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Could you please critique my website?

007

2004-08-21, 4:32 am

Hi there,

Could you guys please give me constructive feedback on the site I work
for? It is http://www.youwager.com

I am in charge of their online marketing, and would like to improve
things I may have overlooked. Thank you! :)

Ana.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

2004-08-21, 4:32 am

Quoth the raven 007:

> Hi there,
>
> Could you guys please give me constructive feedback on the site I
> work for? It is http://www.youwager.com

But... I don't gamble.

> I am in charge of their online marketing, and would like to improve
> things I may have overlooked. Thank you! :)

Start here. 102 errors.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=h...youwager.com%2F

It's all jammed over in the left two-thirds of my monitor.
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign

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jake

2004-08-21, 4:32 am

In message <6582e78a.0408141553.b366994@posting.google.com>, 007
<ana@youwager.com> writes
>Hi there,
>
>Could you guys please give me constructive feedback on the site I work
>for? It is http://www.youwager.com
>
>I am in charge of their online marketing, and would like to improve
>things I may have overlooked. Thank you! :)
>
>Ana.

Just looking at the first page it seems like many of the images have no
alternative text. It's important that they have alternative text so that
people (the visually-impaired, the dyslexic, etc.) using screen-readers,
etc. can understand and navigate their way around your site. It's
*especially* important where the image serves as a link (which some do).

Set the alternative text on images that contain no information (e.g.
used for spacing) to null i.e. ALT=""

regards.

--
Jake

Dave Patton

2004-08-21, 4:33 am

ana@youwager.com (007) wrote in
news:6582e78a.0408141553.b366994@posting.google.com:

> Hi there,
>
> Could you guys please give me constructive feedback on the site I work
> for? It is http://www.youwager.com
>
> I am in charge of their online marketing, and would like to improve
> things I may have overlooked. Thank you! :)

Use the trailing slash where required: http://www.youwager.com/
Fix the validation errors.
You are missing headings.
Don't use tables for layout.

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Dave Patton
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My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/

Neal

2004-08-21, 4:33 am

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:14:12 GMT, Dave Patton <spam@trap.invalid> wrote:

> Use the trailing slash where required: http://www.youwager.com/

I was recently told that, contrary to what you say here and what I
formerly believed, adding that slash is not "required". If the link were
to a subdirectory, like http://www.example.com/subdirectory/ , then the
slash IS needed to prevent the browser from looking for a document named
"subdirectory". But in the current context, the server will send a default
home page in any case.

The Doormouse

2004-08-21, 4:33 am

ana@youwager.com (007) wrote:

> http://www.youwager.com

102 HTML errors. Wow.

Would you like a critique of the visual design, too?

The Doormouse

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Edwin van der Vaart

2004-08-21, 4:33 am

The Doormouse wrote:
> ana@youwager.com (007) wrote:
>
>
>
>
> 102 HTML errors. Wow.
>
> Would you like a critique of the visual design, too?

And the grammatics too.
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Edwin van der Vaart
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