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mikka23 · #1 (**permalink**) Aug 16th, 2006, 16:52

I finished the basic website outline without too much files for download yet. Just got the coding working. Dreamweaver template seems to be messing up certain parts of the coding up for validation so I think I may ditch using the template feature and do it all mnually to get the website validation error free like the index. All comments and suggestions on the design so far welcomed.

Also if you could please report any bugs or broken links on the site. Very hard to keep track of it all.

moojoo · #2 (**permalink**) Aug 16th, 2006, 17:12

I like it but I would left justify the links vs center them.

Ryan Fait · #3 (**permalink**) Aug 16th, 2006, 23:17

I hate the color scheme right now. You're using far to dark of shades of the blues and greens. You need to add some reddish-orange to get the pop you're looking for.
Unify the logo and the title. They look odd separated like that.
I agree about aligning the links to the left. You should also use CSS to make the links block so you can click on any area of the box to go to the page, not just the link text.
The center content area should be a white background, not blue like the rest of the page. It will make the content easier to read and create a barrier between the background and the content.
Remove that ridiculously large logo under the content. Use text as a filler, not an image the visitor has already seen.
Take out the W3C validation stickers. Most people don't care about it, and there is way to much emphasis on it. Make it a text link in the footer instead.
The google ads should have a white background.

Overall, lots of room for improvement, but a solid start.

Design: 3 out of 5
Code: 1 out of 5
Functionality: 4 1/2 out of 5

Drop the tables, use proper CSS and take out those wretched double line breaks between each line of HTML.

saltedm8 · #4 (**permalink**) Aug 16th, 2006, 23:26

ever heard of the phrase 'blue and green should never be seen,' website in general looks cool. but the color scheme has room for improvement 5/10

i have also cleaned up your css for you too, ( shortened it )

Code: Select all

.bar {color:#000;background-color:#ffffff;}
.roll {color:#fff;background-color:#EEEEEE;}
a.nav:link 
{color:#0A0A0A;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana}
a.nav:visited 
{color:#0A0A0A;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana}
a.nav:hover 
{color:#000000;text-decoration:none;background-color:transparent; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana} 
body {
background-color: #CADFE6;
margin-left: 2px;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
}
.style1 {font-family: Verdana}
.style2 {font-size: 11px}
.style3 {
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Verdana;
}
.style4 {font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; }
a.content:link {
color:#379BC7;
text-decoration:none
}
a.content:visited {
color:#379BC7;
text-decoration:none
}
a.content:hover {
color:#379BC7;
text-decoration:underline
}
.style5 {font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF; }
.style6 {color: #FFFFFF}
.input {
background-image:url(images/input_03.gif);
width:186px;
height:28px;
border:0px;
vertical-align:middle;
text-align:center;
font-family:Verdana;
font-size:11px;
margin:0px;
}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
font-weight: bold;
}
h1 {
font-size: 11px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 11px;
}
h3 {
font-size: 11px;
}
h4 {
font-size: 11px;
}
h5 {
font-size: 11px;
}
h6 {
font-size: 11px;
}
.style8 {font-size: 11px; color: #000000; }
.style9 {
font-size: 11px;
font-family: Verdana;
}
#underbanner {
background-image:url(images/headerrepated_02.gif);
height:20px;
}
#bluebar {
background-image:url(images/footerbg_03.gif)
}
#bluebar2 {
background-image:url(images/footerbg_03.gif)
}
#footer1 {
background-image:url(images/footerrepeat_02.gif);
height:26px
}
#footer2 {
background-image:url(images/footerrepeat_02.gif);
height:26px
}
#footer3 {
background-image:url(images/footerrepeat_02.gif);
height:26px
}
a.tablethink {
height:5px
}
input.mainoption {
background-image:url(images/submit_03.gif);
font-weight : bold;
border:0px;
width: 76px;
height:23px
}

if you decide to use it, save your old file first ( just in case )

mikka23 · #5 (**permalink**) Aug 17th, 2006, 00:17

Okay first off I appreciate the comments. I need to be able to code in css i agree but for such a large number of pages when i am finished i wouldnt be comfortable so am going to leave it for now. As for the design, I am not too fussed about it looking so flash but agree with most of the issues raised and will look into it once i get some steady stream of traffic.
As for blue and green should never be seen and too dark colour shades. I must disagree. I dont think the colours are dark and blue and green is a classic colour scheme of many sites. for instance a color scheme website
http://www.colorschemer.com/

I agree with the comments on the adsense although I am going to run an experiment to see different colour combinations and effects to see if blended or attracting bright ads work best.

At the moment I am concentrating on seo, then adding content, once this is done I will carry out the suggestions given. Also if you wish to become a partner website or get your website listed on website services or tutorials please pm me.

Once again thankyou for comments
Michael Clarke

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