No e-mail address (or at least very difficult to find) - what do you have to hide? - Why do you not want anyone to contact you? I appreciate that publishing an e-mail address, leaves you open to possibility of spammers, but it just might bring you some customers!

No "about us" page. It helps to build confidence if there is a small section detailing names of who runs site, perhaps with a small biography and even a photo! Let your visitors know that they are dealing with a real live human being who has enough confidence in their site to be proud to put their personal details on it.

No contact details. As with above, at very least you should show a company name and mailing address, together with an email address and possibly a contact telephone number.

So to summarise:-

Tell your visitors clearly and quickly what your site is about, with a fast loading front page that has a clear benefit statement at or near top, answering question "What's in it for me?"

Have a means for your visitor to contact you easily - they may wish to buy from you!

Build visitors confidence by telling them who you are, where you are from and a little about your previous business experience.

I have to go now and check my site - ensure that YOU check YOURS!!

Wave Wave files, although large in file size, can still be used on web sites. A web designer may want to person to speak"Hello" or some phrase when a button is pressed. This can done with a wave file. Provided wave file is less than a second this may provide a file size of about 10k. You can download a free demo of programs like Cool Edit Pro or Cakewalk to record wave file. (The demo will not save nor print though.) After recording file, you need to change sampling rate to about 11khz and use an 8 bit resolution in mono. This greatly reduces file size but compromises a bit on quality. Songs can alternatively be saved in real audio format as an'.ra' file as mentioned above. There are other ways to record wave such as Beatnik, Windows Media Technology to name a few but I have focused here on most popular.

Sun's ".au" Files Many web designers are now using java applets and scripts on web. Most applets use .au format to put sound files into applets. There is often a chance to customize sounds in applet's parameter tags. It is important though in many applets to use a sampling rate of 8k when saving .au file. Otherwise sound will not work in applet. The new swing jar java is opening up new sample rates. I will talk focus on making MIDI for your web site next.