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honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 0:07:52
this is my webpage.. http://www.theuslottery.com my problem is my (what I call my second page) the one where it says enter here to get started,, I dont know how to make a better form..
this is what I am looking for ,,
I would like for someone to enter their name and age , and address entered and sent to only me,, not for public use.. I want it to look more professional.. any ideas? Please keep in mind, this is my first website.. thank you for your help....[:p]
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 0:40:37
I think this thread is probably better under the Review/Criticism section, but anyway---
A few quick notes about design:
- Don' t center large blocks of text. If you want to center it on the screen you can put them in a single celled table that is centered. 95% width seems to look nice for me.
- Cute animated .gifs are not professional. Cuteness and professionality are eternal enemies. Any sort of graphic should add to and amplify your main content, not draw attention away from it.
- It is better to use a single background thoughout the site and give it a " unified" theme. If you have a good reason to change colors, try and have some sort of universal element that exists in all pages.
- Avoid using all capital letters and underlining large portions of text. Use bold, alternate colors, and larger font sizes to draw attention to important things. All caps is perceived negatively and underlining is usually reserved for hyperlinks on the world wide web.
- Avoid unnecessary banners. The guestbook banner is out of place in a professional site. That is more appropriate for a personal site.
- You should use separte fields for all the information (name, phone, etc.).
- While you claim the information will only be used for your own personal use, the form is not secure. You really should make a secure form. You should also create a privacy statement and some reason that they should give you this information. Also, you might want to wait until they want to participate before asking for this information.
There' s more, but I think this should be enough to think about for now. Good luck!
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 0:50:25
thanks,, I am still kinda new to this forum , and didnt think of where to put this post,,thanks for your input...
All your ideas are great, And i will do some changing,, I will have to put more work into it... thank you for your help.. your right about the guest book , but I had no other ideas at the time, and still dont.. Maybe later... thank you for your help,, if you would like to give me more information, email me if you like,,, i can use all the advise I can get.. this goes for anyone else, who might have some input for me ... thank you....... thanks alot...
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 1:10:46
No problem. It' s a learning process. I suggest you look at the tutorial on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) on this site. Click on the FAQs/Tutorials link on the top of the page. It' s simple and you' ll end up saving time by using it from the very beginning.
You' ll find many people with lots of great advice here. Just do one thing at a time and then come back and ask for suggestions every now and then.
One last suggestion-- you ask to gather information by asking for feedback on the site.
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 21:41:08
sorry reflect, i took no offense,, but I was not trying to troll and sell nothing.. As I said , this is my first website.. and I desperatly needed advise.. I am sorry you took it that way.... And it is ok , that you edited it.. your' e a moderator, its your job.. no offense taken... If I miss understood your actions, forgive me,, the troll and sell thing was kinda confuseing , the way it was said, you can take that more than one way,, have a great day... [:p]
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 21:43:59
i forgot,, thanks for the help ,,, I needed to know about the cascading thing,,,
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 21:44:28
He was trying to keep you from becoming a victim of those that will gather and sell email addresses - he did not mean you were doing the gathering.
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 21:50:03
thank you nancy,, im glad you clarified that.. lol.. I was not sure,, but still I was not offended,, I was sure that was not his intentions... I am glad you guys look out for each other, and hope one day I might be able to do the same for you guys too.. thanks for your input..
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 21:57:46
By the way, here' s a link to a series of articles, written by our own abbeyvet, on using CSS.
http://www.outfront.net/tutorials_02/adv_tech/css1.htm
Although it can be a very difficult subject to get a grasp on, she does an excellent job of explaining things.
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/23/2003 22:14:06
Hi Kristy,
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I am glad you guys look out for each other, and hope one day I might be able to do the same for you guys too
You are " able to do the same for you guys" . Keep in mind that I' m also learning from many of the questions you ask here. You' re helping to educate me through them and I thank-you for that.
Many of the posts here I initially don' t understand. (Some I never will![:p]) Over time, I' ve found that I can place many pieces together from numerous posts and the light finally goes on as to understanding something.
Without everyone' s input, that education doesn' t work.
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RE: honest opinion? - 4/24/2003 5:05:11
thank you John,,, That was so sweet of you... almost made me cry..hehe.. you made my day , and all this time I thought I was being a pain,,, Now I feel useful... lol.. thanks.
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