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KCIWebMaster
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I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/24/2002 17:03:45
Actually I KNOW I' m not really ready, but I' d like a little feedback on this site I' m doing just for fun and practice. (This is being hosted by my ISP and that' s why I' m using their form for submitting recipes. I don' t believe they support FPSEs or ASP or databases.)
http://home.att.net/~marissa.travis/
This is my salsa site and doesn' t have much in the way of actual content yet. I' ve wasted a lot of time on the graphics, which I' m not very good at.
I would like some general opinions and feedback on the overall appearance and any other tips you' d like to pass along.
Don' t worry, I can take the heat! 
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Gil
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/24/2002 18:34:35
Nice start.
The links not changing color when the mouse is over is confusing to most people - they have come to expect it.
You need ' alt' attributes for all your images.
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Eli
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/24/2002 19:29:37
Hey - what a great topic for a web site! Love the idea!
You' re doing a great job - I' d love to see it when its complete.
I think that you have already confessed that the graphics have taken more time that they probably should have, to the neglect of content.
I noticed that the links on:
http://home.att.net/~marissa.travis/Nutrition.htm
aren' t active.
I would also take the mailto: email address off your pages and substitute it for a contact form. the Spam bots are sure to get you if you leave it like that. It' s only a matter of time.
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KCIWebMaster
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/25/2002 8:07:45
Thanks for the feedback. I have already made a note about the contact form vs. e-mail link. I' ll get to working on my content next as well as " alt" attributes text. I' m not completely satisfied with my links and rollover either so I' ll decide what to do about those.
Thanks Gil and Micah.
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Gil
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/25/2002 9:57:56
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Helene:
Might I suggest that on the ' Links' page you have your off-site links open into a new browser window? That way your site stays open in the background.
Now you' ve hit one of my " pet peeves" [:p] - I' m perfectly capable of opening a link in a new window when I want, I don' t need someone making that decision for me!
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Helene
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/25/2002 10:19:34
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I' m perfectly capable of opening a link in a new window when I want, I don' t need someone making that decision for me!
Good point Gil, and I agree completely. But most folks, in fact, ALL folks I know who are average users do not know how to do this, or would not be so inclined to do so. Really, truly.
I make an effort to sit with ' regular users' whenever I get the chance, with the specific purpose of watching how they use the web. I sit back and watch them surf and see how they move through search engines, sites, pages. I watch their brains at work (or not) and try not to make any comments so as not to intimidate. I have found the average user who doesn' t use the internet at work will not click their links open into a new window.
Great to hear how we all have such varied responses to things eh? I really appreciate all your insightful comments.
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KCIWebMaster
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RE: I' m not sure I' m ready but..... - 10/25/2002 10:58:08
Helene,
Thanks for your opinions on the mouseovers. I was playing around with this and as I said in an earlier post, am not quite satisfied with the effect. Maybe I' ll go back to the standard hyperlinks.
I don' t remember why I moved the navigation to the bottom on the recipe page. I' ll take a look at that too.
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By the way, it looks like I' m going to get some recipe contributions from at least one of the sites I list in the links (or " buy it" page, I don' t remember which). I e-mailed them all to tell them I' d like to link to their site and one of them said they' d send me their favorite recipes! [:p]
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
--Albert Einsten
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