Please review: MaslinDigital.tv

[Sky Captain]

I'm the webmaster for http://www.maslindigital.tv/, and I'm ready to run it past the experts here.

It's a table driven design, with flash elements and a cool blue look.

I've made alt tags for the images, as well as doing duplicate keyword oriented links to compensate for the flash menu. My goal is for the site to come up in keyword searches for "video production rochester" and "high definition television rochester."

Keep in mind I'm using standard HTML, as I am not a CSS programmer.

Maslin Digital (http://www.maslindigital.tv/index.html) is a full service production company based in Rochester, NY. They offer complete script-to-screen services, working in collaboration with upstate New York's finest crews and producers.

[mrmazur]

Overall its a good looking site. Clean and very straightforward. The only thing that concerns me is the font you have used in your left side navigation. I would recommend using a standard font such as the Verdana you are using in your body. It will look much more professional then the font you've chosen.

Also if you're trying to optimize this site for the search engines then don't forget to use meta tags on the other pages as well as you have on the home page.

[rapid]

needs a doctype (http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html).

your keywords (http://www.submitcorner.com/Guide/Meta/keywords.shtml) need some work. shouldnt really have any more than 30 keywords or repeat them.

the title (http://www.dreamsubmit.net/site/site_title1.html) should be different for each page. 'Maslin Digital - Television Production Services in Rochester, NY' is fine for the home page but then the camera package page title should be 'Maslin Digital - Television Production Services in Rochester, NY - Camera Packages' and so on for all the pages.

layout is crying out to be converted to CSS (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0815.htm).

design looks really nice, i think i would change the #0099ff border to #008cf2 so it matches the light blue of the menu background.

might want to disable the menu link to the current page to prevent visitors accidentally clicking on it and reloading the page they were already on.

loads of interesting and relevant content, but the 'on location' page is just a gallery of 28 images which would take a long time to download on dial-up. it might be better if the page had some info saying something like "Maslin Digital has 126 years of working on locations in places such as the desert, the north pole, the learning tower of piza." also might be better if the images were thumbnails that visitors could click on to open the full size image.

[Sky Captain]

Thanks for the input. I'm cutting back the keywords, and then adding the meta tags to each page.

Specific titles for each page would be a good idea. That sometimes gets me into trouble if I modify one page when creating a new one -- got to remember to change the title!

I don't usually include doc types because I'm afraid of using the wrong one. I guess I've never understood the point, since browsers read pages fine without them.

The location page might be cumbersome, but it's the way my client likes it.

[spufi]

Originally posted by Sky Captain
I don't usually include doc types because I'm afraid of using the wrong one. I guess I've never understood the point, since browsers read pages fine without them.

Not using a Doctype puts a browser into quirks mode. This means that the browser could start to do some funky things because it would read the site as if the person had an older browser than what they really do. Is it a huge issue? No, but it's there to cover your own butt.

I think the menu in the footer area seems kind of bland.