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Tejanorey

Tejanorey

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Mar 23, 2002
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I need you guys to go ahead and look at my site


If you noticed I have taken some ideas and went crazy with them..but left their origianal writer's info still on it..(copyright they say)

I'm still working on it..

But I don't know what should I put in the center...

I want the site to be sleek and few colors...

Very practical...

Can you guys post your suggestions...

Tejanorey

"Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army."
- Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings to keep the enemy from immediately fleeing
 
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Totally agree with Chris,

1. get rid of the splash screen
2. Get rid of the effects
3. where's the content?

Build a main page with a proper template, you can keep it simple but you really need more than a blank page with a navigation bar.

As well as having a javascript nav bar make sure to build a non-js nav bar.
10% of people have javascript turned off so if they see your page there might be nothing there

Try as much as possible to maintain a clear document structure:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title here</title>

<!-- CSS, javascripts etc here -->

</head>
<body>
This is the start of the body



This is the end of the body
</body>
</html>
<!-- end of document -->







- É -
 
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How do I put a code so if it detect the user does not have javascript it will show the non javascript navigation bar

Tejanorey

&quot;Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army.&quot;
- Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings to keep the enemy from immediately fleeing
 
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After a minute of waiting, I found a site with no content, at least two pop ups, and more java than a junkie drinks working overtime.

sleek and practical = no (or very little) java in my book.

 
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By definition, if a visitor hasn't got Javascript running you can't use Javascript code to detect the fact. What you could do is write the plain HTM links in a <div>, and use Javascript to make the <div> invisible and display a Javascript menu instead.

However, it's a lot less hassle to display both scripted and plain links in a belt-and-braces kind of way than fiddle about like that. So long as javascript-averse visitors (that includes search engine spiders, btw) can get around your site somehow that's the main thing.

-- Chris Hunt
 
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Okay, I'm new to this forum and I've just created my first website, but I think I did what most of you recommended.

Here's the address:
Again, this is my first effort. I want to use css in my next go around - and learn how to do more hand coding.

Go easy with me please.

Lynda
 
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site does what it is meant to. So its about your family right?

The only qualms id have are style points but that is subjective and your site is nice and clean and straight forward.

next time start a new thread for a new site rather than piggy backing on a different one.

Sometimes the Answer You Are LOOKING for can be FOUND BY SEARCHING THE FAQ'S @&%$*#!!!
 
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Point taken about piggybacking - a rube mistake.

Please tell me what style points you are talking about. I want to learn all I can. There's only so much you can get from books.

Lynda
 
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well i cant really tell you -- your best bet is to go around the web and see sites you like visually (dont include flash sites -- other reasons for this)

then think how you can achieve that look -- most of us here will be glad to help with problems you have but you have to try it yourself and then come here with issues you need help on.

The best tools for anybody who wants to make nice websites are Photoshop, Notepad and of course my favorite Dreamweaver (now dreamweaver isnt necessary but it has taught me a lot especially about CSS).

for starters your header and footer navigation can be easily desinged in photoshop and exported -- noo need for that trial version disclaimer.

check out and for nicer navigation IMHO.

Also set goals for what you would like to accomplish sitewise say 6 months from now. I know my long term goal would be to design as intracate a site as my favorite, espn.com. That site has a lot of great web achievements such as easy navigation, clean look and design, its ultra modern (the whole site is CSS based), sleek, loads fast, great content, very very easy to use.

but since this is your first, ill be honest -- its about 10x nicer than my 5th or even 10th site i made just fiddling around about 2 years ago.

1 issue of note, it could just be me or my cpu, but inital load is a bit slow -- try and keep applets to a bare minimum and if you can most javascript isnt necessary (some is essential to me at least).

Sometimes the Answer You Are LOOKING for can be FOUND BY SEARCHING THE FAQ'S @&%$*#!!!
 
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Deecee,

Thank you very much for the input. I admit to not spending much time surfing and looking at other sites. I shall start browsing more. I'm something of a workaholic; thus, I feel guilty about surfing the Web. Also, I'll fess up to taking the cheap way out with the Javascript dropdown. I'm hoping to get up to speed quickly enough with Flash to have another go at the menu. I'd also like to offer all those photos (and a couple hundred others) in a series of user-controlled movies. I think that would make for a more enjoyable user experience.

Realizing how much fun I had putting this site together, I just purchased Macromedia Studio MX and Adobe Photoshop. So far, I'm not too taken with Freehand, but I'm pretty handy with Corel Draw. I've piddled with Flash objects in Corel RAVE, but realized something a bit more industrial was needed.

My real regret is that I didn't have the courage to do a website years ago.

Again, thanks much for your candor.

Lynda
 
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note of interest -- everything i say is based on personal preference -- dont do naviagation in flash -- you can use mouseovers to achieve the same results. i prefer text based navigation instead of images (sometimes that is necessary tho).

Photoshop is a necessity, as for vector images Illustrator is excellent and i have used the corel suite but never really got into it like i have with adobe. Freehand, at least the new one seems good, but stick with illustrator, its exremly powerful. flash has its uses but its mostly for looks and style, and can be used a lot but dont overdo it.

well good luck in your endeavors.

Sometimes the Answer You Are LOOKING for can be FOUND BY SEARCHING THE FAQ'S @&%$*#!!!
 
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