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Comments please on this web site design



Hi Guys,

Developing a web site for a client and would like soem impartical comments on the initial design idea.

Thanks

Dave
 
  306 TD Slut
looks nice a 'fresh' i like it.

so any links that are active will open within that box you have?

much better than the old website lol!
 

mas

  MK7 GTD & Mini GP
ok...

the font is cack, and i hope that is not there logo?? lol... sort that.

general layout is good, dynamic and will house lots of content, but just like any other, looks like one of them layouts you can for free off a website.

still, will be an easy site to update and develop.

good luck
 
Cheers guys.

The logo is an issue as it has had a few bad comments. I am not a graphics designer so just stuck that in a place holder!

Question : "How do you know I am not a graphics deigner?"
Answer : "I didn't think it was that bad!!"

I am going to convert it all to css and play wioth the fonts etc once the client says ya . It was just my first rough design.

The idea would be to load contact in the two boxes or a single box depending on the requirements of each page.

Without getting into the depths of makign it database driven as this was not a requirement I will provide the client with simple text files that they can update each area of content without html knowladge.

Thats the general idea. Of course it would be nicer for me to make it fully content managed and database driven but the client isnt paying for that and I have quite a tight time frame.

Cheers for the comments :) More woudlbe welcomed
 
it is a random image selector sometimes you get carrots sometiems apples and sometimes potatoes!
 
Hello. Site is done now. www.yourlocalfarm.co.uk

I really appreciated the comments and advice. The client was very happy with the design so I stuck with it as it was. This does not mean I will not use the feedback for future work.

The SEO has gone well as 2 it comes up top in Google for

fruit delivery central Scotland and vegetable delivery central Scotland

Cheers Again

D

P.S. I am busier now I am unemployed than when i was working!!!
 
  20VT Clio & 9-5 HOT
good work mate, but tables for design are a big NO NO in modern web design.

other than that, spot on! :D
 
Yeah I am planning to change it to CSS this week seemelessly so it doesnt effect the client. I really just did the site using tables to get it up as quickly as possible! If you look at the code there are a few other design no nos like font and style in the html rather than in css! Naughty Dave :)

I have been a programer analyst rather than a web designer for the last year and a half so need to dust the css cobwebs and get it sorted this week!
 
  20VT Clio & 9-5 HOT
cos tables are for tabular tata not for designing the structure of a site.

it means twice as much code if not more, and it really does cause more hassle thatn its worth.

if you do it using div's and css then you can do a lot more, and its optimized too!

the less code used, and the cleaner the layout the better the website.
 

sn00p

ClioSport Club Member
  A blue one.
cos tables are for tabular tata not for designing the structure of a site.

it means twice as much code if not more, and it really does cause more hassle thatn its worth.

if you do it using div's and css then you can do a lot more, and its optimized too!

the less code used, and the cleaner the layout the better the website.

Amen to that. I would have thought that trying to design a site with tables (and make it look how you want it) would have been more effort than CSS!

I've just discovered the joys of CSS, I'm not a web designer (or designer for that matter!) but I'm currently in the process of doing a site at work for us to sell some products on - I found CSS so much easier to work with.

Previously I'd used tables whenever I'd "dabbled" with site design and it was a PITA! Using (and learning) css this time made stuff sooooooo much easier and quicker.
 
  172
Using CSS-P is a lot better than tables, as Adam said, tables are for tabular data not layout (historically, there wasn't much choice of course). However, CSS can be annoying when you're trying to get fiddly bits to work in IE5 mac, IE5.5 and IE6 PC, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Fix it in one - break it in another, tres annoying.
 
  306 TD Slut
Link doesnt work for me either.

I used to use tables until my job meant that ihad to use css eventually.

I had to edit a tabular site the other day and it was a nightmare, never toching them again. css is the way forward, its easy to get it to work cross browser, just needs a bit of fiddling, i love a challange, plus craig is the king. ;)
 
Hi Furry,

The site is down just waiting for the hosts to sort it out! Grrr.

Yeah I used to work with CSS all the time when my job was more web design orientated. The last few years has been more pl sql, JAVA, and vb script and although some of it was web based I just plugged into other peoples designs. Just need to dust the cobwebs off but css is much better I agree totally. Will give a shout when the site is back up!

D
 

KDF

  Audi TT Stronic
Using CSS-P is a lot better than tables, as Adam said, tables are for tabular data not layout (historically, there wasn't much choice of course). However, CSS can be annoying when you're trying to get fiddly bits to work in IE5 mac, IE5.5 and IE6 PC, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Fix it in one - break it in another, tres annoying.

Amen to that..

Fecking AJAX is even more pedantic across browsers.. not that it should be GRR!
 
  20VT Clio & 9-5 HOT
looking good mate, i like the gecko one too, simple but looks professional, good effort! simple and clean is always the best way!
 


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