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Trandel
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New site ready for critical review - 4/21/2003 7:19:47
I have just published a new site at [link=]www.ddl.co.za [/link] and would very much appreciate any advice and guidance.
The overall structure of the site is complete but some details remain to be added.
Thanks and regards
Tony Randell
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JemperLynn
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RE: New site ready for critical review - 4/21/2003 16:35:23
At first it seems a little crowed. My eyes were not immediatly direced at something. You need to make sure that you have a focal point. I would try to spread things out a little. Give your articles more breathing room. I would also think about making an image for your title that drew the eyes when you first opened the page.
Overall, a great site. It looks good once you can get past the clutter. I would also think about changing the background to white. The pastel beige really contrasts the bright orange and green. May be a blue even.
I hope I have not been too critical.
JemperLynn
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walrus
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RE: New site ready for critical review - 4/21/2003 18:08:44
Good site but I agree that the colours don' t quite meld. A darker green might work.
Links work well except that I quite like to close or go back without having to reach for the Browser back button.
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john40004
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RE: New site ready for critical review - 4/21/2003 22:33:33
Hi Tony,
Looked at your site with both IE 6.02 and NN 7.02, resolution initially at 800 X 600 and then at 1024 X 768. Dial-up connection of 26.0 kbps.
(1) Site loaded in about 40 seconds on both browsers. For some reason with IE 6.02, there was a noticable pause in the load at about 15 seconds when the left-hand link menu loaded. It lasted for ten seconds, then the page loaded fast. I did not see that in NN, but the load time was the same. Your image properties did not look large. It could just be IE reading the menu as a block of information.
(2) You may want to look at your site with a 1024 X 768 resolution. There' s a lot of empty space on the right side. Percentages would help in the table widths.
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RE: New site ready for critical review - 4/22/2003 8:52:12
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For some reason with IE 6.02, there was a noticable pause in the load at about 15 seconds when the left-hand link menu loaded. It lasted for ten seconds, then the page loaded fast.
I am on a cable modem and had the same problem. IE6
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Trandel
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RE: New site ready for critical review - 4/22/2003 14:39:39
Hi All,
Hope I am not repeating myself - I pressed Ok just now and the screen died!! So here goes again:
Basically thanks a ton for all your comments.
o These are corporate colors but I will experiment with Colormix which I have just acquired to see if I cant get a better meld.
o The download time for me is +- 20secs for the first page with a connect of 45kbps on a 56k dial up modem. Maybe using a local server in South Africa cuts some delay down for me??
o The first page menus are probably slowish as I am using all the mighty mouse code all in the body section of the include page - none in the header section of this or any other page. This advice from another forum discussion - maintenance is easy and after the initial load the other pages seem to load without delay??
o Didnt use percentages in the tables to avoid potential distortion of images and fonts - I think I picked this up in another forum discussion as well.
Once again, I am truly grateful for your suggestions and will investigate all of them and make the necessary modifications.
I really appreciate your input as it is so hard to be objective about your latest ' baby' ......
Regards
Tony Randell
Johannesburg
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