My design website.... - Saxperience

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 14th January 2007, 19:39

Opinions good or bad please.

I am a freelance Graphic designer, heres my website,:

www.intricatedesigns.co.uk

Please pm me if you need any design work at all.
thanks

Jon

Alex^p · 14th January 2007, 19:49

Lookin good so far.

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 14th January 2007, 19:54

Cheers, its nowhere near finished, but getting there. I am still learning how to do the whole website thing.

Also a new feature for my portfolio section will be small sqaures, instead of big banners.

Jon

jk47 · 14th January 2007, 21:38

looks good.

make it full css rules though 12warnings ><

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 14th January 2007, 22:45

jk47, how do you mean 12 warnings? Yea I am tryign to learn css but really hard at mo

jk47 · 14th January 2007, 23:26

well easy to correct the little things you hadnt done are

Quote:

line 34 column 1 - Warning: <meta> isn't allowed in <body> elements
line 37 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "height"
line 39 column 191 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 437 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 683 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 941 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 1183 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 1423 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 1659 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 39 column 1898 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 42 column 78 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 61 column 85 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute

0 errors / 12 warnings

install ff extension "tidy" tells you whats wrong etc

Mark^p · 14th January 2007, 23:29

I assume the "12 warnings" refer to the invalid markup used on the page. The W3C Markup Validation Service can help here. Use a STRICT DTD. HTML4 or XHTML1.0 I don't mind, but it should be strict (and your code should always validate).

It can be a steep learning curve, but I would look into tableless Web design. CSS is your friend and it's worth mastering this. CSS Zen Garden demonstrates many of the benefits. Trust me, once you understand CSS you'll wonder how you lived without it.

You should be careful using non-standard fonts. Font tags are a bit 1990's, and I don't have the "Convection" font installed, so I get the default instead (which on my computer is Times Roman).

Accessibility is growing in importance too (it should have always been important).

I like the visuals. You're a designer and that's what you do (so I wouldn't expect any less). If you can master the technical workings behind your designs too then you'll be leaps ahead of many of your peers.

jk47 · 15th January 2007, 00:09

yeah mark spot on last few months all we have been doing in my webdesign modual at uni is accessibility and css. i have always used tables...i wont be from now on!

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 15th January 2007, 00:17

thanks for help guys

really helpful

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 15th January 2007, 00:24

I have used standard fonts?
Dam, where is that convectionf ont used, cna u tell me plz?

thanks

jk47 · 15th January 2007, 00:31

Quote:

bottom

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 15th January 2007, 00:35

o yea, ok thanks,

any1 know a good template CSS Site or tutiorals?

thanks

jk47 · 15th January 2007, 00:46

start here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

always best to learn your self that way you can make the layout the way you want and can understand if anything goes wrong

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 15th January 2007, 00:48

legend, thanks

WhiteSlag_mk1vts · 15th January 2007, 21:22

Golla, i am finding this CSS SOOOOOOOOOOOO tough