Web site review: computingFuture.NET

Hi I have been working on my website http://www.computingfuture.net/ ca
I have some comments please


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alansmith wrote:

Hi I have been working on my website http://www.computingfuture.net/ can
I have some comments please.

Overall appearance is good. Nice use of texture, good bright (corporate)
graphics. I especially like the raised appearance of the "Mission
Statement"!

However there are some shortcomings IMO.

You're using a fixed table layout which means that the site is less
useable for resolutions other than 800x600 and 1024x800 (and a pain to
use for 640x480). I know it's a lot of work to change this but perhaps
you should look at using CSS for postitioning for your next website.

The first page is very long. In it there are many links intersped with
text snippets. Seeing that some of the links are repeats, you might want
to look at reducing the number of links on the first page to avoid
overwhelming the reader. I personally found it quite difficult to retain
patience in reading through the text snippets. Also, despite the
headings (such as "Internet Services") being links, I think they should
be a different colour as the dull orange clashes with the background
colour making them difficult to scan through.

Now being more of a personal preference thing, I wouldn't put what
appears to be the main links menu in the center of the graphics (at the
top). It just feels odd to me to have to navigate to the center of the
screen for links. Perhaps you could try swapping the [ Home, Sitemap,
Search ] links with the [ Company Profile, Internet services, etc ]
links? (Also perhaps extend the computingFuture.NET logo further to the
right for better readability.)

However, I think perhaps the length of the first page is what
disconcerts me the most, thankfully being the the easiest to rectify.

I like the overall style though. Good effort.

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Quoth the raven named alansmith:

Hi I have been working on my website http://www.computingfuture.net/ can
I have some comments please.

Comments will be similar to the other site you asked about.

Regarding: font-family : Tahoma,Verdana,Arial;
Should be: font-family : Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

You only need to place it once in the body { }. The C of CSS means
Cascading. Verdana is too large a font.

There is no content "above the fold" for most visitors with
ordinary-sized browser windows. For those with large windows, your
fixed design leaves gobs of whitespace (but still requires a
horizontal scrollbar for visitors with 800px monitors).
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?Tableless_layouts

Don't hardcode font sizes. Use % instead, starting with 100% for body
and content. If you do this, IE users will be able to resize to
something comfortable to them.

Orange on grey is extremely hard to read.

And, as pointed out on your other site, you have many errors.
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computingfuture.net%2F>

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