Critiqe my site please

#1

Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups, so bear with me. I would appreciate it if
someone could critique my site. It isn't done yet, and there are a lot of
things that need to be fixed up, but just the overall look of it etc.
TIA
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

#2

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:21:46 GMT, Virginia <missjoker97 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups,

Should have read some before starting out or posting.

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http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

For starters:
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vgwebdesigns.com%2F>
14 errors in something so small, must be a record.

Then:
- whithout images I don't get to see the menu;
- tables for layout <http://www.google.com/search?q=tableless%20design>;
- for some reason I find it hard to read your text, probably because of size in
combination with limited contrast;
- I suppose the gray box is somewhere near the center of your screen, but with
my preferred size for the viewport, that same box goes off screen both left and
bottom <http://www.google.com/search?q=liquid%20design>;
- You seem to rely heavily on javascript for some functions in your pages. Just
remember that some of your most important visitors (search engines among others)
do not have javascript enabled or do not have javascript - period.

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#3

"Barbara de Zoete" <b_de_zoete (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:21:46 GMT, Virginia <missjoker97 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
wrote:

Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups,

Should have read some before starting out or posting.

http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

For starters:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...designs.com%2F
14 errors in something so small, must be a record.

Then:
- whithout images I don't get to see the menu;
- tables for layout <http://www.google.com/search?q=tableless%20design>;
- for some reason I find it hard to read your text, probably because of
size in
combination with limited contrast;
- I suppose the gray box is somewhere near the center of your screen, but
with
my preferred size for the viewport, that same box goes off screen both
left and
bottom <http://www.google.com/search?q=liquid%20design>;
- You seem to rely heavily on javascript for some functions in your pages.
Just
remember that some of your most important visitors (search engines among
others)
do not have javascript enabled or do not have javascript - period.

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Like I said, the over all look of it, and I know I need to finish alot of
thing up including alt tags. I have the squares going to the end of page on
the left. I didn't want the box centered, but thanks anyways

#4

Virginia wrote:
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Like I said, the over all look of it, and I know I need to finish alot of
thing up including alt tags. I have the squares going to the end of page on
the left. I didn't want the box centered, but thanks anyways

I do not want (or need) my scroll bars changed in any way (only shows in
IE).

You have a linked style sheet - why not put this in:
<style type="text/css">
body{
scrollbar-arrow-color: #FF0000;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #727272;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #DFDFDF;
scrollbar-face-color: #3D3C39;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #727272;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #727272;
scrollbar-track-color: #3D3C39;
}

</style>
;-) makes it much easier to maintain this annoying feature.

You have also used px which blocks IE users from resizing text to a more
comfortable size (for them).

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#5

Virginia wrote:

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[snip] just the overall look of it
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

Tbh considering the line of work you're trying to promote, the site is
far too plain. Lacking any real design it unfortunately resembles a
run-of-the-mill template.

I may sound harsh when I say this but a short course in Graphic Design
before continuing would be a very valuable investment. In a highly
competitive field such as "Web Design" you must do all to keep your
skills sharp.

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#6

"Ben Measures" <saint_abroadremove (AT) removehotmail (DOT) com> wrote

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Virginia wrote:

[snip] just the overall look of it
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

Tbh considering the line of work you're trying to promote, the site is
far too plain. Lacking any real design it unfortunately resembles a
run-of-the-mill template.

I may sound harsh when I say this but a short course in Graphic Design
before continuing would be a very valuable investment. In a highly
competitive field such as "Web Design" you must do all to keep your
skills sharp.

Regards,
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Ben M.
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No Ben you didn't sound harsh. You were speaking the truth. That is
something I have just put up, and realize I have to put some of my graphic
elements into it.
It is far too plain and doesn't look like professional. I'll be
incorporating a banner with my own digital photography, etc. on the new
layout as I am revamping the whole site, as I cannot present that to any
client. About the only thing I will be keeping for now is my logo :-) It
is a temporary site and had to put something up to fill the empty space for
now, as I have a few things on the go and had to move quickly.
Thanks for your input.

Virginia :-)
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#7

Virginia wrote:

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Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups, so bear with me. I would appreciate it if
someone could critique my site. It isn't done yet, and there are a lot of
things that need to be fixed up, but just the overall look of it etc.
TIA
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

Others have covered most of it. Just a couple of notes on first

impressions.

The mouseovers don't work until after you want to click on something.
This is a dead give away that they are javascript based instead of CSS
based. Old technology. What books are you using?

Second, No source code! Oops, it's the old trick of putting a lot of
spaces so it starts below the window. Forget it. No one wants to steal
your code. Your code would have to be reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely good for
anyone to want to do that.

I like the red and grey. Don't crowd things so much together. Drop
the boxes around the links or give them more room. Get more contrast in
them, too.

#8

Virginia wrote :

Quote:

Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups, so bear with me. I would appreciate it if
someone could critique my site. It isn't done yet, and there are a lot of
things that need to be fixed up, but just the overall look of it etc.
TIA
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

Your portfolio page ( I didnt check others) is extremely annoying how
it seems to reload when I resize my browser.

Why do you attempt to disable the right-click?

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#9

This isn't coded right:
<a href="mailto:info (AT) vgwebdesigns (DOT) com?subject=VG Web Designs Site">
I'm not sure, but I think the correct way is like this:
<a
href="mailto:info (AT) vgwebdesigns (DOT) com?subject=VG%20Web%20Designs%20Site">
Tell me if I'm wrong. I usually just keep them to 1 word. But I have
heard that this only works with some mail clients, and will confuse
some mail clients and cause them not to send the message. Also, you
have a copywrite symbol in the source code. You should have the
copywrite entity:
©
When I viewed your source code, there were about 50 blank lines before
the beginning of the code on the home page. Is there some reason for
this? Is this supposed to be another attempt to hide the source code,
like disabling right-click? **Don't try to stop people from getting
your source code!** They can still do it. Disabling right click
doesn't work in Firefox. And it is a major annoyance in IE. And you
can still view the source by going to the view menu, or just by turning
javascript off. This kind of thing only encourages more users to
browse with javascript turned off, which makes your job harder.

What's wrong with changing the scrollbar colors? I think that looks
really cool. And the tableless layout thing is a bit extreme. I tried
viewing your site with Javascript turned off and it looked fine. The
layout and colors look great. I think on the link to email you, the
text of the link should just be info (AT) vgWebDesigns (DOT) com. This is a bit
more self-explanatory, and if someone is looking specifically for a way
to email you, this will jump out at them more.

#10

Disco Octopus wrote:

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Virginia wrote :
Hi All. I'm new to newsgroups, so bear with me. I would appreciate it if
someone could critique my site. It isn't done yet, and there are a lot of
things that need to be fixed up, but just the overall look of it etc.
TIA
http://www.vgwebdesigns.com

Your portfolio page ( I didnt check others) is extremely annoying how
it seems to reload when I resize my browser.

He has added a Javascript that makes certain browsers reload everytime
the window is resized. This is supposed to prevent a bug in some
browsers that makes the window flash while you are resizing. It only
happens in a few versions of NS. He has it reloading for quite a few
browsers other than NS.

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Why do you attempt to disable the right-click?

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