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Steve H

Posts: 38
From: Helsinki, Finland
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Site Critique - 10/27/2001 20:53:00

I have posted a new web site www.travel-experience.net

I'm no expert, and would welcome any constructive suggestions on what's good/bad about the site, or how I might change things ...

Be gentle with me though ... !

Thanks
Steve

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From: Montana USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/27/2001 20:50:00

VERY nice.

You should set your page background to white. Right now it's not set so it defaults to my browser's default color.

If you leave it at default, you also need to have the text and link colors set to default.

I take it you are working on the forms?

It was strange to have Online Booking switch to another site. I'd have that open into another window.

On Payment, the section that starts "you can verify" I would put below the rest as "Tip:" It's that is good info that some people don't know, but it seems out of place in the middle of that page.

Instead of setting the text so small, use a -1 or -2 so the viewer can change the text size with the browser.

It's a pleasure looking around the site.

Linda

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danielisa

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From: wichita, ks usa
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RE: Site Critique - 10/27/2001 18:14:00

Agree with Lindas comments, noticed the same things there....In addition, it seemed to me that the "Travel Experience" title should be bigger or more prominent..it kind of gets lost on the page.....Also, you might make the pics associated with the various areas hyperlink to those areas....

keep up the good work

dan

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SuperConductor

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From: Texas USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/29/2001 13:58:00

Steve,

Great site...nice organization...lots of information, but it's not harsh on the eyes.

If I were to add one thing, it would be to incorporate the 'Travel Experience' logo into the images that display in the header of each page. The first time I looked at the site, I clicked on information about 'Helsinki'...I had to go back to the Home page to remind myself what the name of the site was...or look at the copyright at the bottom of the page.

Also, I would definitely change the page-background color to 'white' (as advised above). My default background color is a light 'cream' color...so all the white background colors on the images kinda stick out like a sore thumb. - Just think if someone has 'red' as their default color.

Otherwise...excellent site.

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Gil

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From: North Carolina, USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/29/2001 16:54:00

I've got to butt in here about the "set your background color" posts:

You need to set your body tag to EITHER no attributes (as it is now) -OR- set ALL attributes. NEVER, Never set only the BG COLOR attribute!!!

Yours is fine as is with none set - if a user sets thier BG COLOR without setting the text, link. alink,and vlink that's thier mistake.

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From: Montana USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/29/2001 22:13:00

quote:
Originally posted by LB:
If you leave it at default, you also need to have the text and link colors set to default.

It wasn't giving my default colors on the links... therefore the advice.

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Steve H

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From: Helsinki, Finland
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RE: Site Critique - 10/29/2001 23:51:00

Att : Gil

I'm a touch confused now .. ! I've used a CSS to set the colours for the links - can I set background colour in there also or ... ?

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Gil

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From: North Carolina, USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/30/2001 20:21:00

quote:
Originally posted by Steve H:
Att : Gil
I'm a touch confused now .. ! I've used a CSS to set the colours for the links - can I set background colour in there also or ... ?

The rule is the same using CSS - set all or none.

With CSS use body { background-color: white }

or in-line

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Gil

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From: North Carolina, USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/30/2001 20:26:00

quote:
Originally posted by LB:
It wasn't giving my default colors on the links... therefore the advice.

Sorry Linda, I looked at the source and saw <body> - I never considered a setting for "text, link, etc." without a background-color setting in a style sheet or the full body attributes.

I always start a new page with a FULL body tag, then let any CSS over ride.

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Resellers are our speciality
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[This message has been edited by Gil (edited 10-30-2001).]

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SuperConductor

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From: Texas USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/30/2001 23:47:00

Steve,

quote:
Originally posted by Gil:
NEVER, Never set only the BG COLOR attribute!!!
Yours is fine as is with none set - if a user sets thier BG COLOR without setting the text, link. alink,and vlink that's thier mistake.

I'm definitely going to agree with Gil about the BG COLOR...if a user doesn't set their own text color when changing their background colors, then yes that's their own problem...

However, my point on this was that because the images you used have a specific background color (white), I feel that you should try to match the surrounding background to that color. By not doing this, the images look out of place, when somebody's default color is not white. By setting this attribute, you provide a consistent look and feel to all viewers of your site.

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Steve H

Posts: 38
From: Helsinki, Finland
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RE: Site Critique - 10/30/2001 14:33:00

Thanks everyone for the input. I'm going to print out the whole thread and take some of the suggestions on-board.

I already started with setting the background colour as WHITE in the CSS. Maybe SuperConductor, you might like to take a quick look to see its changed (www.travel-experience.net). Thanks!

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SuperConductor

Posts: 155
From: Texas USA
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RE: Site Critique - 10/30/2001 17:59:00

Steve,

Looks fantastic! I'm really impressed with this site.

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