Hi Padawan welcome to the forums, are you a coder/ designer?
Neither, more like an inept
I have had no training in either and have only been a webmaster for around 6 weeks, hence the fact I joined a few forums to seek advice and tips.
Anyways, it hasn't stopped me too much and I am building my 3rd site and have a considerable number of domain names "in the bank" for when I have some spare time to develop them
Welcome to the best webmaster forum!
(Please note, the above statement is the personal opinion of the forum member(s) and not necessarily the view of DevDreams.com Incorporated.)
Uh, anyway...
The best tip I can give is:
After you have learnt HTML, learn CSS. Do NOT use Tables for layouts. Use CSS and Div tags. Learn CSS here!
Welcome to the boards. I hope you learn a lot here.
Another Tip:
Don't just learn HTML but learn XHTML right of the bat...they are pretty much the same but XHTML is much cleaner code and will help your site in the future. Plus it's a good habit.
And if you do end up programming got with php... at least thats my opinion
For a newcomer to webdesign, they are very good designs...
maybe you could give us links to a few of your sites...
Then we can let you know how and where to improve, if their is room for it.
These 3 have content uploaded but I don't, and probably never will, consider any of them to ever be finished. The Egyptian one is the one I am working on the moment and I guess I am about 12 % done on the text content, and then I need to go through 12 years of photos to see if I have any more good pictures to add.
I also have many other historically themed domain names that are being developed off-line currently
There's plenty of room for improvement in all of them, as a novice to this I do not have the skill or ability to do it.....yet, but hope to learn enough as time goes by. Therefore any suggestions, including constructive criticisms, is greatly appreciated.
here is a quick review of each: info-sales.co.uk
The blue banner doesnt seem to match the rest of the silver...
The verticle gradient (below "WELCOME TO INFO - SALES") clashes with the horizontal gradient below it on the left. egyptbc.com
There seems to be 2 white boxes with a yellow one inside, but the white rounded corners don't line up (On Safari for Mac) and the yellow boxes corners are not rounded... dailyfonts.com
Put a row of links (to the a fonts, b fonts, c, d, etc,) at the bottom of each page, not just the top.
here is a quick review of each: info-sales.co.uk
The blue banner doesnt seem to match the rest of the silver...
The verticle gradient (below "WELCOME TO INFO - SALES") clashes with the horizontal gradient below it on the left. egyptbc.com
There seems to be 2 white boxes with a yellow one inside, but the white rounded corners don't line up (On Safari for Mac) and the yellow boxes corners are not rounded... dailyfonts.com
Put a row of links (to the a fonts, b fonts, c, d, etc,) at the bottom of each page, not just the top.
Otherwise, everythings great!
info-sales.co.uk started off as a "blue" site before I changed it. I have lost my way with the design on that one a little and need to think how I will improve it
egyptbc.com - I think the white borders on the yellow boxes will be removed as I am not happy with them
dailyfonts.com - good idea with bottom nav, hadn't thought of that - thankyou.
here is a quick review of each: info-sales.co.uk
The blue banner doesnt seem to match the rest of the silver...
What colour banner do you think I should go for then ? I think silver will make the page look too bland.
I also have a slightly modified page at www.info-sales.co.uk/test.htm - I have removed the silver border on the left - does this look better do you think ?
I think the menu thing on the left was ok, but not with that (Horizontal) gradient for a background... It clashed with the (Vertical) gradient above.
As for the blue banner, I don't know... It's just the whole page is silver and white, except for this blue banner...
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Haha i should really do some work so i can remove all the coming soon's
Neither, more like an inept
I have had no training in either and have only been a webmaster for around 6 weeks, hence the fact I joined a few forums to seek advice and tips.
Anyways, it hasn't stopped me too much and I am building my 3rd site and have a considerable number of domain names "in the bank" for when I have some spare time to develop them
Photoshop Tutorials- Coming soon
Premium PHP Scripts- Coming soon
Haha i should really do some work so i can remove all the coming soon's
The Royal Ram
(Please note, the above statement is the personal opinion of the forum member(s) and not necessarily the view of DevDreams.com Incorporated.)
Uh, anyway...
The best tip I can give is:
After you have learnt HTML, learn CSS. Do NOT use Tables for layouts. Use CSS and Div tags. Learn CSS here!
Another Tip:
Don't just learn HTML but learn XHTML right of the bat...they are pretty much the same but XHTML is much cleaner code and will help your site in the future. Plus it's a good habit.
And if you do end up programming got with php... at least thats my opinion
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welcome to devdreams...
I've been on a few forums and you are the first to actually associate my name with Star Wars - you must be a fellow fan
2/3 of them are mine
maybe you could give us links to a few of your sites...
Then we can let you know how and where to improve, if their is room for it.
Why thankyou
I own -
www.info-sales.co.uk
www.egyptbc.com
www.dailyfonts.com
These 3 have content uploaded but I don't, and probably never will, consider any of them to ever be finished. The Egyptian one is the one I am working on the moment and I guess I am about 12 % done on the text content, and then I need to go through 12 years of photos to see if I have any more good pictures to add.
I also have many other historically themed domain names that are being developed off-line currently
There's plenty of room for improvement in all of them, as a novice to this I do not have the skill or ability to do it.....yet, but hope to learn enough as time goes by. Therefore any suggestions, including constructive criticisms, is greatly appreciated.
info-sales.co.uk
The blue banner doesnt seem to match the rest of the silver...
The verticle gradient (below "WELCOME TO INFO - SALES") clashes with the horizontal gradient below it on the left.
egyptbc.com
There seems to be 2 white boxes with a yellow one inside, but the white rounded corners don't line up (On Safari for Mac) and the yellow boxes corners are not rounded...
dailyfonts.com
Put a row of links (to the a fonts, b fonts, c, d, etc,) at the bottom of each page, not just the top.
Otherwise, everythings great!
info-sales.co.uk started off as a "blue" site before I changed it. I have lost my way with the design on that one a little and need to think how I will improve it
egyptbc.com - I think the white borders on the yellow boxes will be removed as I am not happy with them
dailyfonts.com - good idea with bottom nav, hadn't thought of that - thankyou.
Thanks for your help
What colour banner do you think I should go for then ? I think silver will make the page look too bland.
I also have a slightly modified page at www.info-sales.co.uk/test.htm - I have removed the silver border on the left - does this look better do you think ?
thanks, in anticipation of any help you can give
As for the blue banner, I don't know... It's just the whole page is silver and white, except for this blue banner...