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| Aug 21, 2004 8:30 pm |
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re: site check (newbie, please be gentle) |
DeAnna Troupe, Video Marketing Specialist
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I'm just using plain html no dreamweaver, no frontpage or anything like that. I'm just using notepad.
> Rodricus Kirby wrote:
> First of all let me commend your efforts for stepping out there and learning something new. Web design isn't to hard, but it's a challenge. So, good job on getting your feet wet, cause that's the only way you'll get better at it.
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>The test site is a breathe of fresh air from your current site, mainly because I felt squished and I couldn't really roam around in your current site. However, that seems to be a problem with the test site, I've got to much to look at and my eye wonders around the entire site kinda aimlessly.
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>The first thing I noticed about the test site is the width of the page. Lets face it, people are lazy . . . I'm lazy, they really don't like to scroll long lengths and widths just to find content in a site. I would suggest designing more pages and taking out the long scroll. It would really help you out and give your site a little more organization to it as well.
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>The second problem you have going on are the ads. Ads are fine, but it becomes a problem when a visitor is overwhelmed with them. I know they're there to make you money, but you've got to balance the importance of the content of your site and the effectiveness of the ads. And right now, the ads are super effective and actually more eye catching than the meat of your site. The pop out and they're everywhere, and that's only going to make your visitors leave. (and potentially forget where they came from - your site.)
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>Organization is pretty important when designing a website, and I couldn't really get what your site was about. Like I said before, my eye wandered all over the place. I think if you added perhaps an index on the first page with links to your main content, that would help.
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>Other than that. You're doing well, you just need a little guidance. I'm not the web design master, and I'm still learning, but there are general things that can help you out on your road down designing lane. What are you using to design your sites with? Dreamweaver?
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>Check out this site for a few dreamweaver tutorials, they even have a section on tables that might help you out.
>http://www.iboost.com/build/software/dw/tutorial/786.htm
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>Good job, and keep working on it. Like I said, it's a challenge, but once you learn the more general rules of thumb, the challenge will become more of a hobby and easy for you.
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>Take it easy.
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>Rod.
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>> DeAnna Spencer wrote:
>> I just started with web design and I would like some feedback on my site. I'm using tables for the first time and I can't figure out how to make the information on the left and right side of my table line up with the information in the center. My test site is http://www.pnewsletter.com/test2.html
>>My objective is to move away from the frames on my current site at http://www.pnewsletter.com
>>Thank you in advance for your constructive criticism. Private Reply to DeAnna Troupe, Video Marketing Specialist (new win) |
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