http://www.laker-images.co.uk

I've designed the framework of this site ... all done apart from the bigger pics, but the portfolio index pages are there already. I've kept this one small - 20 images in two portfolios of 10 ... images to be replaced as and when.

The idea is to click on one of the closely cropped square pics to reveal the image that will fit within the framework of the site (working on that at the mo).

I'm especially pleased with my frames within frames on the banners and links pages ... anyway - please let me know what you think. Be brutal as I 'm bvery appreciative of constructive critique

I did started using gifs for all the titles, then decided against it and went with the obviouly faster loading 'text' with decoration removed on the bigger words ... does Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica cover me for keeping safe on fonts? Or am I missing anyone out?

Anyway - looking forward to your comments

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cap

travel image portfolio
http://www.chris-laker.co.uk

I believe the photo on the home page is over compressed, giving it a distorted look, particularly around the words. You might try saving it as a .gif, just to see what it would do. If lessening the compression or changing format doesn't help, you could slice it and save different slices in different formats. The page is already fast, so you can afford some file size in the graphic.

I'm a little curious about the photos on the portfolio pages. They have been saved as .gifs and are losing quality....or is this on purpose?

On the Links page, the word "Links" is chopped off on the right side at 800x600 in NN.

Looks like another nice site in the making.

Sandy

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I'd go along with Sandy on the photos.

Why don't you change the colour of the links on the right as the mouse goes over to a dark grey/black - could look smart, I see you've used CSS to remove the underline, why not add a colour change as well? Won't show in NN but it won't cause any problems either.

Cheers
Andy

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As for the word being cut off on links in NN - I'm baffled, yesterday it did it on 'banners' too! the table in that frame is 700pix wide are the frames below it! Thought I'd fixed it ?!?!

gratsi
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cap

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http://www.laker-images.co.uk

had great fun with css for the hovering over links (good tip andy) ... and I plan to rotate, replace the images every now and then to keep it alive - but still keep to the 2 portfolios of 10 framework

thanks for the advice earlier, I've changed the image formats and I think it loads pretty fast over a 56k modem (well for a photo site anyway).

Only thing I realised is that I've left very little room for expansion as the links bar in the footer is a bit full already - so no new sections! (bad planning?)
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Sandy

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