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Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 8:54:53
I have just completed development on these two sites, and just wanted to see if you all would look over for any spelling errors or broken links. Anything else is welcome as well (except "use CSS", as most know my stand on that  )
Thanks all :)
* SYSTEM DATA RESOURCE
This one is a redesign of http://www.sdry2k.com
The url I would like you check is http://www.systemdataresource.com
* BLUE INK WRITING
Just wrapped this one up this morning. I know that the form is not going to a pretty page, but I am waiting on a response from the clients host to fix that - - other then that, thoughts??
http://www.blueinkwriting.com
........ again, thanks a bunch!
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 9:01:33
Hiya Lori
Here I go:
System Data
I can't see any typos etc but I have been looking at a screen all day and my eyes are tired. Overall, very nice, clean, and readable. A hell of a lot better than the original, only thing I can poke at it the DHTNL menu at the top, when hovering over the links, the background makes the text a little difficult to read, either that or my eyes are tired
Blue Ink
No fair, can't pick at that one, I just don't like the colour scheme, but I cant do anything about that, b'cos it suits the site
I'm fairly biased though, I've been watching these develop for a while
Hows that for ya?
Dan
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 9:11:59
Dan,
Should I make the hovers a bit lighter ya think on the drop downs...
Anyone else think so?
**edit to add: Dan, you could not have been watching Blue Ink really unless you have been at the site in the last 4 days.... I just got that job on Monday nite - and am proudly already done with it :)
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 9:37:32
Ahhh, okay Dan - then you are up to speed with ZC :)
Jaybee - no, actually - the SDR is the same color scheme as before.
The blue ink were his choices (you can ask Gio as he watched the logo develop) - I had several different ideas, but he liked the blues.
With that, I find that people that have me do sites for them, most of them, love my site, and want IT. When I tell them that they can't have it, LOL, they say, well can I have the same colors - or close to them... LOL!
**edited to add: If you go to my site, and look in the current projects you will see The Imagination of Giomanach (still coding this one, don't know who the guy is that owns it tho, LOL ) and and ExposedSkincare - neither of those are pastels....
BUT ---- I do like pastels for the net.... very clean, crisp and corporate :)
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 9:47:25
Thanks alot - I appreciate your kind words...
... Yes, I know of those headings - I am going to sneak in a quick change and maybe the client will like it.
He like them this way - but maybe he will like that better...
... off to make a quick change :)
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 9:48:48
Changed.....
Gosh love CSS for formatting ----
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 10:36:31
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ORIGINAL: jaybee
Well I wanted your website too! In fact
psssst (keep it quiet) but I've got the home page printed off and pinned on my noticeboard for inspiration.
Well THAT is the nicest compliment I have recieved in my seven years of doing this.
T H A N K Y O U!
** edited to add, that I am falling out of my chair cracking up at Mr. Pinkie... it is just a quick change - think I should?
MUHAAAAHHHAAAHHAAAA
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 12:07:38
You definitely have a signature style. Very nice.
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/2/2004 16:21:29
How about that hover text?
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/3/2004 5:16:52
system data reasource - excellent!
dropdowns are need a little more contrast - either darker text or white text on darker background - not too much but just enough to lend a bit more contrast.
on the symbol logo (frontpage) there's a stray red pixel top left
re: blue ink again very nice BUT you need to tighten up your link styles - the background on hover behind
Our Writing | Who We Write For | Recommendations | Who We Are | Writing Store
looks muddy and the underline doesn't work ever so well with it
how about on hover using the pale blue thta's in thw "writing" header near the top as the background colour? and then use the same scheme for the 3 main categories as well,
OR forget the underlines and use the middle 'blue' from the center block in the logo (same as the colour of the 'ink' in blueink big logo)
don't forget your doctype
also link order should always be
link
visited
hover
active
(gorilla posted alink somwhere about 'focus' as well)
possibly some increased leading (line-height) might improve the body text try something like
line-height: 1.5
and see whether the extra space the text takes up is to your liking
also (!) you will be better of using <strong> and <em> to replace bold and italic as they are deprecated and are (usually) displayed the same. you also probably don't need to set an explicit font size for bold/strong either as it will take the size from whatever element it is applied to
also... i realise you probably wanted that particualr font for the headings but i wonder if it wouldn't just be better as css styled text with the appropriate <H> tag? then it will scale nicely and be indexed by search engines
you certainly have got a signature style and it's very nice (jealous)
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RE: Just need a second eye... - 4/4/2004 6:13:17
looks better! if you put the same padding on all the link states for text1 then it won't jump!
also you can use shorthand if you want, so for
padding-top: 1px;
padding-right: 1px;
padding-bottom: 1px;
padding-left: 1px
you can simply put
padding:1px;
also if you want as well you can wrap all those links (Our Writing | Who We Write For etc) in a div and then just apply the class to the div rather than to each link
personally i still find the hover background colour a bit dull did you try it with the same light lilac as the Writing i.e. #D8D4F0 (or there abouts as i'm not in set to millions of screen colours at the mo')
system data resource looks even better with the new dropdown colours
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Printable Version 
) outstanding job on that. only comment i would have is on blue ink on the writing page is the section titles look like links b/c they are underlined like the links below them. Mabe bold face them instead or move them up a font size. just an idea. great work lori, i wish i had your talent. 
