The perfect site?

[Tim158]

Check it out - http://www.clearview-cctv.co.uk

You are right, its not perfect but I need YOUR help to make it that way.

Slate it all you like because that's why I have posted here ;)

Many thanks,
Tim

[philaweb]

Have a look at your page in both Mozilla and Opera with javascript disabled, then you'll probably understand you've got a long way to go.

Your menu doesn't work when javascript is disabled. No way of knowing what your website contains or how to navigate.

Your markup isn't valid.

[Tim158]

How can I tell if the website has valid markup? The W3C validator chokes on javascript i.e. it finds errors where it should not really be looking.

I have provided a sitemap, which can be used for non-javascript browsers but perhaps I should review its feasability.

You are right about how the website looks in Mozilla though... back to notepad.

Tim

[philaweb]

Originally posted by Tim158
The W3C validator chokes on javascript i.e. it finds errors where it should not really be looking.

Haven't had any problems validating pages with DHTML javscripts in external files. :)

[Paul Jr]

For the JavaScript, you need to encompas your scripts with:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
// All your scripts go here
//]]>
</script>

There is a thread someplace explaining the CDATA part; I got very little sleep last night, so I’m too brain dead. :D But this will stop the validator from choking on unecoded ampersands, less‒than signs, greater‒than signs, and all those other things it has no business looking at in your JavaScript. ;)


Now, I see a gray strip running down the left side of the page, and the purple‒ish box holding the text is shifted out of the white and is sort of hanging into the gray, and I cannot see the middle part of your navigation because of the flash movie. And, personally, I do not like the justified text.

And, as was previously stated, your site becomes unusable when JavaScript is not available.

I can post a screenshot, if you want.


***EDIT***
Found that thread explaining the CDATA up there. http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28037

[Tim158]

Thanks a lot guys. This definitely helps.

I think I'll restrict that justified text to my MS Word documents - it doesn't like to be squashed.

Tim