got some spare time?

[stancreator]

Hello everybody. I'm a 14 year old HTML and (part) JavaScript programmer. I have just created a website, which can be found at: http://www.surfinstan.com
A few of you have already commented on it, however further comments and advice would be greatly apreciated. If you would like to help me then i may put a link to your site from my site, just for helpin me, as long as the site is suitable for kids!!!

thanks

[Robert Wellock]

My WVYFC site is suitable for kids and has the appropriate ICRA labelling. However you haven't asked specifically what you want reviewing.

For example whether you want advice on how to write HTML 4.01 with a DTD http://www.w3.org/ or use the proprietary code that you have now or whether you wanted comments about the colour scheme, etc.

[brendandonhue]

First you ave no doctype or encoding in your HTML. First add those then validate your page (currently 103 errors)
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surfinstan.com%2F&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional&charset=iso-8859-1+%28Western+Europe%29

[brendandonhue]

Also your layout is based on tables-you should use CSS for layout instead.
You should use the same font for each of the buttons along the left.
Each of your pages has a different layout/logo/color scheme/background. Looks very amateur. Create 1 design, and use it.
You are using lots of little "fluff" javascripts that are completely unncecessary as well.

[stancreator]

first of all i'd just like to say that i want a general reveiw, everything, code, looks the works. secondly, i'm still a relative amature, i don't know much. I knbow a fare bit about HTML, i can piece bits of javascript together but i'm completely lost with css etc. for instance when you say 'doctype encoding'... what is that. sorry if this complicates things:(

[brendandonhue]

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype/

[starrwriter]

It would look better with smaller text of a different color that would stand out more clearly against the page background color (yellow?) But it's not bad for a 14-year-old. When I was your age, I didn't even know how to type.

[khaki]

hi starrwriter...

Hau'oli La Hanau
(Happy Birthday !!!)

just another Jersey wahine :) ...
;) k

[starrwriter]

Originally posted by khaki
hi starrwriter...

Hau'oli La Hanau
(Happy Birthday !!!)

just another Jersey wahine :) ...
;) k

Mahalo! Didn't remember listing my birth date in my forum profile.

If I recall, you're a military brat. When did you live in Hawaii? I've been here ever since I got out of the Air Force long ago.

[mikitaro]

aiiite well ye the menu is a bit weird if u dont mind me say... altho site is pretty cool.. try to make ur menu more awe inspiring for kids round ur age.. like me :D.. if u have fireworks make a menu in that... jus put a hotspot where u want a hyperlink to be placed.. .. i have half an idea wat im talkin about.. but if u dun have any idea. check out my site and the menu bar.. www.geocities.com/fuglytarokru/

[neil9999]

The adverts, both popups and the ones at the bottom of the page could go, especially the popups as they get quite annoying.
Some of the backgrounds and fonts make the text hard to read. A constant style throughout the whole website would make things better.
All the links at the bottom of the homepage could be organized into one menu to make things tidier.
By the way i'm only 12.

Neil

[gizmo]

Never mind your age Neil, at least you can write intelligable english :)

[stancreator]

thanks for all your advice, i've started to recreate the website, using all your ideas, but please, if you've got any more comments tell me.

[kipkreations]

just checked out your page, nice colors and stuff, but the NAV is wierd even for me.
when you click on POEMS or whatever, and then it loads another little NAV bar under it, I would say remove that entirely. Make that another page, and you can even have a banner or what not at the bottom.
Its just not big enough and blends too well with the top, so most people wouldnt see it.