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Sheldon

11-24-2005, 07:58 PM

I have justfinished my new design four versions after deciding o change it.

Please have a look and give pro's and/or con's, or things you just plain (dont or do) like.

Thanks

http://www.slweb.co.nz

buntine

11-24-2005, 08:37 PM

Whats going on with your markup? You don't even have a <html> element...

Some spelling/grammar errors:

Internet, you must have it to be browsing the web as you are. Although, Do are you fustraited with Dail-up speeds, blocking the phone lines, missing out on work/productivity because your sitting here waiting for the page to load?

Internet, Its a must nowdays, but do you have more than one computer?

Capital "I". Why?

I like the simplicity. It is a nice site overall.

Regards.

JDM71488

11-25-2005, 12:15 AM

o0o. i like the look of it. i would check the padding-top around your content in firefox, there is none. also, i would add just a bit more to the navigation. possible an image for bullets that matches the color scheme?

Kevey

11-25-2005, 12:38 AM

I like the overall look of the site. The logo in the top right is a bit pixelated and could use a higher definition replacement. You do have some spelling issues which need to be resolved as soon as possible. I would not hire out work if their site had grammar issues.

I like the color choices and am glad to see it's done with CSS...except I am not sure why you are using the table in the header...you could do without that and convert to CSS also. Overall I think it's a nice site with potential to be a very nice site.

somecallmejosh

11-25-2005, 03:26 PM

Hey Sheldon,

Your site can benefit for a Document Type Declaration. This will tell each browser how to interpret your site. Should the browser render it in Quirks mode, standards mode, or Almost Standards Mode? It makes a difference. In what language was this document written? It's hard to tell because there are tags that are specific to HTML, whereas others are reserved for XHTML
<br> vs. <br />

You may consider putting alt attributes on your images (size attributes wouldn't hurt either).
<img src="images/logo.gif">

Folks who disable images in their browsers may miss out on something huge, if you don't put a statement indicating what the image is. What if you create an image indicating a special item for sale?

<img src="images/logo.gif" alt="insert description of picture here">

JDM71488

11-25-2005, 11:51 PM

somecallmejosh

11-26-2005, 08:27 AM

Yep,

HTML Code:
<img src="images/logo.gif" alt="insert description of picture here" />

Closing the <img> tag is not required in HTML. If you were writing in XHTML, the <img /> tag would surely be closed. Good call.

Sheldon

11-26-2005, 06:01 PM

Thank you to everyonewho looked and posted your comments

I will fix the spelling and grammar issues.

I dont no what happened to the <html> and doc type i had it there :) but is fixed, I am redoing the top image over the next few days.

Again, thanks to all.

thewebman

11-27-2005, 10:48 PM

the text in the pic at the top was a bit fuzzy, try not to compress it that much.

LJK

11-27-2005, 11:07 PM

Hi -
I also agree that it's a really nice basic layout.
[And that header needs some surgery ;-)]

I'd suggest that when you have that paragraph as a title/
section header [like "Connectivity"] that it has less margin
at the bottom - to connect it to the text it's leading into -
and less at the top - it seems to fit the prior text, instead.

Got some kind of .php ghost going on in there - each page
had a url in the content - see attched. screenshot.

Cute x-mas theme,
El

dera

11-30-2005, 03:13 AM

increase the quality of your images your login and text fields/button backrounds would look better if they where not grey.