Clarion Third Party - Best Dressed Criteria

Encourager Software Criteria (and Examples) for Best Dressed Web Sites Best Dressed Web Sites Consistently Excel in each Area

Clarion Third Party Best - Worst Dressed List

Encourager Software has used a variety of information to create the Best Dressed List

Navigation, Artistic touches, large number of products displayed well,
Menus, product description, download criteria (date of latest release, version number, demo vs password protected, etc),
Page layouts, easy to copy memo information for profile exchanges, overall site consistency
Images, Logos, contact information, support information,
Clarion compatibility issues (Clarion version, ABC, Legacy, DLL, source, etc.) and more.

We use screen shots that illustrate what makes a Best Dressed site stand out. By clicking on the screen shot, a separate browse window will open with the original page or the web site. * We are now including outstanding examples from Top Rated - 2nd Tier sites as well!

Artistic touches

The more info image is a link to extended information about the product.

For Clarion developers, this is a vital piece of information about a product.

Clarion Compatibility

CapeSoft uses this excellent small table for all it's products. At a glance, you know - what version of Clarion, Legacy, ABC, DLL, Local Mode, 16bit, 32bit, ClarioNet, WebBuilder, Multi DLL.

Navigating the site - a vitally important operation for any web site. Well designed menu systems make the job much easier.

Menu systems

The top sites use some of the latest tools to achieve this with efficiency and artistic flair.

Images to illustrate the product, it's use, company identity, a service of the company, and more.

Images

Artistically created Logos, Real Life Photography, Navigation; sites are being greatly enhanced by top of the line creative genius.

Customers get sneak preview of the product without downloading!

Screen Shots

An amazingly effective tool to present your product quickly! Some use thumbnails that expand to full size.

Report and Presentation Manager - Destination Dialog

At a glance, see all the download details of products for a particular company.

Download Charts

Information helpful to developers - Product Name, Version number of product, Date of release, File Size, Filename, Clarion version compatibilty, demo status, etc.

Overall appearance Navigation - Outstanding graphics - Good summary descriptions - Pleasing to View!

Outstanding Presentation

Some sites just "Shine" compared to others - The right blend of good web site design!.

Summary and extended descriptions - well crafted product details draw attention vs poorly crafted ones leave bad first impressions.

Product Description

At a glance, do the developers know what your product does, with a good summary, they will. Extended description - attractively formatted, they will want to read more.

Pricing, order links, emails to verify purchase, all are important parts of the sales side of the business.

Purchase Products

Easily identifiable pricing and easy to use order links, make it as pain-less as possible to buy your product.

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