I published my personal site about 6 weeks ago, and although traffic has been good, I can't help but think it may be a little too 'vanilla', if you know what I mean.

I'm a big fan of Formula1 and Jacques Villeneuve, so it's basically a fansite/news-site. The address is: http://pages.infinit.net/jacquesv

I'd appreciate any feedback, suggestions or criticism as this is only the second site I've created, and I want to learn MORE!!

Thank you all in advance,
anne-marie

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Gil Harvey
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As a newbie, I have never encountered this before. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
anne-marie

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Gil Harvey
The Host Factory
Resellers are our speciality
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Thank you again,
anne-marie

[This message has been edited by anne-marie (edited 05-08-2001).]

I'm not a moderator, but I think your site is sharp. I'm not a frames fan but that's all I could find I didn't like. I like your mouse-over effect on your link buttons, and though a lot of people don't like black background, I think it suits your site. The bright colors of photos and the flags really look sharp. For a personal site, I think it's really quite nice. Good job!

Thank you,
anne-marie

You are getting worried about these frames now eh?

Well, sadly there is much to worry about. Many sites use frames, but that does not mean that they are a good thing. There are situations where frames are desirable, or even necessary, but they are few and far between. Amoung the problems they cause are:

They create a barrier for many search engines looking at your pages, though you can overcome this by putting content in the 'noframes' section

People cannot bookmark pages in your site, they can only bookmark the whole frameset.

Those search engines that do find your pages will send people to the framed page - with the frames missing - thus you lose your navigation entirely.

There is an old but good article on the subject here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html

On the rest of your site - you have a well oraganised site with loads of content and it is easy to navigate. I imagine it will be of great interest to Villeneuve fans - I live with a big Grand Prix fan, he will surely love it.

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InKK Design
LinKKs - Kilkenny's Online Magazine

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Now I get it! I didn't realize there were so many downsides to frames. So its back to the drawing board! At least I'm having fun while I'm learning!

anne-marie

As a designer I ate frames because they add a level of complexity to setting links. I always manage to screw it up! Katherine just about covered everything else! But you learned how to make them and an education is never a waste of time!

Millie

The "sun" is way overrated.

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