I would love some comments for a first attempt

[Nirm]

Hi

This is my first attempt with VM and I would really like some feedback. Currently testing and there is at least one bug in the attributes of products

http://www.cofit.co.uk/index.php

thanks

[fidel]

Outstanding work. Fits the company image well and very, very clean. I've bookmarked as a learning resource for myself. Perhaps you can share some links to some of the tricks you've amassed with this project???

[Nirm]

Thanks for the kind words. I have handed the project over to the client last week and have just switched on SEO - the links are now SE friendly. I will be writing up a manual of changes I have made - I would be more than happy to share.

The client is also very happy and wants to give me more work which I suppose is a good sign.

Cheers!

[fidel]

You must be using the Artio SEF, right? I'm guessing based upon the uppercase in the URL. I read of several issues with that component regarding checkout and/or SSL checkout.

About the only other thing to recommend is changing the favicon.

I'll keep an eye out for your manual. Thanks.

[Nirm]

Yes, Artio SEF. Its funny you said that - as soon as I switched on SEO I got an error on checkout. However, not sure if it an SEO or a coding error. I'll have to read up on the issues you mentioned.

[fidel]

I tested Artsio briefly and found it easy to implement for simple sites but problamatic for certain items, including some aspects of Virtuemart and another component I tested (I forget the one). I only tested it for a few hours and found no reason to switch my efforts from OpenSEF, which is highly configurable and works with any component. One huge reason I like it, even for those components that do not have an SEF extension, is that I can determine the base URL. For example, for a video component, I can change it from the default menu item name to Big Widget Videos, which might be very good for SEO purposes.

[Nirm]

Wow that sound fantastic - I'll check it out

[Nirm]

Just took a look at my SEO component - and I am using Artio 1.2.4.s - BETA - it appears to be very powerful and I can change URLs  to whatever I wish. However, I think for a live site it would be better not to use a BETA.