Website Design Forum - Request for critique

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Request for critique

2006-05-21, 11:10 pm

Hi folks

I'd appreciate some feedback on the following site:
http://tc2.atspace.com

Please note that I am only interested in "visual" issues at this time -
eg. "look & feel", functionality, accessibility, and so on. I /know/
there are some HTML validation errors - I know I'm using tables for
visual presentation - and I'm sure there are some other boo-boo's
hidden in the HTML. But I'm really only interested in visual issues for
the moment.

In particular, I'm not sure that I'm happy with what happens when you
click "Main", then click one of the other options on the "Main" page.
As per the red warning text, this moves you down to the next menu
level. I'm not sure if that's clear, or whether I could do it better. I
suspect that some users go to that next menu level, but never get back
to the previous one!

Obviously I'd like to get rid of the red warning text in due course.

Thanks in anticipation,

TC (MVP MSAccess)
http://tc2.atspace.com

Brendan Gillatt

2006-05-22, 6:53 pm

> In particular, I'm not sure that I'm happy with what happens when you
> click "Main", then click one of the other options on the "Main" page.
> As per the red warning text, this moves you down to the next menu
> level. I'm not sure if that's clear, or whether I could do it better. I
> suspect that some users go to that next menu level, but never get back
> to the previous one!

I suggest that you stagger your menu after someone clicks on a sub item,
I.E.:

Home
News
Biography
Main
\-Articles
|- Code
|- FAQs
|- Reviews
\- Stories
Links
Guestbook

I would also remove some unnecessary items that *can* clutter a page -
things like guestbooks and the animated 'HOT' gif on your News page.