Updated Website

Maleko

Hope you like 🙂

Merve

looks awesome!!!!!!

You might want to consider using CSS for your layout and switching to Transitional XHTML....

planetsim

Have to agree there. Transitional i dont feel is strict enough, it doesnt really change your code habits. Only good thing i find is that strict wont allow Iframes and Frameset DTD wont allow it either, well from my experience anyway.

Maleko

U mean CSS Style sheets?
if so, that, im already using...

Also...XHTML???

planetsim

CSS = Cascading Style Sheets not CSS Style sheets thatd make it CSSSS just thought id point that out.

And what i think Merve was trying to say is that your not using CSS correctly. You have tables and a lot of the table attributes are depreciated

Also http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://maleko-online.com its not valid.

XHTML http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml

piersk

Overall is looking good, but there are few niggling things here...

I bet you used IE when testing, didn't you? Reason being that when this page is opened in Firefox, the blue bit around "Welcome" is a bit odd.
(this is a personal thing) the text is really squished up against the sides. try using padding so you have a bit of a gap.
(again, personal) why have you got the rotating gamma symbol there? Is it absolutely necessary?

Please note that I am being overly picky here. I like the way it looks (blue happens to be my fave colour, and I use it loads)

planetsim

Blue is a good color, its used widely on a lot of sites not saying there arent other colors.

1. I bet you used IE when testing, didn't you? Reason being that when this page is opened in Firefox, the blue bit around "Welcome" is a bit odd.

Its not just the welcome bit nor just FireFox. Tested on Mozilla and Opera.

2. (this is a personal thing) the text is really squished up against the sides. try using padding so you have a bit of a gap.

Cant agree more.

piersk

I just used firefox as an example. And are you sure you mean thunderbird? Isn't that the mozilla mail client??

Maleko

Thanks for the response guys! 🙂

Firstly:

And what i think Merve was trying to say is that your not using CSS correctly. You have tables and a lot of the table attributes are depreciated

Also http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=h...leko-online.com its not valid.

What can I do to make them more effective?

Also, that web site checker...yeh, it did point out some code that was useless, which wasnt my code, was from a website to use my visitor counter, removed that...but it just points out pointless things like, missing ALT code, which i don't need etc.

Secondly:

1. I bet you used IE when testing, didn't you? Reason being that when this page is opened in Firefox, the blue bit around "Welcome" is a bit odd.

(this is a personal thing) the text is really squished up against the sides. try using padding so you have a bit of a gap.

(again, personal) why have you got the rotating gamma symbol there? Is it absolutely necessary?

1. I only use IE, why bother with other ones? im not gonna waste my time on some people who use other browers, just because they don't like IE...thats my personal choice 🙂

2. Yes, I do agree, and when designing i tried to sort it out...but cant work it out...any help on that would be great.

3. Rotating symbol? ok, not essential...but its the symbol for my website and Alias...yeh, my own personal like.

But i apprciate the comments and input 🙂

Also, thanks for the tip on XHTML....will be looking into that when I get some time.

piersk

Admittedly, the majority of users in the world use IE.

However, I bet if you took a poll on this forum (where I reckon a lot of your hits come from, I know mine do) then I can almost guarantee that IE will not be the most used.

Also, half the fun (and yes, I do mean fun. whats the point in having a personal website if its not for fun??) is to get a final product that anyone can see anywhere. Isn't it?

Fair enough about the rotating symbol.

Maleko

Yes, i do agree with that.

I suppos ei just gotta have the patience to make it complatibaly all the way round. 😉

Merve

I use IE. I saw it okay...I would recommend taking all the markup that isn't structural markup out of the HTML code and replacing it with CSS.

BTW piersk, it's not gamma, it's lambda 🙂

Maleko

it's not gamma, it's lambda

True! can't belive I didnt notice that, hehe

Yeh, i'll look into making as much as I can CSS...Ive got it css and HTML 4.01 verified....may lok at XHTML soon.

piersk

Originally posted by Merve
BTW piersk, it's not gamma, it's lambda 🙂

Picky picky picky 😉

I know what I mean...

jebster

I feel like an idiot, what rotating symbol? 😕

BTW, site looks good! 🙂

piersk

The one that was there but he has obv taken it down...

jebster

Originally posted by piersk
The one that was there but he has obv taken it down...

Ok good, thought I was going even more colour blind and maybe it was just blending in, in my eyes or something... 😉

Maleko

LOL, yeh i took it down, as it did look out of place...😛

dartcol

Just a personal point. I prefer any photos to come up on the page I'm clicking on or a separate small window rather than a brand new full size browser window that obscures everything else.

I agree about the CSS comments and the blue comments. It's my favourite colour too. Guess it's cos I'm a boy.

Get some more content up there to see what else it can do. How about marketing your business?

jebster

Originally posted by dartcol
Just a personal point. I prefer any photos to come up on the page I'm clicking on or a separate small window rather than a brand new full size browser window that obscures everything else.

I agree about the CSS comments and the blue comments. It's my favourite colour too. Guess it's cos I'm a boy.

Get some more content up there to see what else it can do. How about marketing your business?

Personally I think it should be bright pink! heh, that was sarcasm incase anyone couldn't tell! But yea, blue is sweet, so is black, or black and blue, or red and black.