nowinowski Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 My name is Nathan. I'm a designer living and working in Denver, Co. I just put up a new site at now inowskidesign.com [remove spaces] and I would like any feedback. Also the site should be working in all modern browsers so if it is not working correctly in a given browser please let me know. Thanks, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) It seems that you didnt read the sticky post in this thread so I just post a small review. In general website looks fine, with very easy access to all needed information. Some points to consider. Validate your code and see if you can fix all errors. May be it would be more effective in many aspects if you give tag more meaning than just hello contact and so on. Edited March 8, 2009 by lm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 What lm said about reading the forum rules - and over 150 validation errors, improper use of xhtml doctype, and I have a horizontal scrollbar, viewing @ 1280 width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowinowski Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Sorry about broaching the forum rules. I really appreciate you taking the time to go through and let me know all the things I've screwed up. Just a few Questions What would be the correct XHTML Doctype? Is the scrollbar the result of an incorrect width setting or the actual width of the background images, and if so can I just kill the horizontal scrollbar, since the actual content is only 800pix wide? I'll go about validating. I must have an error in every line thanks again, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowinowski Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 got everything validated to strict XHTML. And I learned some stuff. The one thing I ran into was that I was using border=0 in the markup which is i guess a deprecated way of doing it but i had a heck of a time getting ie6&7 to not put in default blue borders on through the css. I got it to work but it seemed like sort of a patch job. thanks again, Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 The one thing I ran into was that I was using border=0 in the markup which is i guess a deprecated way of doing it You can always write CSS for img tag: img { border:0; } ( For anchors as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 IMHO I would prefer to see navigation to your various pages rather than having to scroll down to find what I'm looking for. Also from an SEO point of view, your use of h1 tags will not give you optimal results using Hello, contact and my work. While I like your designs I don't think you are doing yourself justice in the way you are displaying them on your website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 i agree with Virtual above... I think that the portfolio may actually take away from your work, not add to it. The large collages seem unnecessary and a bit distracting -- shouldn't the focus be on your work itself? I would suggest removing them and simplifying the page so that the work is the focus. Keep the design clean, simple, and to the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Keep the design clean, simple, and to the point. I agree in general but portfolio should reflect fist of all abilities of the person and individuality. Design of this particular portfolio website is original, people will remember it. Other question is - the look is not to everybody's taste. More important here was to fix all coding errors and give the code more semantic meaning if the person suggest himself as a web designer. Edited March 11, 2009 by lm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 What would be the correct XHTML Doctype?The correct doctype would actually be HTML - HTML or XHTML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowinowski Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 All, thanks again. I really value everyone's input. Is there a good link that explains the search relevance of the H1 tags? I am definitely curious about how that works. Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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