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> I am trying to build a website for my mother-in-law.

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> http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/

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> http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/
> I am trying to build a website for my mother-in-law.

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> in post <news:qJAzb.3344$Qd6.176@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>
> Chuck said:
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> you've already shocked everyone with that statement in alt.html
>
> Crosspost, don't multipost
> http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost
>
> --
> brucie
> 04/December/2003 04:56:06 pm kilo

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> "Chuck" <nospam@here.com> wrote:
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> Geocities is almost guaranteed the kiss-O-death, but I'll look ...
>
> * Hideous GeoCrappy banner
> * Pseudocode popup ad
> * NONE of the images are working <- definately your fault
>
> Yup, standard Geocrappy page.
>
> Until you learn some/any HTML you probably shouldn't post sites here for
> review. You wouldn't bring plain hot dogs to a cooking club, would you?

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> Chuck wrote:
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> At least 1964bug(s)
> Non of your pictures show for us because your pointing to your local

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> file:///D:/web/kidsrkids/krklogo.gif
> You surely must hate your mother in law.
>
> Nico
>
>

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> I have been writing HTML for several years using notepad. I'm not
> saying that I am an expert by any means though, but I do know the
> basics of HTML.

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> "brucie" <brucie01@bruciesusenetshit.info> wrote in message
> news:bqmlss$24f7li$1@ID-117621.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> No matter what you do, you can please EVERYONE.

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> Top post, don't top post, bottom post, don't bottom post, split post,
> don't split post, cross post, don't cross post, multi post, don't
> multi post...

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> Sorry if I didn't please YOU

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> LOL: When the time comes for you to please brucie, you will have little (if
> any) control over even the most trivial of things like which way is up.

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>http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/
>
>I am trying to build a website for my mother-in-law.
>
>I downloaded "html-kit" and used it.
>
>I plan on cleaning up the appearance of the code, but was wondering if the
>tags and all looked ok?
>
>As of right now, none of the links work. All I have done so far is just the
>main page. Will work on it more in the morning.
>
>Right now it is on Geocities, but the finished product will not be!
>
>Anything that I should do different? Suggestions?
>
>Also, is there a way to check for browser cross-compatibility, other than
>just loading it in different browsers myself?
>
>Thanks a million...
>
>Chuck
>
>http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/
>
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>I though that this NG was here to help. You know, constructive criticism.
>That's why I posted here, but I guess that I was wrong.
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> Nice clean look to the site.
>
> Initial thoughts:
>
> (1) set the alternative text on both balloon.gif to ALT=""
> (2) set the alternative text on krklogo.gif to ALT="Kids R Kids Quality
> Learning Centers"
> (3) set the alternative text on the final image to ALT="KIDS R KIDS: 40
> YEARS OF QUALITY"
>
> Note: non-visual browser users will know that this is a link, but users
> of visual browsers won't.
>
> (4) set the alternative text on school2.jpeg to 'PHOTO: xxxxxxxxxx'
> where xxxxxxxx is a meaningful description (or you could just set it to
> ALT="")
>
> (5) drop the "/>" at the end of tags; reset them to ">"
> (6) In:
> ".....Our Kids 'R' Kids "state-of-the-art" childcare facility was
> designed specifically for children
> children ages 6 weeks up to 12 years old. ....."
>
> you have either got a duplicate 'children' or you need a punctuation
> mark after the first 'children' (comma or dash)
>
>
>
> There's probably a few others -- but that will do for now ;-)
>
> regards.
> --
> Jake

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> http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/
>
> I am trying to build a website for my mother-in-law.
>
> I downloaded "html-kit" and used it.
>
> I plan on cleaning up the appearance of the code, but was wondering if the
> tags and all looked ok?
>
> As of right now, none of the links work. All I have done so far is just the
> main page. Will work on it more in the morning.
>
> Right now it is on Geocities, but the finished product will not be!
>
> Anything that I should do different? Suggestions?
>
> Also, is there a way to check for browser cross-compatibility, other than
> just loading it in different browsers myself?
>
> Thanks a million...
>
> Chuck
>
> http://www.geocities.com/my1964bug/

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> Did'nt feel like starting your own thread then?

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> The ONLY reason it is on Geocities is because I have no other place to put
> it at the moment. I just wanted to get it on the net so I could get some
> opinions.

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> I know that GC sucks. I know they have banner ads, and I cant help that. I'm
> not going to pay for a GC site.

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>
> I'm no HTML guru, Chuck, but I've been using Earthlink for years, and you
> appear to be posting through them. For each of your email identities at
> Earthlink, you have free space at your disposal. Plain space. No

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> no nothing -- just your own work. *If* my memory serves me, each one can

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> up to 10 MB. Is this too small for your project?
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> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in message
> news:slrnbsvufg.n07.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net...
>
>
> Hey Blinky...
>
> You are right.
> I am using Earthlink and they do provide 8 accounts with 10MB each if
> I remember correctly.
>
> I have 2 of my accounts full and don't want to open and use another
> account just for this temporary project. That's why I went with GC.

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> Try www.1and1.com PHP, mysql & 500mb of space. Where you sign-up it's slow

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> site will be fast.
>
> --
> Duende

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