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julianc105
06-29-2005, 08:08 PM
Hello, I recently created this site with an AJAX chat application and was looking for critique on the site layout. I decided to go with a "pseudo-windows" feel and have divs which can minimize and maximize. There is a messageboard which rotates several short messages every 15 seconds. A link to the webDB interface also shows a neat database interface.
Are these good colors? Too few colors?
this is the address:
http://www.cyberhostel.com
thanks
julian
comptech520
06-29-2005, 09:58 PM
Colors look very feminem, I would stay away from those colors, but thats me. Change your font from times to something that looks better than that. Chats pretty cool, I don't like the closing buttons at the tippidy top of each mini window. If the close all but one your site will look bad, the point of going to page 1 is to look at all of the content not to close it. I will YELL for this. TAKE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OFF OF YOUR SITE and use a CONTACT FORM. I have my email on my site, do you know how many emails I get A DAY for viagra? 7-10
julianc105
06-29-2005, 10:49 PM
thanks for critique, my server does not allow SMTP access so visitor input can only be accessed through php and databases, a lot of work I'm not going to get into yet. Is there a way to generate an email form without SMTP?
I thought the blue was manly, anyway I was going for a blue windows kinda look and the min/max thing was just fluff to make the boxes look more like actual windows.
Sanim
06-30-2005, 12:34 AM
Create a blank HTML page. Add this code to it.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C/DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact Me</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<!-- you can put other meta tags here if you wish -->
</head>
<body>
<p>You may contact me using the below form.</p>
<form method="post" action="process.php">
<dl>
<dt>Name:</dt>
<dd><input type="text" name="name"></dd>
<dt>Email Address:</dt>
<dd><input type="text" name="email"></dd>
<dt>Message:</dt>
<dd><textarea name="message"></textarea></dd>
<input style="display: block;" type="submit" value="Submit">
</dl>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Then, make a blank PHP page. Save it as process.php then add this code to it:
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = "YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HERE"; // the email address to send it to
$re = "Comment submitted from your web site"; // The subject of the email that will appear in your inbox
$msg = " Name: $name \n
E-mail: $email \n
Message: $message ";
mail( $to, $re, $msg );
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Message Sent!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Message Sent!</h1>
</body>
</html>
If that doesn't work, search Google (http://www.google.com/search?biw=1163&hl=en&q=PHP+contact+form&btnG=Google+Search) for PHP contact forms.
julianc105
06-30-2005, 12:41 AM
thanks
Sanim
06-30-2005, 12:43 AM
No problem!
thanks sanim aswell i needed one for my site and i havnt had the time to code one i look through that and add it. ;]
as for the site i dont think blue is a good colour, its so hard to work with unless you use it with greys and lighter greys and a neon blue to stand out if you get wat kinda colour scheme im talkin bout (kinda of like dell what they use on their computer cases)
i would change the fonts aswell.. times fonts are hard to read, use an arial font or a sans-sherif font.
i was just looking at your style sheet and you havnt defined the sites font you can't define just the fonts for the links and forget about the whole document
add this
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
and define your default color just incase
eg.
color:#414141;
i got the contact form to work :) http://fabio.ugtech.net/contact
julianc105
06-30-2005, 10:16 AM
so basically everyone thinks that the blue background is less than stellar. Today I'll make the background white and the boxes have a light grey? background. I'll keep the headers blue and edit the banner to fit with the new colors
Sanim
06-30-2005, 01:11 PM
Dark, dark blue is cool, especially on this web site (http://www.acceptancerock.com). Of course, Neubix (http://www.neubix.com) designed it, so it automatically looks good, but the colors are cool on Acceptance Rock.