Just wanted some opinions (and a shamless plug)

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-13 07:51pm

This is my website. I am curious.. what could I do to improve it? I plan on reorganizing and recategorizing my left frame for sure.. But does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do to make it better?

~ver

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-13 08:02pm

All looks fine for the purpose, the only minor tweak that it might need is to do something about the fact that the text can become hard to read if it lies over the image of the woman, see especially the 'about me' page.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-13 08:06pm

The_Lumberjack wrote:All looks fine for the purpose, the only minor tweak that it might need is to do something about the fact that the text can become hard to read if it lies over the image of the woman, see especially the 'about me' page.

Yes.. this I realize, and intend to see what I can do to fix this (maybe take out the picture entirely on the About Me page, as it will be the only one I'll have problems with, anyhow).

~ver

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-10-13 09:45pm

Can I get hosting too?

Website looks fine, but font needs better contrast with bg. Also, recommend using CSS for everything, and put them in seperate file so you dont' have to specify the font/background color for every page.

Also, have you tried using % values instead of hardcoded pixel

Too sleepy to think and too much HW, more day after tomorrow.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 06:40am

Pu-239 wrote:Can I get hosting too?

Uhm.. I'll PM you with that info.

Website looks fine, but font needs better contrast with bg.

Agreed. But I am *not* using white or blue.

Also, recommend using CSS for everything, and put them in seperate file so you dont' have to specify the font/background color for every page.

Ok... I have yet to figure out separate CSS files, though. That, and the About Me and Updates pages *cannot* have the backgrouns.

Also, have you tried using % values instead of hardcoded pixel

Pixel = faster loading. Besides, the thumbnails are separate images. (also created to not wreak havoc on the 56Kers out there)

Too sleepy to think and too much HW, more day after tomorrow.

GO BED!

~ver

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-10-14 06:51am

Lots of pics. just hurry up and get the WWE DIvas up

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 09:27am

2000AD wrote:Lots of pics. just hurry up and get the WWE DIvas up

I'm getting there. Uploading my PSDs now (or at least the ones I have).

Also.. would it help if I changed the base font to Verdana?

~ver

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-10-14 04:34pm

To seperate CSS, put your CSS in a file named foo.css (might not need to be named .css, and foo is a generic placeholder, rename it whatever), then insert <link rel="stylesheet" href="./foo.css" type="text/css"> on each page which you want the style to apply to, inside <head> elements.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 04:35pm

Pu-239 wrote:To seperate CSS, put your CSS in a file named foo.css (might not need to be named .css, and foo is a generic placeholder, rename it whatever), then insert <link rel="stylesheet" href="./foo.css" type="text/css"> on each page which you want the style to apply to, inside <head> elements.

And you need the ./ ? Just making sure I'm getting this right. Also, does the link tag matter as to where inside the head it goes?

~ver

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-10-14 04:36pm

No, the ./ is optional. It can go anywhere inside the head. You might want to put it after javascript though. For CSS embedded in the page, you should put  before and after your CSS, but inside the tags, so browser that don't support it will ignore it (links and such, haven't tried to see if CSS displays as text if you don't).

Also change

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

to

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

. I don't think it makes a difference in most browsers, but meh.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-14 04:37pm

Pu-239 wrote:No, the ./ is optional. It can go anywhere inside the head.

Ok cool.

~ver