Help Please

[kevinmcqueen]

Ok people, I need your help.

I'm doing a web site for a mate - www.epvideo.co.uk/NewEPV/newindex.htm is the full URL of the site - none of the links work.

If you guys don't mind, how about some tips on how to improve it, and make it a little more 'attractive'

[kevinmcqueen]

infact...after reading through some of the stuff on here...

i've scrapped tables and changed to the following

no links yet work


http://www.epvideo.co.uk/NewEPV/epvondiv.htm

[Green-Beast]

I looked at your source code and other than a couple little things (lack of meta data, title text or tool tips on the links) I was puzzled as all looked okay. I then went to your site index. I did not see the pages you are linking to on that index so it appears to me that the pages your are requesting are not on your server, at least not under that index or folder. That would more than likely be the problem if I'm seeing htis right (I'm fairly new to this but trying to help all the same). You might consider first making you "newindex page" the index.htm, then make sure all the other files are in the same mainsite/public folder as that and change the path where necessary.

I hope this helps.

[kevinmcqueen]

thanks for checking it out...

the links pages aren't done yet.

Still to do meta and title tags etc...

the site will eventually be just epvideo.co.uk

PS....changed the site now...

2 versions...

http://www.epvideo.co.uk/NewEPV/style1.htm - centred on the frame fixed width on 800 or 1024 res monitors

http://www.epvideo.co.uk/NewEPV/style2.htm - full screen both sizes...not sure which one I prefer though, any tips? ideas? whats better?

[Green-Beast]

I like #1, but that's me. I don't care for sites that display full width becuase on a larger monitor it makes for tougher reading. Columns are easier to read than going across a page (thinking print but I feel the same holds true).

Sorry about that, I totally misunderstood your first post regarding the links. I thought it was something which you were having a tough time with. Reading it now I realize it's was just a note so people would understand that they are not yet active, lol. My bad.

Tell me, did I nail the problem, hahaha. I must have spent 5-10 minutes troubleshooting it. Oh, well.

[kevinmcqueen]

Ta for your responce :)

[kevinmcqueen]

Made a few little changes to

http://www.epvideo.co.uk/NewEPV/stylea.htm

No links yet work - filled in some meta tags etc...

But when i go to validate HTML, still get some errors - <p> tags not allowed inside <span> tags...It all seems to work well though...

and one or 2 other things, can't remember exaclty....not sure what they mean.

Anyway, whats your thoughts on the most recent version of the page that is done?

[Green-Beast]

I checked it and that's the only error, just recurring.

I'm pretty sure you have four options (I did not look at the source code this time, though).

1) Classify <p> in your CSS, and you may be able to do away with the <span>.

2) Remove the <p>, and then further identify the <span> in your CSS.

3) Remove <p> and use <br /><br />

4) Classify a <div> in your CSS and with loose positioning and control the content that way. (You may need to employ #3 with this option.)

I have no idea what would be best but your page is wicked close to making it.