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Dark Knight
11-09-2006, 08:48 AM
I just re-developed my web site. I need some expert feedback on the direction I've chosen for my site. Any feedback is much appreciated. Thanks.

http://www.battindustries.com

Kind Regards,
Dark Knight
WebJoel
11-09-2006, 09:34 AM
Reviews should be in the 'Website Reviews' section, but that's okay. I'm sure this'll get moved shortly.
The page takes quite a long time to load (approx. 106-seconds @ T1 speed). That would take about 6X longer on 56K dial-up. That is a serious detriment. It may be desireable to have the page download in 'about 8 seconds', but twice or even three times this would not be as bad as waiting minutes for the page to resolve. Alot of that comes from Dreamweaver's superfluous code and the nesting of tables.
I couldn't get a 'speed report' on it because the page is 1,433,582 bytes in size, which exceeds the max. size that an optimization site that I use to test allows.
Back to those 'nested tables', -they really slow things down alot but at least some 'upper-page content' resolves and the visitor has something to look at... And there are many images. Maybe some could be optimized or re-used? I read 124 validation 'warnings' but mostly it's just proprietary stuff like "absmiddle", "margintop", etc.(IE markup), some deprecated and 'empty' tags, and such, but there really should be some manner of !doctype in there before "<html>" to help browsers handle the page correctly.
It looks like you've put a lot of effort into this. I like the white background (I oft comment about my appreciation of 'white space' in a web page, esp. e-comm sites). :)
22Pixels
11-09-2006, 09:42 AM
It took about 12.5 seconds to load according to Fasterfox.

And in my opinion the website could use some more organization. If you scroll down you're just overwhelmed with images and services.

The page is also chopped up uptop in Firefox.
jswoods
11-09-2006, 09:45 AM
Your site breaks up ferociously in firefox. Check out http://browsershots.org/
Dark Knight
11-09-2006, 11:38 AM
The "Upper Page Content" you are referring to was created in MX fireworks, then exported as Dreamweaver .html to the site folder. My questions are: Could i open that .html file aka my 'top banner' and save it as an .asp file? If so: What is the method or .asp Code/reference that would show my how to do it? Thanks.
ps. I'll cut down on images, and re-organize the layout on the Home page too. Thanks for the Tips. I'm excited to have joined a forum...

Reviews should be in the 'Website Reviews' section, but that's okay. I'm sure this'll get moved shortly.
The page takes quite a long time to load (approx. 106-seconds @ T1 speed). That would take about 6X longer on 56K dial-up. That is a serious detriment. It may be desireable to have the page download in 'about 8 seconds', but twice or even three times this would not be as bad as waiting minutes for the page to resolve. Alot of that comes from Dreamweaver's superfluous code and the nesting of tables.
I couldn't get a 'speed report' on it because the page is 1,433,582 bytes in size, which exceeds the max. size that an optimization site that I use to test allows.
Back to those 'nested tables', -they really slow things down alot but at least some 'upper-page content' resolves and the visitor has something to look at... And there are many images. Maybe some could be optimized or re-used? I read 124 validation 'warnings' but mostly it's just proprietary stuff like "absmiddle", "margintop", etc.(IE markup), some deprecated and 'empty' tags, and such, but there really should be some manner of !doctype in there before "<html>" to help browsers handle the page correctly.
It looks like you've put a lot of effort into this. I like the white background (I oft comment about my appreciation of 'white space' in a web page, esp. e-comm sites). :)
Mania
11-09-2006, 02:05 PM
Uh.. I can't believe you dare to advertise yourself offering Professional Web Design plus a load of other things. The site is looking very amateurish, it is heavy, layout is breaking, no doctype, you seriously have a hit counter on your page, the list goes on... Well, what you see is what you get and the client sites really back that up. Sorry for sounding a bit harsh... good luck with it.
Dark Knight
11-09-2006, 03:13 PM
Thank you for the reality check. Please review my changes. I'm not exactly sure how to "POST" to my users that it won't work in firefox. I believe I can post a browser message popup for them to view upon entering.

If you think I suck so bad, that you don't want to reply... Then, have a nice day.
jswoods
11-09-2006, 03:18 PM
why don't you just write valid html and make it work for all browsers?