SharkBait Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 The usual: www.tingram.caLooking to see what could be improved upon. I am really wanting to get into the design/layout/graphic side of web development and as you can see from the above its pretty simplistic. It's more of a test site than anything I suppose.I guess really all it is a blog now isnt it?The text/font doesn't really seem right, content wise I mean. (yea the header text is a bit.. boring too). What are the better fonts to use?Colouring: Perhaps a slight shade difference between blog entries? Perhaps spruce up the guestbook/comments etc? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 it's very clean, and the colours so far are good, but ulitimately at the moment it looks very plain. too much text and too much whitespace:- maybe it'd be worth looking at a few 'warmer' colours (to add to your current, rather than replace) just to bring things up a touch. i've seen orangey colours work very well with blue in the past.- i think your header needs some sort of graphic - not necessarily something too prominent, but just to make it less plain. maybe a part-opaque background image.- when i visit sites and see the domain name in the header written in relatively plain text like that, i'm always reminded of those 'domain parking' sites. maybe a non-domain title might be worth looking at. if the 'CA' is important, I'm sure you could think of a nice way to still incorporate it.- you definitely need some additional stuff in the left column, as your 4-tier nav looks a little lost there on its own and kinda draws attention to a large empty space.i think it's a good start but it definitely needs livening up a little, IMO.CheersMark Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-94496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Its a good start.I would like to see the text indented more, and/or the Navigation fixed up better.A little more styling is required - in your top Heading bar, and also in your content.Some suggestions for styling -> have a "images" and "quote" div/area in your blog entries to make the stand out more.Perhaps put "Todays" date somewhere on the top of the page - styled in appropriately.Because the page is quite long -> perhaps put a Table of Contents - or the last 5 entries. Take the title of the last 5 entries and put them below the Navigation?Just ideas. It needs something more IMO (in my opinion)-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-94603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkBait Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 Thanks for the replies.For the page beinga bit long, I will be pagnating it, just have not gotten around to doing so. I definately think the title/header should be a bit more.. something, the text title is boring and blah. It was just a filler I guess till I can think of something better. I'll look into adding an opaque image or something too.Indenting will be good too, I'll add that to the css for <p> tags.Thanks again :) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-94627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Make sure your HTML validates:http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tingram.ca%2F32 errors when I validated it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-94802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkBait Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 They seem to be all the <p> tags I though it was just <p>Something here</p> between paragraphs, isnt this correct?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-95481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I think it is because you place paragraphs (<p>) inside paragraphs. I do not think you can do that. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-95506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkBait Posted September 20, 2006 Author Share Posted September 20, 2006 Ahh I see where I did that. I have a <p> </p> on either side of my nl2br() which pulled from the database which has the <p> already inserted in it.Thanks :) Now to add the alt tags to my images, and then do the things mentioned above. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-95688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yana Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Not bad. Nice and clean look. Though I would change the left menu. The buttons look a bit unprofessional - too bulgy, too Photoshop embossed. Create a distinct 2-column layout by changing the background colour of left column.The actual blog entries, I would decrease the font size to maybe 10px, increase line height and maybe change font style to Verdana. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-99024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 have not checked it until now since my last comments, but definitely improved greatly - especially the header (logo). as yana said, your left menu could do with a bit of work, but otherwise its getting there!cheersMark Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/21229-real-simple-need-advice/#findComment-99543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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