please critique site

Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and this
is css buisness is new to me!

the url is :

www.paulwatt.info

Many Thanks

Paul Watt

Paul Watt wrote:

Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and this
is css buisness is new to me!

www.paulwatt.info

Overall a great start!

General:
- Remove the period at the end of the main header ("Welcome ...").
- Remove the phrase "is able to" from the text. It reduces the dynamism of
the sentences, i.e., you are able to, not that you do. (E.g.: "provides"
instead of "is able to provide.")
- There is no need for a <br /> in the first paragraph.
- "Its impossible" should be "It's impossible."
- "Its impossible" and the following paragraph should be combined. They
say basically the same thing.

Layout:
- Use header element, <h1>, for the header, not <p><strong>. Style <h1> to
taste.
- Some margin for maincontent would make the text a bit easier to read.
- "<p>&nbsp;</p>" for line spacing. Ack! If you want extra spacing at the
bottom of maincontent, use padding-bottom.

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Paul Watt wrote:
Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and
this
is css buisness is new to me!

www.paulwatt.info

Overall a great start!
General:
- Remove the period at the end of the main header ("Welcome ...").
- Remove the phrase "is able to" from the text. It reduces the dynamism of
the sentences, i.e., you are able to, not that you do. (E.g.: "provides"
instead of "is able to provide.")
- There is no need for a <br /> in the first paragraph.
- "Its impossible" should be "It's impossible."
- "Its impossible" and the following paragraph should be combined. They
say basically the same thing.

Layout:
- Use header element, <h1>, for the header, not <p><strong>. Style <h1> to
taste.
- Some margin for maincontent would make the text a bit easier to read.
- "<p>&nbsp;</p>" for line spacing. Ack! If you want extra spacing at the
bottom of maincontent, use padding-bottom.

Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
do the trick?

cheers

Paul

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:17:32 +0100, Paul Watt wrote:

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Paul Watt wrote:
Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and
this
is css buisness is new to me!

www.paulwatt.info

Overall a great start!
General:
- Remove the period at the end of the main header ("Welcome ...").
- Remove the phrase "is able to" from the text. It reduces the dynamism of
the sentences, i.e., you are able to, not that you do. (E.g.: "provides"
instead of "is able to provide.")
- There is no need for a <br /> in the first paragraph.
- "Its impossible" should be "It's impossible."
- "Its impossible" and the following paragraph should be combined. They
say basically the same thing.

Layout:
- Use header element, <h1>, for the header, not <p><strong>. Style <h1> to
taste.
- Some margin for maincontent would make the text a bit easier to read.
- "<p>&nbsp;</p>" for line spacing. Ack! If you want extra spacing at the
bottom of maincontent, use padding-bottom.


Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
do the trick?

cheers

Paul

Decrease width for the value of padding.
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Paul Watt wrote:

Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
do the trick?

Did you set "padding" or "padding-bottom"? Since all you seem to need is

extra space at the bottom, padding-bottom is what to use.

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