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_gail
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Please take another look - 11/8/2002 14:35:13
I' ve made several changes and any further feedback and constructive criticisms would be so appreciated. Still have a couple of code issues I need to work out.
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thanks a lot, gail
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RE: Please take another look - 11/8/2002 18:28:59
_gail,
I like it, very nice. A smoooth and silky kind of site. I like white on the whole (much easier to work with too). Unlike bobby I think peppergal is right about the suble border for the logo though.
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RE: Please take another look - 11/8/2002 18:56:44
Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to play with the logo a bit, and I did take bobby' s suggestion to underline the links. However, I do not like them in the footer area and have been trying, but don' t know how, to get rid of them.
Can anyone tell me? Will an inline style do (if so, I' m not sure how to do it)? Separate css for the footer? The footer is an include page not linked to a css sheet; it seems to be controlled by the pages into which it is inserted. Those pages are all linked to the same css.
The white space is a holdover from my page layout days. I strongly believe in the use of it for the most part and that it can be effective particularly when there is not a lot of content on pages. Still, I get worried that my site looks too " ho-hum" because most net pages are so filled up, flashing and/or funky in a nice kinda way.
Still, it' s me. " Smooooooth and silky" don' tcha know?! <LOL>   [:p] [:j]
Anyway, would welcome and appreciate more comments, and a little help getting rid of the footer link underlines.
thanks all, gail
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RE: Please take another look - 11/8/2002 21:39:59
_gail,
I like it. It' s quiet, comforting, and a knowledgeably comfort to one wanting a website but not understanding how simple a structure can be built in all this complexity. I think more serene than silky.
There is a strong structure in the design that' s a quiet strength.
There is something to be said for the cost of space. Web designers don' t have to worry about the cost of the empty white space for an ad layout. Web designers have to worry about getting the ADs in all this progress to get past the white space with real copy/text.
All I can say is get rid of the word ' please' . Everything is so strong until that point you ask of your visitor.
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RE: Please take another look - 11/8/2002 23:55:25
quote:
I did take bobby' s suggestion to underline the links. However, I do not like them in the footer area and have been trying, but don' t know how, to get rid of them.
Can anyone tell me? Will an inline style do (if so, I' m not sure how to do it)? Separate css for the footer?
Hi Gail,
Yes, it is easy using CSS. Just add the following to your " design.css" style sheet:
A.footer:link {text-decoration: none; color: #666666;}
A.footer:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #666666;}
A.footer:hover {text-decoration: none; color: #9119DD; }
A.footer:active {text-decoration: none; color: #111111;}
Then refer to it in your links in the following fashion...
<a class=" footer" href=" services.htm" >design services</a> and apply the class to every link in your footer.
BTW - you need to remove the </style> which comes just before your comment:
/* end scrollbar code*/
It could mean any CSS after it will be ignored by some browsers. It is an HTML tag which is not needed anywhere in a seperate style sheet.
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RE: Please take another look - 11/10/2002 20:25:26
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ORIGINAL: Kitka
Yes, it is easy using CSS. Just add the following to your " design.css" style sheet:
A.footer:link {text-decoration: none; color: #666666;}
A.footer:visited {text-decoration: none; color: #666666;}
A.footer:hover {text-decoration: none; color: #9119DD; }
A.footer:active {text-decoration: none; color: #111111;}
Then refer to it in your links in the following fashion...
<a class=" footer" href=" services.htm" >design services</a> and apply the class to every link in your footer.
I' m still trying to grasp the concept here. Do I understand this correctly?
All text on an entire page is controlled by the css page to which it is linked, including hyperlinks in paragraph text and in include pages.
With regard to ALL hyperlinks on the page, they are controlled by these:
A:link { }
A:visited { }
A:hover { }
A:active { }
However, if I want to apply secondary links on the page such as below, I must add an inline style to the code around each hyperlink. eg. <a class=" footer" ....... </a>
A.footer:link {}
A.footer:visited {}
A.footer:hover { }
A.footer:active {}
I don' t seem to be able to apply any other link styles, other than the A' s, through FP dropdown style menu.
That' s mucho hand-coding, isn' t it, if you have many hyperlinks within paragraphs an a lot of pages?! Or am I missing something?!
gail
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RE: Please take another look - 11/11/2002 7:51:55
Hi Gail,
The code you quote looks okay on its own, but I' d like to see the whole style sheet. Would you post a link please.
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RE: Please take another look - 11/11/2002 9:34:22
Hi gail,
I get the same effect in the drop down style box of FP with your style sheet, but none of mine. I am guessing that perhaps you have more styles than the size of the box can cope with.
Other than that, I don' t see any important errors - except two of your colour values are slight incorrect: H6 has two #s in front, and your A:active colour is missing one f. However, fixing these doesn' t help them appear in the style box in FP.
I desperately need to go to bed and get some sleep (almost 1.30am here) - maybe something I' ll think of something by morning - or some else will have a suggestion.
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RE: Please take another look - 11/11/2002 9:49:26
I have never known classes of a to appear in the FP dropdown menu.
As far as I am aware you just have to write in the class statement in the HTML by hand.
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_gail
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RE: Please take another look - 11/11/2002 10:34:47
Thanks ladies for your imput on the css.
Thinking outloud...
I wonder if it would be better to add the class statements to the includes where there is a rather fixed and small number of links compared to those which will be added in body text. I could adjust the include links for paragraph text.
Does this make sense? Any of you use this route?
thanks, gail
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