Everybody's a critic....

[brickwallfish]

Hey folks! Gots a question: what can/should I change about this site? (How cross-browser compatible is it?) Stuff like that.

SofraPack (http://www.geocities.com/brickwallfish/DEMO/SP-English.html)

(Don't mind the banner of GeoCit. The server of Sofra Pack is temporarely down :( )

It's a site for a company that wraps delicaties, but mainly olives. Besides it beings their first site, it's my first css based site and my first attempt at making one cross-browser.

Note: the links don't go anywhere, and Dry Products doesn't have an image yet. And I still need to do it all in German. (So it's not really finished YET)

AND YES, I'M USING BMP'S!!!

And no, I'm not easaly offended ;)

[dr john]

Assuming the final version changes to jpgs to reduce download time, it looks quite nice. Perhaps the background colour outside the main content area should be a slightly different shade to help draw the users' eyes into the main content area. I missed the link at the bottom to the webmaster, it wasn't obvious at a casual glance. Not 100% sure about the flickering images as the menu is mousedover, might be a bit too distracting - perhaps no images for the submenus, as you obviously want to use this effect, but I say don't overdo it. Fits nicely into 800px width.




Everybody's a critic... yeh it's so much easier than building a new site yourself, or improving an existing one yourself :D

[Ben Rogers]

Well, the main issue... why are you using frames, and upon loading why am I presented with a blank content area?

[brickwallfish]

Well, I don't see the problem with frames.... Is there any reason why not to use them? If so, do tell!
Also, I thought I made it quite clear that it's not finished YET. I just wanted to make sure the layout and compatability would be ok, as I would add actual content later on. Sorry if this wasn't pointed out the right way.

But other than that, I still need some info about the compatability thing. Anybody seen some problems?

[zingmatter]

The main problem with frames is that search engines don't easily index your page. There's also the problem of a search engine finding a content page that is supposed to sit within the whole site.

Using server side includes means you can standardise your menus, while using a div with scroll set to auto will give the effect of a frame (if that's what you want).

It's a nice design although I'm not sure about all the things happening at the menu. For you drop-down menus, separate them from the lower menu buttons. It feels a bit cramped and hard to press the right link.

Those black lines need to be smoothed, maybe made a little greyer.

Nice work though.