My Website

[dannyjay]

Just need a little feedback, good or bad it would be much appreciated.

LINK: http://www.initialdesigns.net/

Thanks. :) :y:

[KIRKSTER-VTS]

pretty good mate :y:

[Wayne]

good website mate:y:

[DJsaxo]

Looks smart .

[dannyjay]

pretty good mate :y:

good website mate:y:

Looks smart .

Thanks Lads, anything about the site you'd change?

:A:

[danmc]

Get rid of the entry page. A good website should take u straight to the "action". apart from that nicee.

[vidal]

Dissenting voice alert.

1) Why the first page? I want to visit your website, not have to be told to unlock the door as well. Why not just lose that page and have the About page as your home page. Why specify a browser and viewport size? I use firefox mainly, am I going to miss something? Do I have to resize MY screen to fit YOUR design, if so, then that's another hurdle for me to jump through.

2)Graphics are good, very clean, but can they be pared down a little - not everyone has a T1 line. What happens for screen readers or those with images turned off?

3) think of separating the content from the markup, use CSS for positioning and layout.

4)Pay more attention to validating, as a web designer's showcase site, I would expect it to at least validate correctly.

Sorry if it sounds negative - it's actually a really nice site, that with a little attention to detail will be very good.

V.

[Mieran]

Your site looks very professional and I also love the photoshopped pics on there :y:

One thing I noticed is that titles are not in the correct place

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3182/49501979ql2.jpg

[dannyjay]

Dissenting voice alert.

1) Why the first page? I want to visit your website, not have to be told to unlock the door as well. Why not just lose that page and have the About page as your home page. Why specify a browser and viewport size? I use firefox mainly, am I going to miss something? Do I have to resize MY screen to fit YOUR design, if so, then that's another hurdle for me to jump through.

2)Graphics are good, very clean, but can they be pared down a little - not everyone has a T1 line. What happens for screen readers or those with images turned off?

3) think of separating the content from the markup, use CSS for positioning and layout.

4)Pay more attention to validating, as a web designer's showcase site, I would expect it to at least validate correctly.

Sorry if it sounds negative - it's actually a really nice site, that with a little attention to detail will be very good.

V.

Thanks Vidal.

It's my first bash at a Portfolio website, and I've self taught my self dreamweaver within the last 6 months, basicaly.

The first Issue, you have a grand point. I never really think of it like that, just something I liked the idea of. This thread is a great example of learning from mistakes.

How do you mean a T1 line, and pairing them down? Are you meaning the portfolio webpage? If so I have plans to change the whole layout and have Wallpapers, Logos, etc all in there own sections instead of them all being on a single page.

Also not sure what you mean about markup, I've used css for the text, but as for positioning all I've used is layers, first time trying as I've always used Cells and tables.

And could you expand on the validation? I've always seen it on the good websites, but never understood how you get a 100% valid website. Is this due to the code? If so I have no idea about the code, I don't think I've ever left the design view in dreamweaver. :)

Thanks for your help Vidal, it's nice to get feedback from somebody that knows what there on about.

[dannyjay]

Your site looks very professional and I also love the photoshopped pics on there :y:

One thing I noticed is that titles are not in the correct place

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3182/49501979ql2.jpg

That is because your using Firefox, as mentioned on the first page (which will be getting changed) I've designed it for IE6, as I don't see many businesses/customers using Firefox. But many thanks for pointing that out and the kind comments. :)

[vidal]

T1 line is just another way of saying broadband, (yes I know the telecoms gurus will disagree), but it is essentially a high-speed connection. Your images are quite large (>300K) optimise them down to about 50k if possible.

Layers are OK, but learn CSS to have full control over all the sylistic elements of your site.

As for validation, ensure every image has an <alt="this is the alt tag for this image"> tag, all open tags are closed, pay close attention to nested tags - Dreamweaver can help validate your site - there is a button to "validate markup" - or google across to W3C validation.

Keep up the good work

V.

[dannyjay]

T1 line is just another way of saying broadband, (yes I know the telecoms gurus will disagree), but it is essentially a high-speed connection. Your images are quite large (>300K) optimise them down to about 50k if possible.

Layers are OK, but learn CSS to have full control over all the sylistic elements of your site.

As for validation, ensure every image has an <alt="this is the alt tag for this image"> tag, all open tags are closed, pay close attention to nested tags - Dreamweaver can help validate your site - there is a button to "validate markup" - or google across to W3C validation.

Keep up the good work

V.

Thanks Vidal, I will try and I'll try and sort all the above.
Great help Mr. V.