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Author Any comments to the Cucumberhead?
Tim

2004-01-07, 4:29 am

I am new at this and would welcome some opinions. I know I am light in the
content department but that will change with time. Any suggestions on a
layout for the links page? And there is no "about" page yet. Thank you in
advance!
http://cucumberhead.home.comcast.net


William Tasso

2004-01-07, 5:28 am

Tim wrote:
quote:

> I am new at this and would welcome some opinions. I know I am light
> in the content department but that will change with time. Any
> suggestions on a layout for the links page? And there is no "about"
> page yet. Thank you in advance!
> http://cucumberhead.home.comcast.net



All that content on the links page ... why is it contained with a
<blockquote> element?

--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com


Toby A Inkster

2004-01-07, 3:31 pm

Tim wrote:
quote:

> http://cucumberhead.home.comcast.net



Mystery Meat navigation. How am I supposed to know that clicking on a
picture of a screw will send you an e-mail? And that the crown represents
link?

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me - http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/?page=132

Daniel Ruscoe

2004-01-07, 4:33 pm

In article <btghjo$6ged7$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de>, William Tasso
says...
quote:

> Tim wrote:
>
> All that content on the links page



I like it. It's different, and I found myself reading it all the way
through.

A bit of commentary is good on a links page, especially if you're
listing your favorite sites.

It could use breaking up into smaller sections though. Perhaps a small
section for each link, with suitable commentary included there?

<h1>Links</h1>

<h2>Ebaum - Single line description</h2>

<p>Check ebaum. There is some pretty funny stuff on his site. I spent
one night rolling on the floor, tears gushing and sides aching laughing
about this. See, I know guys like that. He also has some Where's Waldo
stuff. You should give it a minute, but do try it.</p>

Repeat for each link. Alter your H1/H2 styles with CSS.

--
Daniel Ruscoe
http://www.dualstone.co.uk
Web design in Bolton, Manchester
Tim

2004-01-07, 6:34 pm

The truth is that I was anxious to get a page up and didn't really start
with a plan. I just opened up Front Page and started typing. I knew that I
would be changing it soon, so I wasn't really worried about the layout just
yet. I am now getting a better idea how I want to do it though. Thanks for
looking at it..

"William Tasso" <news27@tbdata.com> wrote in message
news:btghjo$6ged7$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de...
quote:

> Tim wrote:
>
> All that content on the links page ... why is it contained with a
> <blockquote> element?
>
> --
> William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com
>
>




Tim

2004-01-07, 6:34 pm

That is an excellent idea! I think I will do just that. To often I find
myself reading a links page not knowing what the links are for. I will take
your suggestion.
"Daniel Ruscoe" <daniel.ruscoe@dualstone.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a667202b374586a9897ae@news.btopenworld.com...
quote:

> In article <btghjo$6ged7$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de>, William Tasso
> says...
>
> I like it. It's different, and I found myself reading it all the way
> through.
>
> A bit of commentary is good on a links page, especially if you're
> listing your favorite sites.
>
> It could use breaking up into smaller sections though. Perhaps a small
> section for each link, with suitable commentary included there?
>
> <h1>Links</h1>
>
> <h2>Ebaum - Single line description</h2>
>
> <p>Check ebaum. There is some pretty funny stuff on his site. I spent
> one night rolling on the floor, tears gushing and sides aching laughing
> about this. See, I know guys like that. He also has some Where's Waldo
> stuff. You should give it a minute, but do try it.</p>
>
> Repeat for each link. Alter your H1/H2 styles with CSS.
>
> --
> Daniel Ruscoe
> http://www.dualstone.co.uk
> Web design in Bolton, Manchester




Tim

2004-01-07, 7:31 pm

> Mystery Meat navigation.
LMAO. That's a first. I agree, they don't make much sense. In my haste I
didn't take the time to find appropriate dingbats. I knew I may may change
them, and now I will think harder about that. In my defense, I did use <alt>
tags :-)


William Tasso

2004-01-08, 12:32 am

Tim wrote:
quote:

> "William Tasso" <news27@tbdata.com> wrote in message
> news:btghjo$6ged7$1@ID-139074.news.uni-berlin.de...

Please don't top-post. Look it up in your favourite search engine to find
out why.
[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> The truth is that I was anxious to get a page up and didn't really
> start with a plan. I just opened up Front Page and started typing. I
> knew that I would be changing it soon, so I wasn't really worried
> about the layout just yet.



It's not about layout - that's up to you and your visitors browser.

blockquote is for quotes:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/h...blockquote.html

There are other, more appropriate ways to define layout.
--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com


Tim

2004-01-08, 2:29 am

> Please don't top-post.
Sorry, now I feel like your garden variety idiot. Lesson learned. And thank
you for the info, I read it and will use it.



Toby A Inkster

2004-01-08, 5:30 am

Tim wrote:
quote:

> In my defense, I did use <alt> tags :-)



Which are only useful if images are turned off...

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me - http://www.goddamn.co.uk/tobyink/?page=132

rf

2004-01-08, 5:30 am


"Tim" <ftimw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:VZKdndK-CPzHEWGiRVn-gQ@comcast.com...
quote:

> LMAO. That's a first. I agree, they don't make much sense. In my haste I
> didn't take the time to find appropriate dingbats. I knew I may may change
> them, and now I will think harder about that. In my defense, I did use


<alt>
quote:

> tags :-)



What is wrong with plain text links?

BTW you *do* know where the term Mystery Meat navigation comes from? No?

http://webpagesthatsuck.com/

Not that your site sucks. Just that it is hard to figure out the naviagaion.

More specifically, anywhere inside that huge graphics I click I get a 404,
possibly because about.html is absent.

Cheers.
Richard.


Daniel Ruscoe

2004-01-08, 2:32 pm

In article <2uOdnSXMy8Cyb2GiRVn-jw@comcast.com>, Tim says...
quote:

[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> Sorry, now I feel like your garden variety idiot. Lesson learned. And thank
> you for the info, I read it and will use it.



No, you've raised yourself above a large variety of idiots by learning
this lesson.

--
Daniel Ruscoe
http://www.dualstone.co.uk
Web design in Bolton, Manchester
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