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Daniel T
04-05-2004, 01:20 PM
Hello everyone! I am currently in the act of designing my personal website. I have only completed the Profile page, the Homepage, and the 404 page thus far. You should be ableto get the main idea of it from what I have completed. I would like to hear what you have to say about it and I want to know what I can do to make it better. I like comments, but criticism is appreciated even more;)! Thanx,
-Dan
http://216.36.173.149/
PS: It is currently hosted off my server on my computer. I'll try to have my server up as much as possible! Sorry for the slow loading on dial-up connections, my computer isnt too great:(
Conor
04-05-2004, 02:23 PM
might want to check this out
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F216.36.173.149%2Fprofile.php
Heavy
04-05-2004, 02:43 PM
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
Hello everyone! I am currently in the act of designing my personal website. I have only completed the Profile page, the Homepage, and the 404 page thus far. You should be ableto get the main idea of it from what I have completed. I would like to hear what you have to say about it and I want to know what I can do to make it better. I like comments, but criticism is appreciated even more;)! Thanx,
-Dan
http://216.36.173.149/
PS: It is currently hosted off my server on my computer. I'll try to have my server up as much as possible! Sorry for the slow loading on dial-up connections, my computer isnt too great:(
Looks good, man. Especially for someone who's 13! I wouldn't let validation stuff worry me if I were you. Of course, now I expect I'll get spanked for heresy! :rolleyes:
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 04:44 PM
Originally posted by Heavy
Looks good, man. Especially for someone who's 13! I wouldn't let validation stuff worry me if I were you. Of course, now I expect I'll get spanked for heresy! :rolleyes:
Thank you Heavy! But, i like to keep everything valid, so I'll fool around with the profile page until it validates.
-Dan
all your errors are the same thing, you could fix them easily with a nice find and replace </span></span> for </span>
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by samij586
all your errors are the same thing, you could fix them easily with a nice find and replace </span></span> for </span>
Yeah, I noticed that. All is fixed now! Anymore suggestions?
-Dan
perhaps some way to resize the font in IE?
EDIT:
and why not use some form of image replacement for the heading so those with images and/or css disabled get that content. and just incase you need them: Image replacement techniques (http://www.mezzoblue.com/tests/revised-image-replacement/)
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 05:02 PM
Originally posted by samij586
perhaps some way to resize the font in IE?
Yes, that would be handy. To do this, would I have to create a whole seperate stylesheet for each font size setting? Or is there an easier way? By the way, thanks for the link, I'll check that out right now!
-Dan
I believe if you just leave font-size undefined, or use a hack so IE can't see the font size definition, that will do the trick. There may be other options without worrying about another stylesheet, but if you can't find one, see vladdy's post here (http://forums.webdeveloper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31811#post171623)
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 05:44 PM
Ok, I'll look into that! Anymore?
-Dan
Daniel,
I'd say you did quite well. Nice job. :)
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 09:21 PM
Originally posted by Jona
Daniel,
I'd say you did quite well. Nice job. :)
Thank you Jona! BTW, when I was changing the font sizes to keywords, it seems that IE is making the font bold. Any ideas why?
-Dan
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
BTW, when I was changing the font sizes to keywords, it seems that IE is making the font bold. Any ideas why?
What do you mean? The text weight looks the same to me in both IE and FireFox.
Paul Jr
04-05-2004, 09:53 PM
I like it! Nice work, man. :D
Daniel T
04-05-2004, 10:07 PM
Thanx Paul! And Jona, here's a side-by-side comparison of what it looks like for me:
That's because you have your font size on large. In IE, go to View -> Text Size -> Smaller.
IE still won't let me change font sizes on his site. I don't think thats the problem here, since the text appears the same for me in both browsers as well
Daniel T
04-06-2004, 01:23 PM
Originally posted by samij586
IE still won't let me change font sizes on his site. I don't think thats the problem here, since the text appears the same for me in both browsers as well
Yeah, I changed everything back to pt's. using keywords was causing layout problems in the menu. I guess it's a future project I could look into, when I have some spare time.
-Dan
PS: Thanks for the tip, Jona!
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
PS: Thanks for the tip, Jona!
Err uh, what tip? :o
Paul Jr
04-06-2004, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
Yeah, I changed everything back to pt's. using keywords was causing layout problems in the menu. I guess it's a future project I could look into, when I have some spare time.
-Dan
PS: Thanks for the tip, Jona!
Why not define font sizes with relative units?
Daniel T
04-06-2004, 05:11 PM
Originally posted by Jona
Err uh, what tip? :o
Originally posted by Jona
That's because you have your font size on large. In IE, go to View -> Text Size -> Smaller.
I didn't know IE did that, I just thought that was how IE sized it. Thanx.
Originally posted by Paul Jr
Why not define font sizes with relative units?
