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User Name
02-20-2006, 05:06 PM
Hey guys, I am a 17 year old highschool student and this is my first real website. I have known html since 6th grade but this is my first time creating a website using CSS, Image Ready, and Dreamweaver. I would love to hear ANY constructive criticism from you guys and if you could give me any suggestions for what I should do on future websites I would greatly appreciate it.
http://www.pinkertonacademy.net/Clubs/FBLA/home/index.html
Always,
User Name
thewebman
02-21-2006, 07:22 AM
always validate (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkertonacademy.net%2FClubs%2FFBLA%2Fhome%2Findex.html)
Hmmm... your site really isn't "CSS," but a combination of tables, old school coding and a touch of CSS.
Work on fixing the validation errors thewebman pointed out. Once you insert the correct DOCTYPE, they'll be pretty easy to rectify.
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype/
You need to get rid of the strings of blank spaces, and instead use positioning. If you put those links in an unordered list <ul>, that will help.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/taminglists/
KDLA
User Name
02-21-2006, 07:48 AM
Yes I noticed the validation errors I will be working on those but could anyone give me some advice on the structure of the website or how I could improve on organisation, the methods of communication, or on making it viewable for as many platforms as possible (and possibly in different languages?)?
User Name
02-24-2006, 10:13 AM
bump... any suggestions?
Kevey
02-24-2006, 10:22 AM
Fixing all of the errors that the validator finds would be a great step towards making it viewable on as many platforms as possible. I would add a valid doctype to your pages and eventually try and ditch the tables in favor of an external css/html setup...but that can come later.
Having said all that, from a visual standpoint I think it looks professional. I like the colors and the rollover effects for the links. It is very easy to navigate as well. Nice work.
ProWeb
02-24-2006, 10:30 AM
Visually impressive, Mrs. Scheffer, not the site. joking, site looks great fro a 1st time job.
Flash header: text is gone before i had chance to read it....
User Name
02-26-2006, 07:41 PM
Kevey I have no idea how to go from the tables I am using to an external css/html setup, do you have a specific link where I could learn this or is it something that will take me a while to get?
Proweb I would have to agree with you about the visual impressiveness... of Mrs. Scheffer. haha :)
pcthug
02-26-2006, 08:02 PM
Here are some good places to start learning css:
www.w3schools.com/css/
www.htmldog.com/