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womble -> RE: Website critique appreciated! (8/26/2005 15:36:28)
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Hi, and welcome to OF! [:)]
As Tailslide's already undoubtedly told you, the first thing you need is a doctype. [;)]
If accessibility is also important, you need to run your site through one of the online accessibility checkers - you've got a number of accessibility problems in there. Head on over to the accessibility forum for advice and links on accessibility.
That said, onto the site, which generally I like very much. It's nice a clear and gets straight to the point - which is selling windchimes. The big problem I have with it is that in Firefox (my default browser) for some reason the whole site is h u g e l y wide with an enormous amount of horizintal scroll. It displays fine in IE, wich okay is the major browser, but a growing number of people are now using Firefox. In Firefox there are also headings that slightly overlap text, and things generally appearing where they shouldn't. That may be something to do with the lack of doctype, or with the width issue you could have got a table width that's set at more than 100% - I'm afraid I didn't look too closely at the code.
Getting the site standards compliant should iron out a lot of the problems.
As I already said, generally I like the feel of the site. All the information needed is there and the site looks very professional. Just a couple of minor niggles. Personally I'd make the navigation more obvious. It sort of looks just like ordinary text as it is and the hover effect isn't very obvious. Also, you've got a few different font styles, serif and sans serif scattered throughout the site. It looks more professional if you choose a font style and stick with it. Personally I always feel sans serif fonts look better on business sites, but that may just be personal choice.
You've got a good start there though, and making your site standards compliant will improve it too - good luck with the redesign! [:)]
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