a band website

[Justin]

shure what the heck

how is the LAYOUT

http://www.blackout1.tk

[Sam]

three things:
[list=1]
invalid (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.blackout1.tk/)
Tables for layout
Iframe=inaccessible
[/list=1]

[Justin]

i don't know much about doctype

ps,
i can't change it in real time, only by email,
the server is ok, but the guy who owns it won't
give live access

[Justin]

i cant controll that because the valader looks at the .tk address which is not made by me, it is a service that will make a site at a different location, if you want to use the validater,

go to
http://www.benshole.no-ip.com/blackout

this is the main site
http://www.benshole.no-ip.com:123/blackout/main.htm
if you want to get tecinal

[Sam]

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.benshole.no-ip.com/blackout/main.htm
You have no character set

[zingmatter]

Maybe you want to instruct the user to click the image to enter the site (or at least use an alt attribute).

Also, why the 'Click on a link to see ...' page before going on to the list of options...why not go straight there?

Otherwise I quite liked it - gave a good imression of the genre/type of band Blackout are.

Just thought, why not track down a more appropriate font. You'll have to embed it (which adds to download time) but will enhance the effect

[Jona]

I agree with Sam, you should not use IFrames (note: IFrames are not the same thing as frames), you should not use tables for layout, and your HTML code should be valid.

Aside from that, I would use CSS to put the parenthesis around your navigation links, use a slightly smaller font (try 1.2em), and allow your navigation menu to expand for people who have larger fonts. Your gray links that turn red on a red background makes it very difficult to read - you should use white and underline or something. The graphics are a little too low quality, for my taste.

[Justin]

I value your Ideas Very helpful

For the por images, ill have to make the creator make better ones, he gave me the images to incorporate into the site.

Just thought, why not track down a more appropriate font. You'll have to embed it (which adds to download time) but will enhance the effect

How do you embed fonts??

[Sam]

Originally posted by Justin
How do you embed fonts??
like this (http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp)

[zingmatter]

embedding fonts tutorial:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/fonts/tutorials/tutorial2.html

[rhsunderground]

i agree with many points already presented here, but i do have one additional comment.
as a member of a band myself, the first thing that i noticed is that i have no idea what kind of band you are. the coloring and images/backgrounds imply that you play a darker style of music, but i could find nothing that reassures that implication. you are obviously some sort of rock band, but if one cannot tell for sure, then they could be very quickly turned away from your site.

[Justin]

They are a heavy metal, ill have them write a Band Bio page, and by june we will have music demos up

Thanks again
justin

[Justin]

what is my doctype and char set??

or how do i find out???

[Jona]

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#doc-char-set