Click here to Skip to main content
16,008,175 members
Home / Discussions / Web Development
   

Web Development

 
GeneralRe: Images not loading for test Pin
_AK_17-Aug-06 19:51
_AK_17-Aug-06 19:51 
QuestionHELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES Pin
Joey Picerno17-Aug-06 9:01
Joey Picerno17-Aug-06 9:01 
GeneralRe: HELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES Pin
Boro_Bob17-Aug-06 10:30
Boro_Bob17-Aug-06 10:30 
GeneralRe: HELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES [modified] Pin
Joey Picerno17-Aug-06 10:41
Joey Picerno17-Aug-06 10:41 
GeneralRe: Help with transparent tables Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 12:05
Guffa17-Aug-06 12:05 
GeneralRe: HELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES Pin
Boro_Bob17-Aug-06 22:34
Boro_Bob17-Aug-06 22:34 
GeneralRe: HELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES Pin
Joey Picerno18-Aug-06 4:19
Joey Picerno18-Aug-06 4:19 
GeneralRe: HELP WITH TRANSPARENT TABLES Pin
Boro_Bob18-Aug-06 12:25
Boro_Bob18-Aug-06 12:25 
Hi Joey,

I took at look at ABTitle.com.
Joey Picerno wrote:
Please be honest with me. I take constructive criticism well because I know it will only make me better at what I am trying to do so please give it to me straight



For your first web site it is pretty good. I remember what my first site was like...

However, I do have quite a list of comments, so brace yourself.

There are a couple of basic rules in web design that have not been adhered to in your site.

Firstly you need to use alt tags in all your images, especially as you have used images in your menu buttons. This is a serious useablility issue.

Secondly, you should try and keep your font conisistant throughout the site. Your home page is in size 3 arial. In the About Us page, the font is not specified, which means that the font defaults to the users' client default font, in my case Times New Roman. Same on the Contact Us page, but a size bigger. The Feedback page uses Arial, but all the text is in bold. This inconsistancy make the site look unprofessional, but is easy to rememdy.

Also, while we are talking abot fonts, you have used the font tag, which is an old fashioned and depreciated method. I would advise you to look at some basic tutorials on CSS, and start using that to style your pages.

The overall look of your site is quite dated. I'm afraid the bevelled edges on buttons, images and tables really gives the site a 1999/2000 feel. Also the black and very bold colours do not suit the content of the site. The colour scheme put me in mind of rock music and Harley Davidsons, not Real Estate.

Another critisism I would make is that you are using tables to layout your pages, however as this is your first site, it is a harsh critisism. Take it more as a pointer that you would benefit by looking for some tutorials of using DIVs and CSS to handle the page layout. It has a steeper learning curve than using tables, but it is well worth it. I am a fairly recent convert myself to this method.

My final critisism is that the date/time widget on the home page is bit pointless. It just distracts from the real content of the site. There is a real temptation when you are starting out in web design to add lots of clever flashy things like that to your site, but you have to ask your self 'what value does this add to the site'. Things like that just tend to make your pages load a bit more slowly, and, frankly, I know what time it is because there is a little clock in the bottom right of my monitor.

I think the border effects you have used on the main image on the home page look very nice (just lose the bevelled edges).

I would suggest that the site would benefit from having a white background, using the shades of blue from around the main image, and maybe offset with a grass green. Try to stick to a palette of two or three colours.

Take a look at www.alistapart.com[^] for tutorials and inspiration.

And here is a good article on the current styles of web design, which may also give you some inspiration: http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm[^]

I know that a long list of critisisms like this is a bit depressing, but I hope you take it in the spirit in which it is meant. I have been a web designer since 1999 and I am still learning.

Boro Bob

Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.

QuestionNeed help with java script - next button on banner not working right Pin
Grapes-R-Fun17-Aug-06 3:14
Grapes-R-Fun17-Aug-06 3:14 
AnswerRe: Need help with java script - next button on banner not working right Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 7:05
Guffa17-Aug-06 7:05 
GeneralGuffa is Awesome! Pin
Grapes-R-Fun17-Aug-06 7:31
Grapes-R-Fun17-Aug-06 7:31 
QuestionHow can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Hy Chanhan17-Aug-06 2:29
professionalHy Chanhan17-Aug-06 2:29 
AnswerRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 2:56
Guffa17-Aug-06 2:56 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Eric Dahlvang17-Aug-06 11:46
Eric Dahlvang17-Aug-06 11:46 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 12:08
Guffa17-Aug-06 12:08 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Hy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:44
professionalHy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:44 
AnswerRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 21:43
Guffa17-Aug-06 21:43 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Hy Chanhan18-Aug-06 2:09
professionalHy Chanhan18-Aug-06 2:09 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
eggsovereasy18-Aug-06 4:05
eggsovereasy18-Aug-06 4:05 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain more than 255 filed in MS Access? Pin
Hy Chanhan19-Aug-06 0:36
professionalHy Chanhan19-Aug-06 0:36 
QuestionHow can i create a table contain fields more than 255 in MYSQL? Pin
Hy Chanhan17-Aug-06 2:27
professionalHy Chanhan17-Aug-06 2:27 
AnswerRe: How can i create a table contain fields more than 255 in MYSQL? Pin
Paddy Boyd17-Aug-06 2:55
Paddy Boyd17-Aug-06 2:55 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain fields more than 255 in MYSQL? Pin
Hy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:41
professionalHy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:41 
AnswerRe: How can i create a table contain fields more than 255 in MYSQL? Pin
Guffa17-Aug-06 2:56
Guffa17-Aug-06 2:56 
GeneralRe: How can i create a table contain fields more than 255 in MYSQL? Pin
Hy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:43
professionalHy Chanhan17-Aug-06 17:43 

General General    News News    Suggestion Suggestion    Question Question    Bug Bug    Answer Answer    Joke Joke    Praise Praise    Rant Rant    Admin Admin   

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.