Please view my site.

[denise1]

I am new a this Web Developing thing. I am still working on the site. Please veiw :eek: www.moneymagnetinc.com and provide your feedback please.

I am new... to this stuff. any suggestions with solutions welcome... lol :)

[Sanim]

Get rid of the submit buttons for navigation. Usually when people see those buttons, they think they're submitting a form.
If you have complete access to your site (the source of the page), please do not use tables for layout (http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold). The link I just gave you gives you plenty of reasons. Go to http://csszengarden.com for some CSS-based layouts.
Font choice is important. I'd ditch the Times New Roman and use something like Trebuchet MS or Georgia.
There's a little too much white space between the navigation links and the separator border. You might want to change that as well.

[denise1]

I will update to CSS as soon as I learn how to create in the format. Thanks

[denise1]

I don't want to use links to navagate any suggestions on what to use for navagation if I can not use the java buttons? Plus, the buttons work in FireFox and Netscape but, not in IE any suggestions on how to fix so the buttons will work in IE as well as the other browers? Thank you for your help!

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

why dont you want to use hyperlinks to navigate?
They exist for this very purpose!
i dont want to use my feet to walk!

[denise1]

Personal choice. lol

I might use my feet to walk but the color of my shoes are my choice.. lol

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

indeed, thats why css exists, to style your page, your hyperlinks, but buttons, submit buttons are meant to submit a form entry, not to navigate.

Again, why dont you use hyperlinks for your sites navigation?

[Ben Rogers]

"Personal choice"? No. That's not how it works. The anchor element is for navigating between files. The button and input elements are for forms. Use something because you should, not because you want to.
More descriptive titles'd be nice. The lowercase titles without any more information is rather unhelpful. "service"? Who's service? What kind? Huh?
Don't start off with tables. If you're a beginner, don't launch a site- a personal site, okay, but a business site?- until you know what you're doing. CSS will be easier than incorrect use of markup in the long run.
Your style is very, very bland, but it's usable, so I won't comment. Remove some of the oversized margins, and convert to CSS. Just junk all of the table markup. ALL of it. No tabular data? No tables.
I won't comment on your use of b and i, since you're not emphasizing anything, those should be implemented in your CSS.

[denise1]

Will change. Thank you for your input.

[JPnyc]

It wouldn't load for me.

[JPnyc]

Ok, I got it, it's just remarkably slow loading here, that's all.

[jmaresca2005]

the buttons should be links. the functionality is ok. the look and feel needs to be upgraded. i see that this site is a financial services site. financil service sites are the best of the best. you will need to upgrade the look to compete. also i do not think that this site will do well on search engines. I may be of some assistance to you in that regards.

[denise1]

Thanks! Please feel free to email me allforgod@iwon.com Thanks

[denise1]

Yes, I will be upgrading soon..with css and PHP. Just wanted to get some basic information about my small business out there. Thank you all for your input

[Jona]

Holy crap! That image that you have is HUMONGOUS! Size it down in an image-editing program to the dimensions you want. You’ll get a clearer, smaller image.

[Kurius_O]

Hey Denise,

Jona is spot on with the image size item. An image of that pixel size should not be over a meg. Also, I am running Firefox 1.0.4 and none of the navigation is working. On Sanim's comment on font, I use Trebuchet MS on the corporate site that I maintain, and I think it looks pretty sharp (www.hamiltonport.ca). I also employed CSS for layout and on the menu. The menu does a funky thing on the home page (Photo of the Week) if you view with IE. Damned incompatibilites between CSS implementations.

Good luck - the learning curve can be extremely steep.

Kurius Oranj

[denise1]

you are right.. I am sizing the image down this weekend. Thanks

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

it's HUGE

[Ben Rogers]

That was as pointless as me telling you how pointless it was.

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

i believe not

[awp12]

I hit upon Denise's page after doing a search for information on java buttons. I was somewhat disappointed with the abrasive nature of the replies that have been so politely received. I could say more .... but won't.
Buttons can be used to submit a form but their use has nothing do with forms. I didn't see the relevance of the css or any problem in using tables whenever or however I choose to do so. If it works it's good!

[Ben Rogers]

I won't be subtle. That view is wrong. This is technology, there is much fact to it, and the way the W3 suggests you code is to ensure your code is efficient, logical, full, and that the information you wish to provide is available to as wide an audience as possible. For the goals of most websites, CSS is a large step towards this ideal, and tables are a large step away.

[ray326]

Buttons can be used to submit a form but their use has nothing do with forms.They are meaningless outside a form.
I didn't see the relevance of the css or any problem in using tables whenever or however I choose to do so. If it works it's good!You could use a good dose of Zeldman's book.

[ray326]

Denise, I haven't looked at your comcast site before tonight but I'm guessing you've done a LOT of work on it. The biggest problem in the pages now is a huge amount of tag-itis and Javascript that can be eliminated almost 100% with a little meditation on structural HTML for the content.

[psx23.com]

Its simple and clean.

[KDLA]

Hey - I remember seeing this site before... It looks a lot better than the previously submitted version. Great work.

A couple of things --

You need to work on your metadata/metatags, especially on the internal pages. A title like "Services" really should include your company's name. If a search engine pulls this up, the user will only get "Services" as the page title, not giving them a clear idea of what the site is for. Keywords and a description will help, too.

You also need to validate your coding: http://validator.w3.org
I noticed that the DOCTYPE is missing, and there's a bit of archaic coding in there that might cause your pages to display incorrectly in various browsers.

The front page's text could stand a little tweaking. It's not in any sort of marketing style; instead, sounding like various mission statements. You need to include something on the page about WHY the visitor would want to use your services. What benefits do they get? In other words, get rid of the "We are" statements and substitute them for "You can" statements.

Good Luck -
KDLA