:: Website critque ::

red_dragon2983 wrote:

Well, my monitor is an LCD, 1024x768 native resolution, with cleartype
on... plus I believe it's more like 16_pt_, rather than _px_. Just my
2cents.

px (pixel) it is, though. pt (point) is a 1/72 inch, not something a

computer can relate to. They have no way to know how large a pixel is, or
which axis to apply the pixel size (pixels are often rectangular).
Mozilla used to have a way to get feed back about monitor dimensions
from the user. The user would adjust a scale until it actually measured 3
inches (or 7 cm). The results were always interesting.

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Jim Moe pondered on 5/22/2006 12:48 AM:

red_dragon2983 wrote:
Well, my monitor is an LCD, 1024x768 native resolution, with cleartype
on... plus I believe it's more like 16_pt_, rather than _px_. Just my
2cents.

px (pixel) it is, though. pt (point) is a 1/72 inch, not something a
computer can relate to. They have no way to know how large a pixel is, or
which axis to apply the pixel size (pixels are often rectangular).
Mozilla used to have a way to get feed back about monitor dimensions
from the user. The user would adjust a scale until it actually measured 3
inches (or 7 cm). The results were always interesting.

I'm pretty sure that it was.

I've been thinking... maybe it could be the font I'm using that is
looking big. I opened one of the files in Firefox, and replaced [Arial,
Helvetica, Sans-serif;] with [Serif;], and I can see some difference.

What (global) fonts that I could possibly use in place of the fonts that
I have set? (Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif

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red_dragon2983 wrote:

What (global) fonts that I could possibly use in place of the fonts
that I have set? (Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif

I usually go with:

body, td, th {
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
....

Probably doesn't matter, but sans-serif isn't capitalized.

I like Georgia for a serif font.

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on 5/22/2006 11:48 AM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

red_dragon2983 wrote:

What (global) fonts that I could possibly use in place of the fonts
that I have set? (Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif

I usually go with:

body, td, th {
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
...

Probably doesn't matter, but sans-serif isn't capitalized.

I like Georgia for a serif font.

When I do that, I usually use shorthand:

body, td, th
{
font: 100%/1.3 "Trebuchet MS", Helvetica, Arial,
sans-serif;
}

Yeah, I'm still also trying to figure out how I should write out my CSS:
[element] {
something;
}
or...
[element] {
something; }
or...
[element]
{ something;
something; }

I'm not entirely sure which one would be clearner, or if there is a
better alternative (other than putting the whole rule on one line.)

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on 5/21/2006 2:03 PM red_dragon2983 wrote:

Well, here I am again, with a new website to get critiqued.
I think I did a better job than last time at
http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/mseymour/>, and I think I am just about
done this layout, with some things to add to it.

Here's the link:
http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/web-test-may/

Thanks

Well, I made some changes to the page, thanks to the sugesstions that

you all gave me:
* Font size: 100%
* Font: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
* and some others

I've also updated the navigation bar into a tab-like design,
as well as changing the h3 font to Garamond w/ small-caps, added a
border around as well, as well as some other little things in the CSS.
Questions and/or suggestions are welcome.

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red_dragon2983 wrote:

Here's the link:
http://hidden.dread-hollow.com/web-test-may/

Well, I made some changes to the page, thanks to the sugesstions that
you all gave me:
....
Questions and/or suggestions are welcome.

Looking better. I didn't mention it earlier, but your top graphic
intrudes upon the usuable space "above the fold" quite a bit. I'd be
looking to reduce its height, and/or position the "Some Website Title"
on top of it, with everything else moved up a bit.

Consider changing the paragraph "This is the website of Mark Seymour.
Here you can read his personal blog, take a look at projects that he is
working on, or view his vast photography portfolio." from third person
to first person. Stating "his blog", "he is working" and "his
photography", followed by other text (in the first person) that says
"site by me" and "Copyright Mark Seymore" is odd.

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on 5/22/2006 1:54 PM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Looking better. I didn't mention it earlier, but your top graphic
intrudes upon the usuable space "above the fold" quite a bit. I'd be
looking to reduce its height, and/or position the "Some Website Title"
on top of it, with everything else moved up a bit.

Okay, I've fixed that, and changed the nav bar a little bit too.

Consider changing the paragraph "This is the website of Mark Seymour.
Here you can read his personal blog, take a look at projects that he is
working on, or view his vast photography portfolio." from third person
to first person. Stating "his blog", "he is working" and "his
photography", followed by other text (in the first person) that says
"site by me" and "Copyright Mark Seymore" is odd.

I see ^_^; Okay, I fixed that grammical error.
and BTW, it's "Seymour", not Seymore. Don't worry tho, a lot of people
get that wrong. Sometimes it's my name.
Thanks

Anything else I should know about?

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red_dragon2983 wrote:

on 5/22/2006 1:54 PM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
Looking better. I didn't mention it earlier, but your top graphic
intrudes upon the usuable space "above the fold" quite a bit. I'd be
looking to reduce its height, and/or position the "Some Website Title"
on top of it, with everything else moved up a bit.

Okay, I've fixed that, and changed the nav bar a little bit too.

Yes, that looks very nice now.

Consider changing the paragraph ...
"site by me" and "Copyright Mark Seymore" is odd.

I see ^_^; Okay, I fixed that grammical error.
and BTW, it's "Seymour", not Seymore. Don't worry tho, a lot of people
get that wrong. Sometimes it's my name.

Heh, ya never know whether or not to copy&paste. I went to school with a
'Seymore'.

Thanks

Anything else I should know about?

Re the bground.gif, I copied it, resaved it as a .jpg and reduced its
size from 79KB to 11KB.

Nothing else I can think of at the moment. It's lookin' pretty good. I'm
a programmer by trade, not a 'designer' so maybe someone else could
comment on adding a bit more color.

Find a few dozen more animated gifs for Cathy? <lol>

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on 5/22/2006 3:09 PM Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

Find a few dozen more animated gifs for Cathy? <lol

Yeah, Cathy is acutally my cousin, and I needed a link to put there
other than one to my home site, and she was the only person on my MSN
list that wasn't set to "away".


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red_dragon2983 wrote:

Anything else I should know about?

In the main paragraph ("Street Hockey...") you are getting a spurious

character inserted at the end of most sentences: a capital A circumflex.
No background color spec'd for <body>.
Otherwise, looks good!

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