New workshop review site- in beta-please beat up

[grsphoto]

I have put up a new site that I need to get beat up.

Welcome to Photographicworkshops Info

Any and all comments welcome.

Glenn

[brian.austin]

Interesting concept. I like the idea.

Questions:

1. Can a workshop be listed in multiple categories? You've got quite a few very detailed categories. I'd hate to miss a workshop because it's in a category I didn't think of.
2. Are comments from attendees going to be moderated? I can see this going into a bad direction for those very unsatisfied customers.
3. What type of controls will be in place to make sure comments aren't coming from workshop promoters? In other words, setting up a new user and commenting favorably on one's own workshop and unfavorably to a competitor's.
4. Can the date be set up as an automatic formatting based on regional information in the browser? The US uses month/day/year while most of the rest of the world uses day/month/year. When looking at the schedule, this gets a bit confusing for those who don't know better, especially with dates earlier in the month, like 7-5-08 (July 5th in the US, May 7th in Europe).

Organizationally, I think there needs to be more of a difference between pages. Going to the Home page and the About page looks almost the same. Perhaps titling the sections?

Overall, good start. I'd keep this on my Favorites and visit regularly if it had some activity.

[grsphoto]

Originally Posted by brian.austin

Interesting concept. I like the idea.

Questions:

1. Can a workshop be listed in multiple categories? You've got quite a few very detailed categories. I'd hate to miss a workshop because it's in a category I didn't think of.

I am not sure what the upper limit is but yes directory/ company information can be listed in many place. Right now, the event can only be listed in one.

2. Are comments from attendees going to be moderated? I can see this going into a bad direction for those very unsatisfied customers.

Yes the reviews will be moderated, and the promoter can respond. I plan to allow bad reviews, but they have to be informative...

3. What type of controls will be in place to make sure comments aren't coming from workshop promoters? In other words, setting up a new user and commenting favorably on one's own workshop and unfavorably to a competitor's.

IP addresses are logged. User names are logged. If a promoter thinks he is being bashed by a competitor the review can be suspended until the attendee provides "proof" that they have attended a workshop.

4. Can the date be set up as an automatic formatting based on regional information in the browser? The US uses month/day/year while most of the rest of the world uses day/month/year. When looking at the schedule, this gets a bit confusing for those who don't know better, especially with dates earlier in the month, like 7-5-08 (July 5th in the US, May 7th in Europe).

I have been trying to iron out the date issue. I hope to have a resolution soon. It will have to be a one size fits all.

Organizationally, I think there needs to be more of a difference between pages. Going to the Home page and the About page looks almost the same. Perhaps titling the sections?

Overall, good start. I'd keep this on my Favorites and visit regularly if it had some activity.

Thanks for your time to comment, I will see what I can do about the changes you suggested.


Glenn

[grsphoto]

I think I have the date issues worked out.

Glenn

[grsphoto]

I am now loading up the workshops.

Anyone have suggestions as to which workshops should be listed?

Glenn