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hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 6:52:39 Hi There, Dear folks please review these sites http://www.affordablestaff.com, http://www.machsol.com and http://www.hostbreak.com Many thanks in advance


Nicole Posts: 2855 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 7:01:44 Hi Umair, On first glance it looks very neat and tidy and I like the colour scheme. But..... Where is the business name? To me at least it looks as if something is seriously missing from the top of the page, how are people to know what the business name is? I'm also not a fan of justified text, and in this case the text on the right just looks too odd. That text on the right also needs some padding. Nicole _____________________________ (in reply to hostbreak)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 7:04:14 Thanks for the tips. which business name are you talking about ??? (in reply to Nicole)


Nicole Posts: 2855 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 7:18:43 There's nothing in the banner to tell me who's site i'm on, it just says "Information Technology made easy....." _____________________________ (in reply to hostbreak)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 7:22:36 Well that is because its a division of Machine Solutions Inc. (in reply to Nicole)


Tailslide Posts: 6370 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 9:24:45 It's generally very pretty. Only a couple of suggestions. As you don't have a complete DOCTYPE your site is operating in Quirks Mode which may or may not cause problems for you. I'd suggest getting the full version: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> You've used fixed font-sizing which means your text can't be enlarged in IE which is an accessibility no-no. Try switching to a relative font-sizing scheme. You're dropdown menu list doesn't allow people using a keyboard to use it properly - although you do provide an alternative way round it would be better if you could use a "Go" button instead of "onchange" in the menu. When the screen is resized down to 800x 600 in FF the curved edge next to "Current Location" comes apart from the top of the main content area. This happens when the horizontal menu wraps. The easiest way to stop this would be to ensure that the menu stays on one line at 800x600 (effectively 760px). It will still cause the gap below that size though. You should also add <label> tags to your form labels to make them more accessible. What you really need is to add someone with XHTML and CSS in their skillset to your portfolio _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to hostbreak)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 9:30:54 Thanks the Tips are really good and I am looking to update sites but can you please tell me exactly which site has what wrong. Many Thanks again (in reply to Tailslide)


womble Posts: 5721 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 9:31:19 Generally very lovely though I'd agree with the comments above, especially the justified text - that spoils an otherwise really nice page. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to Tailslide)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 9:39:49 Accessibily was not in mind while designing these sites but I believe they work good on all browsers. Any one who can check them with safari, FF and opera? (in reply to womble)


Tailslide Posts: 6370 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/1/2005 10:06:33 It's not accessibility with regards to cross-browser - it's with regards to access to the site by people using a keyboard instead of a mouse in IE for instance or people using a text reader. Accessibility really should have been in mind when designing any business site these days. Far as Firefox goes - I've mentioned the scrollbars and the gap that appears in the earlier post. _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to hostbreak)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/2/2005 6:58:19 Yes I agree that accessibility is must BUT when you think about good sales and an impression on client you need flash logos and such kind of stuff. I believe we have done some thing for accessibility not to much but something.......................... Don�t you think??? (in reply to Tailslide)


womble Posts: 5721 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/2/2005 7:16:48 Accessible sites doesn't = boring sites - you can still have images etc. (just make sure you use alt tags) and I believe there are even ways of making flash more accessible. Your www.affordablestaff.com site for example fails WCAG Priority 1 on lack of alt tags. It's relatively easy to make your site accessible to Priority 1, making it acessible to people with visual impairments. W3 Compliant Sites demonstrates how you can have compliant and accessible sites that are still visually appealing and innovative. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ ~~ Erase hate. Practice love. ~~ (in reply to hostbreak)

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RE: Please review these sites - 9/2/2005 8:04:28

Good people, in case the amount of time you can spend helping others is limited or precious to you, you may be interested in this.

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No, for a number of reasons we suspect your posts may be spam in an effort to drum up business.
(JackP Thursday 1 Sep 11:46am)

http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=3618

Then there are:
http://forums.devshed.com/t283920/s.html
http://www.webdesignforums.net/hows...ions_21122.html
http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/m-284767/tm.htm (hhhmmm... topic deleted)
http://forums.htmlcenter.com/showthread.php?t=2229

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From hostbreak - the special ingredient which will increase search result of my page

http://www.webforumz.com/help-web-page-3848.html
http://www.designerstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10705

(in reply to womble)


Nicole Posts: 2855 Joined: 9/15/2004 From: Nambucca / Kempsey, Australia Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/2/2005 17:29:13 Excellent pick-up Spitfire! I very rarely respond to site critiques when the site already looks quite good, and combined with that if it's their first post at these forums. But this time he had 46 posts already and 3 sites for critique? I guess he got me! Nicole p.s. Loved the thread on that other forum where he responded to himself, seeming ever so grateful for himself posting a helpful link. _____________________________ (in reply to spitfire)


hostbreak Posts: 45 Joined: 6/17/2005 Status: offline	RE: Please review these sites - 9/3/2005 5:18:20 oh well guys, looks like a misunderstanding here. This is not an effort to drum up business but really an effort to get feedback from experienced web designers for our sites. Reason? simply because we believe that if our sites are perfect we will catch up more business specially because even window shopper will come back or would want to stay long on the site and might eventually think to buy some service from us. All the suggestions on this forum and on others have teached us a lot. Keep 'em coming ... :) (in reply to Nicole)