Final Critique Site Please

Hi,

Please critique the site 'The Strong Family Web Site':

http://www.pnc.com.au/~plstrong/

This family history has been periodically reviewed by this group
during its rewrite. Thanks to all who have given help during this
time, I have incorporated many of the ideas and learnt a lot about
HTML. (And perhaps learnt also to absorb robust criticism!)

I am keen to have a final critique of the site as it has almost
reached a release phase. Weaknesses I am still working on include:

1. Poor navigation structure at the top of each page.
2.Table layout in the 'Image Library' section.

Plus possibly others I am not aware of :-)

Thanks,

Andrew.

On Sun, 07 May 2006 14:24:23 +0200, <sorry.no.email (AT) post_NG (DOT) com> wrote:

Please critique the site 'The Strong Family Web Site':

http://www.pnc.com.au/~plstrong/

It's clean and easy to understand, loads fast, adapts well to my browser
preferences, easy to read, works fine without any special client side
techniques. I would consider this a job well done.

Maybe (nit picking) a few minor things:
- Some pages are very long; maybe you could split them up in seperate
pages.
- With some 'level two' headings you use the anchor element to asign a
name to it, like <h2>Robert STRONG: Early Records <a name="rob"
id="rob"></a></h2>. I would think it better to use an id on the h2 element
itselft, like <h2 id="rob">Robert STRONG: Early Records</h2>. It keeps
your code shorter, though that's not why I prefer this. The id also gives
you an extra handle you could use with CSS. I don't know. Maybe I'm just
more used to using id.
- The navigation in the head at first gave me the idea I could use it to
navigate within the page with that. But I couldn't. Since some pages are
rather long, you could consider puting a page navigation at the top of the
longer pages, and a 'section' or 'chapter' navigation all the way down at
the bottom of the page, or as a floating side bar perhaps, to the right of
the main content. Something like that.

All together: I like it. Clean, simple, I get to understand what the site
is about real quick. Every page serves a need.


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On Sun, 07 May 2006 22:24:23 +1000, sorry.no.email (AT) post_NG (DOT) com wrote:

Hi,

Please critique the site 'The Strong Family Web Site':

http://www.pnc.com.au/~plstrong/

This family history has been periodically reviewed by this group
during its rewrite. Thanks to all who have given help during this
time, I have incorporated many of the ideas and learnt a lot about
HTML. (And perhaps learnt also to absorb robust criticism!)

I am keen to have a final critique of the site as it has almost
reached a release phase. Weaknesses I am still working on include:

1. Poor navigation structure at the top of each page.
2.Table layout in the 'Image Library' section.

Plus possibly others I am not aware of :-)

Thanks,

Andrew.

Nothing to object here, it's time for you to move on.

Splitting the hair: Use CSS to structure <blockquote>content</blockquote> -
You may find it helpfull in the future.

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On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:00:06 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr> wrote:

Use CSS to structure <blockquote>content</blockquote> -

Erm, just out of curiosity: What do you mean by this?

You may find it helpfull in the future.

How so?


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On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:03:33 +0200, Barbara de Zoete wrote:

On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:00:06 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr> wrote:

Use CSS to structure <blockquote>content</blockquote> -

Erm, just out of curiosity: What do you mean by this?

You may find it helpfull in the future.

How so?

It is not a big site, so it will not be i big problem if OP decides to
rearrange (reposition) text currently in between blockquotes.

But it may be helpfull (less work) if it would be defined within the CSS.

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On Sun, 07 May 2006 18:30:02 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr> wrote:

On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:00:06 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr
wrote:

Use CSS to structure <blockquote>content</blockquote> -

It is not a big site, so it will not be i big problem if OP decides to
rearrange (reposition) text currently in between blockquotes.

But it may be helpfull (less work) if it would be defined within the CSS.

I'm sorry. I still don't understand. Can you try to explain in a different
way? Maybe by example?

If I had in my page:

,------[ code snippet for the sake of the example ]

p>Today in the usnet newsgroup <abbr title="alt.html.critique"
ahc</abbr> <cite>Nije Nego</cite> said, in response to a request
for a critique:</p

blockquote
p>Nothing to object here, it's time for you to move on.</p

p>Splitting the hair: Use CSS to structure <code>&lt;blockquote
/code>content<code>&lt;/blockquote></code> - You may find it
helpfull in the future.</p
/blockquote

p>I failed to understand what he was trying to say. Even after he
explained it, I still didn't understand.</p
`------

What would you do with the blockquote?

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On Sun, 07 May 2006 18:45:06 +0200, Barbara de Zoete wrote:

On Sun, 07 May 2006 18:30:02 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr> wrote:

On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:00:06 +0200, Nije Nego <"nije"nego"@net.hr
wrote:

Use CSS to structure <blockquote>content</blockquote> -

It is not a big site, so it will not be i big problem if OP decides to
rearrange (reposition) text currently in between blockquotes.

But it may be helpfull (less work) if it would be defined within the CSS.

I'm sorry. I still don't understand. Can you try to explain in a different
way? Maybe by example?

If I had in my page:

,------[ code snippet for the sake of the example ]
| <p>Today in the usnet newsgroup <abbr title="alt.html.critique"
| ahc</abbr> <cite>Nije Nego</cite> said, in response to a request
| for a critique:</p
|
| <blockquote
| <p>Nothing to object here, it's time for you to move on.</p
|
| <p>Splitting the hair: Use CSS to structure <code>&lt;blockquote
| </code>content<code>&lt;/blockquote></code> - You may find it
| helpfull in the future.</p
| </blockquote
|
| <p>I failed to understand what he was trying to say. Even after he
| explained it, I still didn't understand.</p
`------

What would you do with the blockquote?

My bad, just discovered:

blockquote {
padding-left: .5em;
border-left: 3px solid #CCC;
}

After all, I was right, just splitting hair, unsuccessfully.

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