Please critique page

Jim Moe wrote:

Carolyn Marenger wrote:

I have pretty much finished the layout for a page, to be used as a
template
for a site. I have not put much thought into the colours, for the moment
I have just tried to avoid the standard black on white but not get into
the primaries.

Seems fine for a template. Sound coding.
It may be worthwhile to isolate the styles for different aspects of the
layout (navigation, main body, headers, footers) into separate
stylesheets. It would make the template more flexible.
The only design weakness I really see is the darkened background for the
main content. That would be an aspect where I would increase the contrast,
not reduce it. It also draws the attention of the visitor to the content
rather than to the ancillary features.

Thanks for taking a look at it. I do plan to isolate the different aspects
into different files. My problem, I can't see external stylesheets without
uploading to the server first. It is much easier to edit, save, switch
windows, reload, and see the new version. Once I have it all worked out,
then I'll separate the css from the html and then break up the css into
smaller self contained files.

Thanks again!

Carolyn
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Ed wrote:

Carolyn Marenger wrote:
Carolyn Marenger wrote:

Good morning everyone...

I have pretty much finished the layout for a page, to be used as a
template
for a site. I have not put much thought into the colours, for the
moment I have just tried to avoid the standard black on white but not
get into the primaries.

My goal was to have each section appear in a 'raised box', with roughly
the
same spacing between each box. The menu links are meant to look like
buttons, that are depressed when the mouse is hovering over them, and
stay
depressed when they have been visited. I did keep the traditional
blue/purple/green look to the menu links, however I extended it to the
whole button, not just the link itself.

I have validated the code at W3C's site, fixed the three errors it
reported,
and then passed both html and css validator tests. I am hoping that
puts
it in the category of structurally sound. I am sure there are a few
bugs in various browsers, so far it works just fine in Konqueror 3.3.2.

I will be firing up a windows 95 box to take a peek at it from the
window's
browsers I have access to. Currently that consists of IE, Opera, and
Fire
Fox. Are there any others you might suggest I download and install for
testing purposes? I avoid the windows side of life, so I don't know if
there are any new browsers in even semi common use.

On the Mac side of things. I can get an apple out of the fridge and eat
it
while I look at the page. That won't help me very much, so I would
really appreciate your MAC browser comments!

Thanks,

Carolyn

I did it again! I forgot the link!

http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/index.shtml

Thanks,

Carolyn

Here, I'm running Windows98SE, IE6 and Firefox at screen resolution of
800x600.....

Looks OK in Firefox. But in IE I don't see the Menu or Notes sections
down the left-hand-side. Am surprised no one else has mentioned this!


Yours truly,
Ed

Thanks for letting me know. I do have an old win98 box we use for games, so
I will check it and track down the problem. Probably something simple, but
I may have to hack it.

Thanks again,

Carolyn
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Carolyn Marenger wrote and changed the Subject Line:

Please don't change the subject line unless topic changes. Thanks.

Carolyn Marenger wrote:
I have pretty much finished the layout for a page, to be used as a
template for a site. I have not put much thought into the colours,
for the moment I have just tried to avoid the standard black on
white but not get into the primaries.
I did it again! I forgot the link!

http://www.marenger.com/provinggrounds/index.shtml

Technically, it appears ok to me.
The code is well constructed, etc.
The "buttons" could use some fancying up.
I know the CSS in-file is for illustration, but why not
just use the external file?

But as you say, you haven't done anything with colours. I think I would
want to see your final colour layout before commenting further.

I will track down the IE6 problem with the left menu, update the colours and
submit it again for your humble opinion.

Thanks,

Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger

Carolyn Marenger wrote:

[...] My problem, I can't see external stylesheets without
uploading to the server first.

You do not have HTTP server locally? Not even on your development

station? A web server is trivial to install for local testing.

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Jim Moe wrote:

Carolyn Marenger wrote:

[...] My problem, I can't see external stylesheets without
uploading to the server first.

You do not have HTTP server locally? Not even on your development
station? A web server is trivial to install for local testing.

Yeah, I know. I had a full server up and running, when the IDE controller

on the system died and took out a couple of hard drives with it. It then
took out a third hard drive when I was testing to see what the problem was.
I haven't replaced the motherboard and drives yet - so that system has been
collecting quite a layer of dust and cat fur. I also haven't bothered to
configure apache on my desktop - even though it is installed. One of these
days.

Carolyn
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