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| you call this a website?!!!!!!! |
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I'm in a hurry so sorry if this has already been said about the first website link in this thread.
First thing. LOOSE THE FRAMES!!! This very good rule can apply to either web design or vision correction. (as opposed to getting contacts) Anyways, frames can work against you when making a professional looking website. It is just as much work to use a table to align everything and you make it look neater and it will be less confusing for a lot of people who lack computer skills. How?, PM me and I will give you the whole lecture about my theory on "IA". Also, I'm sure someone mentioned this. The announcements on the home page are a bit hard to read, especially if you are older and are not used to using computers to read information, considering the fact that older people are used to reading things on paper with plain backgrounds since it is expensive to make designs in the backgrounds. Using tables, for everything, replacing the frames, will make it looks more proffesional. Also, make some kind of mouse over effect, with the hyperlinks, or items in the left frame. Make sure that the mouse over effect doesn't take too long to load however. |
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thanks for everyones input.
were just trying to get people to hear about our team........ we want to show real well for a rookie team. |
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Back on topic though....2 things: 1. Change the link colors. Blue + Black = yuck. Purple + Black = yuck. Use light colors on dark backgrounds, and dark colors on light backgrounds. If the background is mixed, mess around with the colors. 2. This is just my personal opinion, but frames are low level. Tables w/ or w/o CSS coding is fine to me. Quote:
All points said are REAL suggestions. As far as advanced HTML or PHP, you must learn the basics of HTML before even doing any scripting IMHO. Other wise you'll be doing stuff you don't know, and that may lead to bad problems. |
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i dont mind people saying "it sucks" as long as they give a good reason why, and how i could fix it. i dont accept "it sucks because i dont like it." as a critsism, that is just an insult.
im working on the color sceme at the moment, and hopefully by next tuesday the entire color sceme will be different, and the frames will be gone. i just used frames at first cause they are easy to do, and i like having that little menu there, i just find it convenient. but hey, everyone is entitled to thier opinion on that one. Last edited by Tarsen : 17-10-2003 at 22:58. |
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HTML != PHP. DESIGN != PHP. Let me offer a brief example, my dad manages a team that writes code for IC layout and simulation. He knows java, c++, etc etc. But he couldn't make a table in HTML if his life depended on it. And thankfully it doesn't. He certainly has no "bad problems" because he understands programming but hasn't learned the tags that comprise HTML! Stop thinking of PHP/(server-side language of choice) as being intricately tied to HTML. It should not be that way. Presentation and logic should be seperate. I wrote some basic roster and event calendar objects for my club for school without even having finalized the site's layout. My PHP script did not contain any HTML tags until awhile later (IE: I seperated data storage/retreival from the data "objects" and seperated that from the actual presentation. They are three seperate layers that interact through set interfaces but are distinct and if necessary could be replaced by similar layers with the same interface.) |
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some suggestions...
1) insert some css - it will make your life much easier when you try to change color schemes and what have you...
you can learn all about that + HTML at www.w3schools.org 2) don't worry if your site isn't super awesome your rookie year...you've got many years ahead to worry about your site 3) if all else fails, you're more than welcome to go to my team's site (www.firstubergeeks.com) and rip off whatever you like...we offer the entire site up for download (php scripts and all if you're into that...but i think you need to get firm design concepts down first...and YES i know php != design...). if you have any more questions or what ever, feel free to pm me or im me or e-mail me... |
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I want to let ya'll know that tommy has taken many of your sugestions and changed the website(but not hte FRAMES or the forum.) Tommy ig getting some help from a good web designer and a bood multimedia person so if you would keep checking back and tell us what you think of the changes.
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what are you talking about? i did get rid of the frames, take a closer look, that is just a virticle table with some links. hopefully i will have dreamweaver and adobe photo shop for ron and justin and they can get to work.
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Yes, the page needs a lot of work. It needs more content, for one. Also, I'd look into a domain name--they're $6.95 a year from www.web.com. Even if you can't get a domain name, I'd still move your domain over to www.staghosting.com. They'll give you FTP, SSH, mySQL, PHP, and 50 email addresses. For free. With no ads. Wherever you host it--disregarding a domain name--I'd get a .tk URL. It's short, easy, free, and only has a small pop-up ad. Go to www.yourdesireddomainname.tk and if it's available, you can register it. I've had some bad experiences with myIkonboard. They screwed over our ToyDestruction.com board before we hosted out own. I'd go with either phpBB or Invisionboard myself. I'd try to make the site look a little more organized. I like the way you have posts organized on the homepage. To use the common vernaculer, however, the rest of your site sucks. See if you can spiffify your banner up some. Not a bad start, though. Good concept. I'm sure that you could make the site cool with a little photo shop, table use, and elbow grease. By the way, I'm a webmaster from a second year team. We're over at www.theforceteam.com. Feel free to head over and check out our site, or contact me if you want any help or suggestions. --Petey |
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Re: check out this rookie website!!!!
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Re: check out this rookie website!!!!
Nice website, but...try not to bring back >1 year old threads?
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Re: check out this rookie website!!!!
sorry if anyone doesn't like the old thread. I forgot to check when it was posted.
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