Re: Website for Comments and or Suggestions

Kinda like going to Wells Fargo Bank and listening to the theme from Bonanza
or something....yah I'd put my money in there eh?

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression





"DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eOO2ISVdIHA.4880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Oh my! I had my sound turned off. I agree...
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| DavidF
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| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:O9Xz1gQdIHA.5416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > You forgot to mention; kill the bgsound ! Especially for a business
site!
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| > --
| > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| > Rob Giordano
| > Microsoft MVP Expression
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| > "DavidF" <Nope@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:uO%23a2ePdIHA.1164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | One of my personal goals here in this newsgroup is to offer
| > "constructive"
| > | feedback and help. It takes a lot of courage to provide a link to a
new
| > | website and ask for feedback, and I admire and respect that. With that
| > goal
| > | in mind, I gotta say your site is pretty bad...but can be fixed.
| > |
| > | You need to remove the background image behind the text:
| > | http://www.plicorp.name/index_files/image4401.jpg
| > | It makes it impossible to read the text, and after all it is the text
| > that
| > | is the most important part of your site. Content is king, as they say.
| > |
| > | I have not seen anyone use semi-transparent text boxes before in a Pub
| > web.
| > | I kind of like the effect, but it is a print format that does not
| > translate
| > | to html well. It seems to work ok in IE but in FireFox all the text is
| > | converted to images. A couple examples:
| > | http://www.plicorp.name/index_files/image642.png
| > | http://www.plicorp.name/index_files/image461.png
| > | While you might live with this, it does mean that any hyperlinks in
| > those
| > | text boxes will not work in FF. Personally, I believe that you need to
| > | design so your pages will work well in both IE and FF, especially
since
| > it
| > | is a business site. If you don't have FF on your computer, I recommend
| > that
| > | you download and install it, so you can test your pages. It is a small
| > | download and easy install, and you can test your html before you
upload
| > it.
| > |
| > | Bottom line is that as "nice" as the semitransparency looks, you
| > probably
| > | shouldn't use it, at least in the body of the page...maybe OK in the
| > banner.
| > | The text in the body of your page does not show up in the code even in
| > | IE...the search engines and webots will not be able to index you site.
| > | Content is king...
| > |
| > | Personally I would also get rid of the time and counter. I am sitting
at
| > my
| > | computer...I know what time it is. The counter will not give you any
| > good
| > | information. Look to your host for webstats instead. Using a counter
on
| > a
| > | page doesn't necessarily project the image I would assume you want.
| > |
| > | Look, I am not an expert web designer, and my opinions are just that.
| > | However, I think that many newbies and even some old pros fall into
the
| > trap
| > | of adding "stuff" to their pages, and special effects just because
they
| > can.
| > | And just because you can, doesn't mean you should. As you are using
| > | Publisher, your pages should be simple anyway, so try to KISS, is my
| > best
| > | recommendation. The content is what is most important...not the bells
| > and
| > | whistles. Make your pages easy to read, easy to navigate, quick to
load
| > and
| > | full of good content, and you will have a "good" site in my opinion.
| > |
| > | Here are two links that might help in planning the design of your
site:
| > | http://webdesignfromscratch.com/
| > | and no offense but:
| > | http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
| > |
| > | I hope this is constructive. The good news is that you did stop and
ask
| > for
| > | opinions before you built the whole site. Take a step back and
| > reevaluate
| > | what your goals are for your site, and what is the content. Then
design
| > | around those things. Good luck.
| > |
| > | DavidF
| > |
| > | "Administrator" <administrator@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | news:OxoXQAOdIHA.5416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | >I have just posted 3 pages out of 15. I would like to hear your
inputs
| > | >before I finish my work. Check out www.plicorp.name Thanks!
| > |
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