Critique please

http://www.nrkn.com/

"Nik Coughin" <nrkn!no-spam!@woosh.co.nz> wrote:

http://www.nrkn.com/

Visually arresting, different, intriguing. Bg image a bit large, but
after waiting 10s for it to download I thought "where's the content?".

I have absolutely no idea what this site is about, or for. The site's
design instills an expectation of "artistic" content, the "common" photo
sets however don't match with that expectation, they clash with the site
design.

Photo Sets /.htaccess
Warning: opendir(./images/.htaccess): failed to open dir: Not a
directory in /home/nrkn/public_html/gallery.php on line 31

What's the link to .htaccess doing there?

Needless vertical scrollbar in Moz and Opera.

nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn

That's really silly, just use an image.

When the content on the Photo Sets page flows beyond the height of the
bg image the site design disappears leaving a bland white bg.
The Photo Sets thumbs should flow in the available space imo.

--
Spartanicus

Spartanicus wrote:

Visually arresting, different, intriguing. Bg image a bit large, but
after waiting 10s for it to download I thought "where's the content?".
As of yet practically non-existent, but plenty to come. Reluctant to up the

jpeg compression on the bg, though I know that it's too big.

I have absolutely no idea what this site is about, or for. The site's
design instills an expectation of "artistic" content, the "common"
photo sets however don't match with that expectation, they clash with
the site design.
I should probably rectify that with some kind of about page or blurb on the

front page. Content is still very much in progress, there is more to add
but requires more php to be written, hence more time.

Photo Sets /.htaccess
Warning: opendir(./images/.htaccess): failed to open dir: Not a
directory in /home/nrkn/public_html/gallery.php on line 31

What's the link to .htaccess doing there?
Sloppy php. Fixed.

Needless vertical scrollbar in Moz and Opera.
Will have a look.

nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn nrkn

That's really silly, just use an image.
I thought that it was a bit of fun doing it that way, as it resizes with

text settings. Unfortunately you're right though, it is silly.

When the content on the Photo Sets page flows beyond the height of the
bg image the site design disappears leaving a bland white bg.
By design -- not sure what else could be done. Bg does not tile nicely, nor

was it intended to, which is the reason that I made the photo fade to white
on right hand side and bottom.

The Photo Sets thumbs should flow in the available space imo.
How do you mean?

Thanks a lot for your time and suggestions.

Spartanicus wrote:

The Photo Sets thumbs should flow in the available space imo.
I thought it did until I looked at it in Opera.