Cool site

Johnboat — Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:11:00 +0000

Hey that is a cool site. I love the Flash movie for the logo. The menu is very clean and easy to navigate. I guess I think the background color could be changed in the table that says, "Welcome to EldarOnline" but it's fine that way too. But other than that, it's a very nice site.

Doh! I better watch my grammar.

Megan — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:53:35 +0000

This is a really nice site. I can't find much to complain about here at all. On a front-end level there aren't many changes to make here. I also think that the site should be centered or flex-width.

I like the way you've created a suitable look with graphics and such to represent your topic.

hub_floride — Wed, 27 Feb 2002 04:40:58 +0000

the moving logo is pretty good !

Re: Thanks

mairving — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:38:58 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by raine

AHA! The words I was waiting to hear! How do I do this?

PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION! =)

What kind of server are you on? If Apache then PHP/MySQL. If Windows then SQL/ASP. You could use a database very sparingly or use it quite a bit, it just depends upon how often pages are updated.

Here are some links for PHP/MySQL:
http://www.codingclick.com/
http://www.devshed.com/
http://www.phpbuilder.com/
http://www.weberdev.com/
http://www.php.net

Thanks

raine — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:26:04 +0000

disaster-master:: I know what you mean about being centered. It's just that it looks funny when it's centered, so I figured it's probably better if the site is just full screened (resizable)... I don't know what other color to use for the links... I guess I'll try orange or something.

Regarding the multiple tags, I think it's because I'm using SSI... i must have accidentally added them on all the includes... there are 4 includes on the page. top / bottom / left / right

mairving:: Look above regarding the multiple tags ... I am currently using SSI, a lot of it =)... there are 4 html includes, 3 cgi execs on the page... but it still takes a long time to update pages =)

Quote: You may also want to consider a database to really make your site easier.

AHA! The words I was waiting to hear! How do I do this?

PLEASE POINT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION! =)

disaster-master — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:33:41 +0000

Nice site but I'm thinking it needs to be centered. Not too crazy about the light blue that you have for your mouseover color on the links.

I saw three sets of html, head, title, meta, and body tags on the news and editorial page so I assume that all of your pages have these extras. They don't seem to be hurting your layout in IE 6.0 but you still should get rid of those. There are also some extra font tags scattered about.

You may consider somehow highlighting (underline or different color) the link of the page that you are on.

mairving — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:27:01 +0000

Well there are two sets of tags not sure what that is about. CSS would be great since if you wanted to tweak or change a tag or an indentation, you could just change it in your external stylesheet. For instance, say you wanted to change this: . Well now you would have to change every line with that code on it, a daunting task. If you had it in a stylesheet, you could change every line at once. It would also help to remove all of the font tags and some of the IE only stuff (font face=IE only).

As far as the easier updating, you should use some kind of system like SSI or PHP that would allow you to build the page in sections. Have a header, a left menu, a right menu and a footer. Then you would just drop your content in and go. You may also want to consider a database to really make your site easier.

As far as centering or not, it is personal preference. I would keep the site left aligned.

The Webmistress — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:18:44 +0000

I think the site is very good as it is. You have mentioned the things that need changing so I have nothing more I can add really.