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Paul Watt

2006-03-29, 6:50 pm

Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and this
is css buisness is new to me!

the url is :

www.paulwatt.info

Many Thanks

Paul Watt

Jim Moe

2006-03-29, 6:50 pm

Paul Watt wrote:
> Hi Please could you critique my site. I've finally ditched tables and this
> is css buisness is new to me!
>
> www.paulwatt.info
>
Overall a great start!
General:
- Remove the period at the end of the main header ("Welcome ...").
- Remove the phrase "is able to" from the text. It reduces the dynamism of
the sentences, i.e., you are able to, not that you do. (E.g.: "provides"
instead of "is able to provide.")
- There is no need for a <br /> in the first paragraph.
- "Its impossible" should be "It's impossible."
- "Its impossible" and the following paragraph should be combined. They
say basically the same thing.

Layout:
- Use header element, <h1>, for the header, not <p><strong>. Style <h1> to
taste.
- Some margin for maincontent would make the text a bit easier to read.
- "<p> </p>" for line spacing. Ack! If you want extra spacing at the
bottom of maincontent, use padding-bottom.

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Paul Watt

2006-03-29, 6:50 pm

"Jim Moe" <jmm-list.AXSPAMGN@sohnen-moe.com> wrote in message
news:GY-dnTfivOczU7fZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Paul Watt wrote:
> Overall a great start!
> General:
> - Remove the period at the end of the main header ("Welcome ...").
> - Remove the phrase "is able to" from the text. It reduces the dynamism of
> the sentences, i.e., you are able to, not that you do. (E.g.: "provides"
> instead of "is able to provide.")
> - There is no need for a <br /> in the first paragraph.
> - "Its impossible" should be "It's impossible."
> - "Its impossible" and the following paragraph should be combined. They
> say basically the same thing.
>
> Layout:
> - Use header element, <h1>, for the header, not <p><strong>. Style <h1> to
> taste.
> - Some margin for maincontent would make the text a bit easier to read.
> - "<p> </p>" for line spacing. Ack! If you want extra spacing at the
> bottom of maincontent, use padding-bottom.
>

Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
do the trick?

cheers

Paul

Nije Nego

2006-03-29, 6:50 pm

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:17:32 +0100, Paul Watt wrote:

> "Jim Moe" <jmm-list.AXSPAMGN@sohnen-moe.com> wrote in message
> news:GY-dnTfivOczU7fZnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
> Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
> to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
> side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
> do the trick?
>
> cheers
>
> Paul

Decrease width for the value of padding.
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Jim Moe

2006-03-29, 10:42 pm

Paul Watt wrote:
>
> Thanks Jim, it looks much better now. However when I tried to apply padding
> to the maincontent div to push the text from the edge, it pushed the other
> side of the div out of line with the header graphic. would setting max-width
> do the trick?
>
Did you set "padding" or "padding-bottom"? Since all you seem to need is
extra space at the bottom, padding-bottom is what to use.

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space57

2006-03-31, 9:18 am

Paul,

I agree with the first post, the site is starting up nicely.

A few basic/design critiques:

I really like your use of the sea graphic in your header. And your choice of the lite blue as the background offsets it nicely.

You might consider continuing the graphic in your footer. It would serve to frame the content.

We used this technique on our site with a cherry blossom graphic.

http://www.traversecitywebdesign.com/home.htm

The other suggestion I have might be to use small graphics on your portfolio page to give visitors a preview glimpse of the sites. The images on our site are a little big than I would like, but this should give you an idea.

http://www.traversecitywebdesign.com/portfolio.htm

Finally, be sure to put meta tags in your header that give keywords and descriptions of your site. This will help quite a bit when you submit it to search engines.

Great start! Good Luck!

Peace,

Ray