taff — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 14:00:55 +0000

I use sidebar navigation (but not dHTML) quite a bit so the white space doesn't shock me so much. On the other hand, the width is somewhat excessive at 1024x768 and up.

Overall, I think the site is looking pretty good.

disaster-master — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 05:35:25 +0000

Annette,

Thanks, I e mailed you so that you can send me that link. Got your address off of your site.

I am not comfortable with the menu but I need the subs. I just have to figure out what to use. I think the navigation has been the hardest for me to figure out on this site. I have never had one this big. It will probably have about 25-30 pages when finished. There are lots of products to be listed.

I see sites all over the net using menus like this. If anyone knows where I can find a menu similar to this that will work in more browsers please pass it on. Even Microsoft uses a menu similar to this so there has to be one out there.

disastermaster

Annette35 — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 05:10:05 +0000

Hi,

Opera - The menu does not show on Opera 5.12. Looks unbalanced with all the white space on the left. I understood the navigation using the text links - no problem there.

Netscape 4.08 - page wouldn't load properly at all (but no other site was either so not your problem), but could tell that the menu doesn't show.

IE 5.5 - Ahh, can see the menu. Umm ... I just don't like the look of the menu nor the menu combined with all the white space. Again not balanced, and colour not right for such a heavy block of colour. Just a suggestion - could you try the links without background colour - would take away the out-of-character heaviness??

Is it possible to code the menu so that it degrades to pure html links? I know a site that does this. Email me if you would like the link, then you can check how it looks in Opera and earlier browsers. Or check the Web Page Authoring forum for advice.

Otherwise the site looks good!

Logo does not link to home. Would be helpful to have the logo link to home for those the dhtml menu doesn't appear.

I would be concerned that the possible customer base would use older browsers / systems, but I guess the business owner has done his business plan and researched the market adequately regarding this.

Cheers,

Annette

bilbong30 — Sat, 04 Aug 2001 03:06:58 +0000

Hey,

Your site looks good. I agree with Megan on the logo. If you client wants to keep it though, there isnt much you can do about it

Regarding the white space under the navigation menu. You do need to do something about that. I am on my laptop and seem to be scrolling down alot. There is a awful amount of whitespace. I suggest filling it in, or maybe taking some of the main content off the front page.

Lastly, I didnt really like the roll over colors you used. The menu worked fine, but the colors are not that great together. Try using some other colors or something. Just my opinion though