[teddirez]

I have to agree with Brian on this one, understanding that your client/employer is after simplicity, its your job as the designer to gear them toward what makes a website pop! He is no doubt a fantastic photographer but who knows more about web design, you or him?

Whilst a lot of 'togs use their name as their business name, the domain is always going to be long. Thats not too huge an issue except when fitting it on the biz cards, however, not utilising the domain name for emails is really a huge no no for professional design.

I would keep the left hand navigation menu on the front page consistent across all pages, that will assist in keeping the flow of the site simple.

Having purchased an SSL certificate doesnt make the site secure, it needs to reside on the secure part of the server for it to actually be encrypted.

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