If you mean like keywords, thats what I was doing, but it caused problems.
-Dan
Paul Jr
04-06-2004, 05:12 PM
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
If you mean like keywords, thats what I was doing, but it caused problems.
-Dan
I was refering to such units as em, ex and %; but mostly em.
Daniel T
04-06-2004, 06:35 PM
Ok, I'll try that out!
-Dan
Oh, then no problem. lol.
PunkSktBrdr01
04-07-2004, 11:55 AM
I guess your computer is off, but based on the screenshots, the site looks awesome!
buntine
04-07-2004, 02:20 PM
Looks good, mate. Mayby you should have the 'Sites Worth Visiting' list of links open in new windows so your site doesnt lose focus.
Also, whats the go with you not reading?
chrismartz
04-07-2004, 02:28 PM
how did you setup your computer to be available through your ip? I try my ip outside of my network and you cant see it...i am running iis and can see it within the network....is this due to a firewall? can i change something to fix it?
Originally posted by buntine
Mayby you should have the 'Sites Worth Visiting' list of links open in new windows so your site doesnt lose focus.
Just don't use target! :p Javascript until CSS3 (which is going to be totally radical!) it looks like.
buntine
04-07-2004, 02:49 PM
Why no target attribute? Is that obsolete too now?
Daniel T
04-07-2004, 03:19 PM
Originally posted by buntine
Looks good, mate. Mayby you should have the 'Sites Worth Visiting' list of links open in new windows so your site doesnt lose focus.
That's what I had it as a while ago, but putting "target='_blank'" makes for invalid XHTML:( Are there any alternatives to get it to open in a new window?(other than JavaScript)
Originally posted by buntine
Also, whats the go with you not reading?
Uh, huh???
-Dan
Originally posted by DanieLTomaS
That's what I had it as a while ago, but putting "target='_blank'" makes for invalid XHTML:( Are there any alternatives to get it to open in a new window?(other than JavaScript)
Uh, huh???
-Dan
From http://216.36.173.149/profile.php
Favorite Author:I don't read
as to the new windows, until CSS3, not really. but this (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/popuplinks/) ala article should help
I believe CSS3 will allow you to, validly, open new windows; but until then, Javascript is the only solution (unless you are using a Frameset DTD, but in XHTML Frames are replaced with XFrames). The following script will not open in a new window for users without JavaScript, but for users with JavaScript, it will open a new window, but not change the current page (because of the return false return value).
<a href="http://www.csszengarden.com/" title="The CSS Zen Garden at Mezzoblue.com" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false;">CSS Zen Garden</a>
[J]ona
Daniel T
04-07-2004, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by samij586
From http://216.36.173.149/profile.php
Favorite Author:I don't read
It's true. I lose my concentration on that type of thing very fast:( Last book I remember reading front to back was... I forget what it was called, but it had somethin to do with Winnie The Pooh:p
Also, thanx for the link, samij586. And thanx to Jona, too!
-Dan
I'm glad to help - I don't use JavaScript nearly as much as I used to, but I still remember it. ;)
By the way, in case Sam was thinkin' I was tryin' to take credit (you know I wouldn't! ;)), I didn't see his post before I posted. That was a great link, though, Sam!
Originally posted by Jona
I'm glad to help - I don't use JavaScript nearly as much as I used to, but I still remember it. ;)
By the way, in case Sam was thinkin' I was tryin' to take credit (you know I wouldn't! ;)), I didn't see his post before I posted. That was a great link, though, Sam!
lol, not a problem Jona.
That was a good ala issue though, but it was only up for like a week before they put the current one up, which isn't that great and has been up for way too long
buntine
04-08-2004, 05:15 AM
I suppose you understand my comment now, Daniel.. ;)
Why on earth would they deprecate the target attribute? Its seems so illogical to make designers resort to JavaScript when they need to open a new window.
Regards.
DaveSW
04-08-2004, 05:36 AM
Getting rid of the target attribute was the w3c's nice way of telling us any type of frames were on their way out... :D
Actually it's because of accessiblity reasons - the user should have a choice of whether to open a new window or not, and target was being abused in some senses to do this.
buntine
04-08-2004, 05:40 AM
Ok, that makes sense.. Theres a down side to it, though.
DaveSW
04-08-2004, 05:47 AM
True. Many designs just work when they're done like that!
akadis
05-01-2004, 11:03 PM
DanieLTomaS, i scaned through but didnt see this sugestion yet for you.
i would install (if ur running windows) and if you are hosting this on your computer (which im gessing you are since you are using your ip address not a domain name).... no-ip (http://www.no-ip.com/services/page/free/dynamic/dns)
so you could change this: http://216.36.173.149/
into something like http://DanieLTomaS.servebeer.com - a much more fun and easier to learn name.....
just a suggestion, besides, its free!