy to Follow Navigation!
Again, maybe breaking down into age groups might be the place to start. Yes, keep it simple and use non-tech words/phrases – e.g. instead of ‘Contact’ use ‘Need Help?’. These are a little bit more everyday language that almost presumes the action of the user.

Flow-charting is another development tool to walk through the navigation. Of course, there are the basic pages like Home, About, Contact, etc. that you can get out of the way. It’s looking the process or flow of the user interaction – directing them through each step. It may be good to consider if a user goes through a process that they will stop somewhere along the way for whatever reason and may need to look for help. Having an easy and accessible help section to help hold the hand of the user can help close the deal, or like in e-commerce, lower cart abandonment.

>>> My Big Idea is Not Colorful!
That’s fine. If you look at a site like Apple they are primarily black & white so that when they drop a graphic on the page is jumps out and screams for attention.

>>> My Big Idea is NOT going to be An Affiliate Website!
Ok.

>>> My Big Idea will use the Power of WordPress!
Already commented on.

These are just thoughts off the top of my head. Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the progress.

Looking forward to seeing it when it “hits the pavement!”

:-)

Thanks for asking! It has actually grown quite a few legs and is in the building process.

Due to the nature of the idea, I have to get quite a bit of content in place before pushing out to the public, but once it is out there, it will become talked about immediately!

I am actually in the process of bouncing ideas of several well known internet marketing folks about some best practices to get it in front of many different media sources quickly.

There will be more info out very soon!

Mark

Haven’t seen any postings on it lately.

Still in the works?

You may be right about that… I will have to do some serious testing before hand for sure.

Right now, I have the site on its own dedicated box, but have not done much more as I work out details with a few other people who are helping me build the framework, down to the most basic! My intent is to have a dedicated host or hosting sponsor that builds, manages and maintains the hosting platform themselves.

WordPress as an application is pretty good with high traffic as long as you set it up to do so. This site handled more than 7000 visitors in one hour back in early March and the use of a cache plugin did its job then. It is however on a shared account, which the Big Idea, cannot be.

If you’re talking about a hobby, then its no big deal. When you’re talking about a business, it’s a different game. There are things that MUST be done, at certain times and done right, or the venture will fail. These are the things you should spend most of your time on.

The theme will not make or break the Geek Dating service. Let it go, for now anyway.

Especially if you “like” to do the development, maybe it is not the right thing for you to do. You will end up working on the theme and not devoting enough time to the”development & implementation” of the project.

You should be doing the items that are the most critical for the project’s success and leave the non-critical items to someone else.

You crack me up! That was a priceless description of geeks who want love :)

Rochelle