T Horton Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hello All I would appreciate your comments on another website I have been working on: http://www.irinika.gr Obviously not completed yet, but I would just appreciate your general opinions. Where I can improve it etc. Cheers Tom Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Don't capitalize your HTML tags! XHTML Strict would spit out an error for every single HTML tag on that page. Make them lowercase. Also, I'm not too sure I like the text on the right in the banner. If you insist on keeping it, however, it should be ειρηνική (note the accent). =P I speak Greek, obviously. Btw, it looks like a nice piece of land. How far away from Athens is Lesvos? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-710107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Cheers for your comments. Capitalizing HTML tags is a bad habit of mine. lol. I do it all the time, but I will get this updated on the website. I will have a think about the Greek text on the right. I thought that having something like that on there would make it a bit more authentic really. Thanks for your comments on the land too. Lesvos is in the north Aegean sea and is very close to Turkey. It is a lovely place. Have been going there for ages! A fair old distance from Athens! Thanks again for your comments. Tom Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-713925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 looks very clean. the gallery is quick loading and pleasing to use. I don't agree so much with the footer.. it's not at the bottom on my screen, and it's a bright blue gradient that stands out quite a bit. perhaps make is similar to the nav in style or colors, or make it darker/lighter to make it stand out less. perhaps try to push it to the bottom of the screen? lastly, the last thing I noticed is the white text in the banner, specifically last, the left side name. I don't know if you were trying to make it prominent, but first my eye sees the banner dead center.. then i see the content of Welcome -> latest news -> photo gallery (right side, not nav) then i notice the nav. Just so you get an idea of how the flow seems (to me) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I didn't even notice the footer! The footer is pretty bad. The rest of the design is okay, and the then the blue gradient just pops out and burns your retinas. Try to make it blend more. =P Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi All, I have done a few colour scheme changes. What do you think? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Looks better. Some minor cosmetic issues/considerations: -The footer text could use some top padding, just so it's not riding the edge. -Its up to you, but the empty space below the footer bothers me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I'm still not too fond of the footer, but it's certainly better. Off-topic: Obviously you're British (your last name is Horton and you said cheers), but do you speak Greek? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi Done another few more adjustments. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 btw - I am learning Greek. Should I have put "yamas!" instead of cheers?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I still think the footer doesn't flow with the color scheme. D: And you could have said "Γειά σας". Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Right, I have changed it all again. Just basic now. lol My original thoughts were that if I used the colours from the Greek flag (the white and the blue) I thought that would be OK, but obviously it hasn't worked this time. If it still doesn't look right after these changes, what would you recommend I do? Thanks for your help so far! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Right, I have changed it all again. Just basic now. lol My original thoughts were that if I used the colours from the Greek flag (the white and the blue) I thought that would be OK, but obviously it hasn't worked this time. If it still doesn't look right after these changes, what would you recommend I do? Thanks for your help so far! I think the footer looks infinitely better without that gradient. And personally, just IMO, the Greek flag looks horrid on websites. Every time. xD I think the site looks much better now. You might want to move the text from the banner to somewhere else on the page though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Right all done. I have removed the text for now. I will have a think about what I should do with it (leave it out permanently, or put it elsewhere etc). Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Right all done. I have removed the text for now. I will have a think about what I should do with it (leave it out permanently, or put it elsewhere etc). Thanks again for your help. Is the News link supposed to be functional? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Not yet. That is work in progress (my next job)... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I'd really suggest fixing all of those tags to lowercase before moving on. Other than that, it looks better. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi Tags should now all be in lowercase. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWater Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Now I'd say your next goal would be to validate XHTML 1.0 Strict. Not too many changes need to be made. It's not critical, but eventually it would be something that you should look into. Also, instead of having the greek on the banner, I had an idea. You could make a little box underneath the Photo Gallery box that displays a random Greek word. =P Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hi Just worked on your XHTML Strict suggestion and all is up and running now! Got it done quicker than I expected to be honest! I will work on that Greek word idea too. Good idea! Thanks again for all your help on this. Really appreciated. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Looks pretty decent. Once you get some more content and what not, it'll be good. Nice work. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Horton Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Thanks for your comments xtopolis. Next stage is the content. Hopefully got lots of that to come. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/135925-irinikagr/#findComment-714878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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