Originally Posted by mtrawls

Okay, so I went back to the site and I'll complain a little more if you'll allow me ... :p



I really dislike seeing this message. It's like you're telling people with "outdated" browsers that they aren't good enough to be viewing your page. As a web designer, it's your responsibility (IMHO) to design the page to be compatible with most common versions of major browsers (Netscape 1.0 may not be necessary). And what do you consider major? Mozilla? Firefox? Lynx? What about people using cell phones or other portable devices?

Also, when I advised you to have pages for each of your main menu items, I didn't mean "placeholders". Take, for instance, the resource page. So I click on the link to go there, but the page doesn't tell me anything new, -- how about you provide text links and maybe give an explanation of what the viewer will find on those pages you link to. People might not be able to view images, or maybe they have a slow connection and disable images. You still want them to view your site.

Also, you don't have any "alt" text for your images. The html just says alt="". As a school webpage I think usabilty and especially accessibilty should be main concerns. I don't know if your school has handicapped students that can't explore the web like you can, but it would probably be good to design it to be accessible regardless.

Also, I can't find any pattern to your side bar links. And most pages seem to highlight some sort of picture that distract attention. As someone potentially interested in your highschool, I couldn't care less about the picture when I'm looking for specific information, -- but a picture gallery would definately be a great idea for when I get interested.

Again, I don't mean to be critical ... it's just good to get a balanced view. If everyone else loves it, I take it as my job to do the opposite :)