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kamberkylie
11-15-2005, 10:16 PM
I am very new at this web designing and am soaking up any and all advice available. I would like to learn about HTML and Meta tags. Any advice on my web site?? Any advice on the best way to learn web developing? I am on a limited budget and need lots of advice. :eek: My site is at http://www.kamberkylie.com
merovingian
11-15-2005, 11:17 PM
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kamberkylie
11-15-2005, 11:33 PM
The link works for me!!??? :) :)
Kevey
11-16-2005, 12:24 AM
I think it looks pretty good for a novice...in fact for a novice it's really good! Here's some things I would recommend:


1. Add a proper doc type as the first lines in your html docs: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

2. Don't make a link to your homepage on your homepage..you're already there :)

3. You are using some CSS on your page already which is good. I would make it your long-term goal to put your CSS in an external style sheet, and get rid of your tables completely.

4. On your top nav bar, Christmas, Garden and Home all have the word "Decor", but the word is marked differently. I don't know French, so not sure which one is right...or if you meant to do that.

5. My personal pref is that the page be centered on the screen.

6. You missed an opening div where you have the text 0fdc...so it shows up on your page that way...not sure what your intention was there, but it looks like it should not be there.

7. On your toys page it says "If you have any questions about anything you see, please send an email to [EMAIL]." I would change the wording as it doesn't sound quite right. Maybe it should just say "If you have any questions about anything you see, please send us an email" and make that your linking text.

That's all I have...looks like a great start! I have family in Gilmer...I'll tell them your web address.
LJK
11-16-2005, 08:57 AM
Hi -
I think that if you incorporated the ornament pic, white wave shape and some text, etc. to create a nice header graphic/logo, it would add to the look of the page a great deal. Consider then placing the navigation below that...

The text colors are are bit much for me - try limiting yourself to 2 and include a paragraph or blurb about the site: it's purpose and what one will find there - before listing all of the items.

Good luck,
El
kathee
11-16-2005, 12:13 PM
very nice job. As a shopper I would like to see larger pictures. First responder has some good information.
KDLA
11-16-2005, 02:24 PM
Here's some info. on adding metatags/metadata to your pages: http://kdla.ky.gov/onlinepubs/onepage/0605.htm
I wrote this for public librarians, but the info. applies to any webpage.

Could you move "Welcome to KamberKylie's" up to the same line as the graphic -- maybe incorporate them together into one image?

Have you ever thought of investigating CSS styles? That would be good for those rollover effects. One or two lines in the <head> section would cover the whole page, instead of having to put all that javascripting into the <a> tag.

The shades of purple you use come from different "families": both warm and cool. Try using an online color schemer [http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html] to find shades that work together.

You really need to take a minute and validate your coding. [http://validator.w3.org/] There are some essential elements missing that can really mess up the way your pages display in various browsers.

Good Luck -
KDLA