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tim8439

 

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please critique a newbes site - 11/12/2004 15:45:40   
I have been playing with web design for a bit this is my 3rd web site first two were eCommerce sites that were long ago and far away. Now I find myself unemployed with a family to support and picking up my FrontPage and hitting the books hard.

This site is for a book author I know and he and his wife like the look of the site and have made only a few requests for changes. I know it is using frames but right now I am not sure how to use includes (any one got a good tutorial).
I am willing to have some one tell me how to do it but would much rather learn it I find I pick things up better that way.

After cruising this thread for a day or two looking at the sites people have entered and reading the critiques and responses this group has got to be some of the most open an honest people I’ve seen in a long time. The other thing that is nice is after reading the responses I have found other pieces of design that I had not even thought of trying. Talk about an old dog learning new tricks. Enough rambling.

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jaybee

 

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RE: please critique a newbes site - 11/12/2004 17:03:09   
My comments on the site.....

It's not at all bad but the instant it opened up I recognised a FrontPage standard theme. If you're going to do this as a business you'll have to stop using those and either create your own or get hold of some templates.

The sample chapter page made me jump out of my skin as it's brilliant white after all that blue. It needs to have the same feel as the rest so I'd put it within a border.

I checked out your code and it's not using frames. It's using MSFP shared borders.

Whilst you're learning new tricks take a look at HTML & CSS, the way to go for accessible web sites and meeting the US and UK Govt laws. Good link for HTML, CSS etc

www.w3schools.org

Server Side Includes.... some very good links given here

http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/fb.asp?m=234822

Finally, stay plugged into these boards. You'll get a huge amount of info from here.

Oh and unlike me, learn to spell...... I've just edited this 3 times :)

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Now where did I put that Doctype?

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tim8439

 

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RE: please critique a newbes site - 11/12/2004 17:52:40   
Thank you for the links to the information you mentioned

"It's not at all bad but the instant it opened up I recognized a FrontPage standard theme"

yes it is using the standard theme (artist) that is what they asked for when we talked about the page
Where is a good source for templates or a good tutorial on making them?


"The sample chapter page made me jump out of my skin as it's brilliant white after all that blue. It needs to have the same feel as the rest so I'd put it within a border."

I originally had the sample chapter with the same theme as all the other pages but they believed it was to dark with the background color. Thus the white with the black text what do you mean put it in a boarder?

"I checked out your code and it's not using frames. It's using MSFP shared borders"

yes I was wrong it wasn’t frames my goof wrong term.

Thanks again for the links I will be looking at them tonight



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RE: please critique a newbes site - 11/12/2004 18:08:38   
Good Source for templates

Google > templates or "Free web templates" or go look at Thomas' templates on this site - click the little HOME link right at the very top of the page above the banner.

Learn to make your own using the link to w3schools I gave you and look at the site critiques on here as well as the CSS forum etc.

Put it in a border.....



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