Critique?

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web page? Only the
feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

What you like/dislike or what can be added? It's just the homepage at the
moment.

Thanks,

Richard

In message <ctthqj$gjp$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com>, Mike Terry
<miketerry73 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> writes

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web page? Only the
feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

What you like/dislike or what can be added? It's just the homepage at the
moment.

Thanks,

Richard

Just a few thoughts:

(a) Using fixed font sizes (e.g. 12px) means that Internet Explorer
users who need to can't easily enlarge the text. If the user tries to
use the accessibility options to override the fixed font sizes, the
fixed line height gives a problem:

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/RM01X.JPG (67k)

Use relative font and line heights (i.e. "%") ... with the body text at
100% (that's 100% of the user's preferred size).

(2) Check in as many browsers as possible

e.g. In Opera as I have it set up:

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/RM02X.JPG (60k)

(3) Don't forget about supplying suitable alternative text with the
<img> tags:

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/RM03X.JPG (59k)

Like I say, just a few thoughts.

Oh yes ....... nice design and colour scheme, BTW ;-)

(Even if it is non-fluid)

regards.

--
Jake

Thanks for the suggestion, but being a one-man team I'm not too keen clients
outside the local area.

Rich

"saz" <saz1958 (AT) nospammersexcite (DOT) com> wrote

In article <ctthqj$gjp$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com>, miketerry73
@btinternet.com says...
Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web page? Only
the
feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

What you like/dislike or what can be added? It's just the homepage at
the
moment.

Thanks,

Richard



"...providing websites to local businesses since 1998"

I would remove the word "local". Don't limit yourself to a specific
geographical area. Our business does not rely on a specific geographic
area.

Any more?

Rich

"Mike Terry" <miketerry73 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web page? Only
the
feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

What you like/dislike or what can be added? It's just the homepage at the
moment.

Thanks,

Richard

Mike Terry wrote:

Any more?

Rich

Didn't realise you had posted here as well, but I have left my comments
on alt.html where I first saw your request for critique.

Ed

Mike Terry wrote:

Any more?

Rich

"Mike Terry" <miketerry73 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ctthqj$gjp$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com...

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web page? Only

the

feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

What you like/dislike or what can be added? It's just the homepage at the
moment.

Thanks,

Richard





It still happening. Your page renders OK in IE, but in Firefox (v 1.0)

I do not see the red background colour.

If I take your source code and delete the documentation declaration,
then I do see the background colour OK. So there is something going on
there that Firefox does not process as you would like. Can't say I
understand anything about this, so I will have to leave it to you to sort.

HTH,
Ed

Ed wrote:

Mike Terry top-posted:

Any more?

Rich

"Mike Terry" <miketerry73 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ctthqj$gjp$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com...

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web
page? Only the feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

It still happening. Your page renders OK in IE, but in Firefox (v
1.0) I do not see the red background colour.

If I take your source code and delete the documentation
declaration, then I do see the background colour OK. So there is
something going on there that Firefox does not process as you would
like. Can't say I understand anything about this, so I will have
to leave it to you to sort.

Perhaps if the OP fixed the errors first, it would work in Firefox.
Note that several are complaining about unclosed <div>'s.

<http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html>

It is probably because of the missing # on the color code.
<body bgcolor="CC0000">
Should be: <body bgcolor="#CC0000">

Add: body { background: #cc0000; color: #000 } to your style sheet,
and do it correctly.

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But the background has been an image and has been for a couple of days?

<body background="background.jpg">

Oh I forgot, I moved the URL: http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/

Sorry for wasting your time, but thanks for your efforts!

Richard

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous (AT) example (DOT) invalid> wrote

Ed wrote:

Mike Terry top-posted:

Any more?

Rich

"Mike Terry" <miketerry73 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:ctthqj$gjp$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com...

Hi all,

Is there any chance you could give me a critique of this web
page? Only the feel and layout, not bothered about the coding yet.

http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/index6.html

It still happening. Your page renders OK in IE, but in Firefox (v
1.0) I do not see the red background colour.

If I take your source code and delete the documentation
declaration, then I do see the background colour OK. So there is
something going on there that Firefox does not process as you would
like. Can't say I understand anything about this, so I will have
to leave it to you to sort.

Perhaps if the OP fixed the errors first, it would work in Firefox.
Note that several are complaining about unclosed <div>'s.


http://validator.w3.org/check?verbos...ysylent.co.uk/

richmedia/index6.html>

It is probably because of the missing # on the color code.
body bgcolor="CC0000"
Should be: <body bgcolor="#CC0000"

Add: body { background: #cc0000; color: #000 } to your style sheet,
and do it correctly.

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Mike Terry continues to top-post:

But the background has been an image and has been for a couple of
days?

body background="background.jpg"

So, why not just use the CSS on the body, and save the image rendering
work? If all you want is red...

Oh I forgot, I moved the URL:
http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/

Oh. Nice of you to tell us...

Sorry for wasting your time, but thanks for your efforts!

You still haven't fixed the errors in the page.
<http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/>

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Mike Terry wrote:

But the background has been an image and has been for a couple of days?

body background="background.jpg"

Oh I forgot, I moved the URL: http://www.nowaysylent.co.uk/richmedia/

Thanks a bunch for now telling me the page had moved!!! Just been
wasting my time here trying to help u out.