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Please critique this site

ntn336

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

www.4scotts.com

Thanks in advance for your comments. I know it still has a long way to go
but would like to hear what you think needs to be done so far.

Dave

The Doormouse

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

"ntn336" <ntn336@ntn336.com> wrote:

> www.4scotts.com

There are 34 HTML errors. Since this is Alt.Html.Critique, you would be
best served by a visit to:

http://validator.w3.org/

The Doormouse

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Weyoun the Dancing Borg

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

ntn336 wrote:

> www.4scotts.com
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments. I know it still has a long way to go
> but would like to hear what you think needs to be done so far.
>
> Dave
>
>

the date doesn't work on mine. Try alt.html

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Deryck

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

"ntn336" <ntn336@ntn336.com> wrote in message
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> www.4scotts.com
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments. I know it still has a long way to go
> but would like to hear what you think needs to be done so far.
>

Hi,

Check out www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html and see how it
applies to the graphics that are the links to other pages of your site.

Your Javascript is very old and needs some rework - the mouseover links dont
seem to work on Firefox BTW (so the meat was even more mysterious for me!).

You've used inline CSS which pretty much negates the benefit of CSS, put it
in a separate file (ditto the javascript when youve reworked it).

You've put your email address into a mailto:. Apart from the fact that
mailtos are unreliable for several reasons you have made your email address
accessible to spambots - expect some spam soon :(. Considering using a form
instead or obsfucate (sp?) the address in some way.

As the Doormouse has already said, none of your stuff validates, even
closely.

Googling will help you learn more about these problems and their solutions.
HTH

Deryck
PS
I did like the cat page. :)

Stephen Poley

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:17:40 -0400, "ntn336" <ntn336@ntn336.com> wrote:

>www.4scotts.com
>
>Thanks in advance for your comments. I know it still has a long way to go
>but would like to hear what you think needs to be done so far.

- I dislike marquees at the best of times, but yours has a font-size
problem;

- Missing image on right-hand side.

See screen-shot at http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/misc/shot4scotts.jpg
(Opera 7).

And when I "clicked below" nothing happened, so I couldn't look at the
rest.

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Stephen Poley

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/

Neal

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:18:56 +0100, Deryck <deryck@REMOVElonghope.co.uk>
wrote:

> You've put your email address into a mailto:. Apart from the fact that
> mailtos are unreliable for several reasons you have made your email
> address
> accessible to spambots - expect some spam soon :(. Considering using a
> form
> instead or obsfucate (sp?) the address in some way.

There's no reliable way to do this without ruining usability. Use a form
and supply an email address as well for those who prefer to use their
email client. Take local measures to eliminate spam.

kchayka

2004-09-28, 7:26 am

ntn336 wrote:

> www.4scotts.com

I realize this is a personal site, but since you came here for a
critique, I'll assume you are willing to be open-minded regarding the
responses you get.

<URL:http://accessat.c-net.us/screenshots/4scotts.png>

I presume the layout isn't supposed to look like this. ;)

Check out that marquee, baby! BTW, my browser default font size is
somewhat larger than average. If I reduce the text size enough, things
shift around, but the images on the left don't line up until I zoom text
down to 33%. Do I need to mention that it's unreadable at that size?

I'll make a guess that you hunted around for some kewl freebie scripts
and put the neatest stuff on your home page. That sort of thing is
soooooooo last century, and not nearly as kewl as you might think.

Like someone else already mentioned, the JavaScript is horribly
out-dated. If this functionality is actually necessary, then please get
a more modern script. Otherwise, drop the fluff.

Looking at your code, I see a Java applet in there, too. I didn't check
to see what it is supposed to do, but whatever it is, I can't access it.
If the applet is actually a necessary part of the content, then you need
to provide an alternative for those visitors without Java. However, I'm
betting the applet is fluff, too, so you should drop it as well.

At the top of the Ebony page, I got something unexpected:
<%@ LANGUAGE=VBScript %> <%Set asplObj=Server.CreateObject<"ASPL.Login")
asplObj.Protect Set asplObj=Nothing %>
FYI, most browsers do not support VBScript, mine certainly doesn't.
VBScript should be used server-side only, never client-side, at least
not on the WWW.

I glanced at the content of the Ebony page. You need to split that text
up into multiple paragraphs. Long, continuous passages of text are very
tedious to read on screen. White space is your friend.

I went to one of the photo gallery pages, but it came up blank. Your
URLs are invalid, so the pics were all not found. For example, on the
first UofD Marching Band gallery:
<a href=".\lg\DSC02161.jpg"><img border="0" src=".\tn\DSC02161.jpg"></a>

All those back slashes need to be forward slashes: "./tn/DSC02161.jpg"

I quit after this.

HTH

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The Doormouse

2004-09-29, 7:15 am