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GSN
10-30-2006, 06:32 PM
I would appreciate any assistance in making our site more search engine friendly and user friendly.
The site address is www.griggsvacuums.com

Thanks for any help,
Sandy
kocisz
10-30-2006, 10:08 PM
Ok, some constructive criticism...
No doctype statement, invalid code, too much javascript (cant be read by search bots), quality of the logo a little too low, the navigation bar seems to be either too short or misalign (left instead of centered)...

on the other hand, lots of content- that's always good!
GSN
10-31-2006, 05:09 PM
I appreciate you taking the time to look over the site. As you will conclude, I am new to web design and have taken over for a person who had already designed the site. I am still trying to workout where things are located.

A couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. In reference to no doctype statement, what are you referring to? What code is invalid, and the javascript , I think you are referring to, was entered by the previous designer for different size popups. Where should it be kept? Should it be shown as a reference to a file?

Thanks again,
Sandy
kocisz
10-31-2006, 05:24 PM
In reference to no doctype statement, what are you referring to?
Doctype statement should be the first line in your HTML file. It is basically telling the browser what type of file(web page) is it that you created, for instance HTML, XHTML, XML and what version. It looks something like this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


What code is invalid
By invalid code, I meant that it doesn't validate with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) you can check that at http://validator.w3.org
and what that is really is a set of standards for creating HTML markup. But don't worry about it, it is not a must, it is more of a good habit to follow these standards.

the javascript , I think you are referring to, was entered by the previous designer for different size popups. Where should it be kept? Should it be shown as a reference to a file?

Yes the javascript, it is a client-side scripting language, used for things like pop-ups, navgation, etc. The reason why I'm against it is that search engine crawlers (web bots) cannot read through javascript, and links created with it are hidden from seach engines. But then again depending on a situation it may be a good thing.