Personal Site review

**rootcomputing** · 03:11 PM

I made this site for my own personal use. I do web design on the side and enjoy it to a degree. I love networking/communications. So this site is like a journal/photo/resume area. Its not done yet, but the design is up. Thanks in advance guys.

Brandon S Dixon

^^^^^^^^^^

**tatrasim** · 07-29-2006, 05:06 PM

Looks more like a business card. small. But I like it. Nice picture, kneet look.

I like this also:

<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=9>
<IMG SRC="images/index_06.gif" WIDTH=36 HEIGHT=447 ALT=""></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=3 background="images/Large-content.gif" WIDTH=392 HEIGHT=244 ALT="">
<iframe src="text.html" height="225" width="385"></iframe>

clean code.

**kasrak** · 07-29-2006, 05:35 PM

Nice site - I like the compact look.
The only thing I'd change is the font on the navigation buttons. Perhaps make it the same as the one you used to spell your name. Right now, they just don't go with the rest of the site.

**rootcomputing** · 07-29-2006, 09:41 PM

Seems like all good feed back so far, I hope some more comes along. Its always good to get praises on something you worked on. I am a fan of simple, the site took me no more then a night to do up. I think the hardest part was actually getting my own picture for the header. I don't like to use stock photos, I try to keep it all 100% unique. But I think I will change the font on the buttons, give it a look and then see how I like it. Thanks guys

**gl3nnx** · 07-30-2006, 02:18 AM

Hi brandon,
Am using a 1024x768 screen resolution.. , others are using 800x600, ur website seems to small in my browser. how about to make its height a 100% fit to the top and bottom of your browser? this is just a opinion and a suggestion.

**senitorn** · 07-30-2006, 08:06 AM

I personally would've liked links on the top instead of the bottom... Also there's unnecessary space showing up in the scrollbar of my IE7 1024x768

**wogazm** · 07-30-2006, 08:11 AM

hmm id like it without frames

**anon** · 07-30-2006, 11:05 AM

it loads too slow for me... maybe you can remove frames..

**jumpenjuhosapha** · 07-30-2006, 12:10 PM

I think it looks nice. Very elegant and simple. I agree with you about the font on the buttons. If you were to do away with the text box(frames), it would take away from the overall appeal of the site. If IE would support position:fixed, then you wouldn't have a problem. I'd say if you get rid of the frames, lighten up on the text, because it wouldn't be as elegane if you stretched it down an addition screen or 2. Also, I am on 1024x768 using FF and I have the vertical scroll bar too. The reason why is because you have an image that uses: width:1024. You should shrink this down, cause 1024 is the resolution of the screen not including the scroll bar, so if you knocked it down to 950, you'd be okay.

**jumpenjuhosapha** · 07-30-2006, 07:43 PM

I apologize, I gave you bad advice before. I didn't realize you had used html Frames, I agree, you should get rid of the frames. You can replace it with the same effect by using CSS overflow.

The CSS would look something like this:

Code:

.textarea
{
overflow:scroll;
}

Then your HTML would look like this:

HTML Code:

<div class="textarea">
Your text or other info here.
</div>

Also, the HTML is riddled with tables, which not suggested for page layout. You can do much more using CSS and XHTML.

The page is 1024 pix wide because of the following tag:

HTML Code:

<img src="images/index_01.gif" width=1024 height=27 alt="">

This is the first <img> tag in your html. So it should be easy to spot.
You could actually do away with this line, it causes your page to be 1024 pix wide, and it is an empty image.

I hope this helps you out some.

**kaminas** · 07-31-2006, 10:25 AM

Small but nice

Font can be a little bit better

**mademoiselle** · 07-31-2006, 03:57 PM

I like the styles like the one you used in your site, but when I think about easiness of reading, I prefer not to read from a small box. In your case, I believe there is going to be limited info in the site that you won't have the problem of stuffing things in that box very much. So, it will still work for you.

Good work.

**carterdea** · 07-31-2006, 05:00 PM

I like it alot except for the use of tables. Its nice

**rootcomputing** · 07-31-2006, 05:59 PM

Thanks you to all the compliment and feedback so far. jumpenjuhosapha. I have a question for you. I tried putting the css code you gave me into a <style> tag up where the title tags were and then putting the html in the cell where my text would normally go. When it overflowed I got no scroll page and it just made the page look really nasty. Any way you can help explain a little bit. Its been like 2 years since I used CSS. PM me please, my AIM is rebrokenglass and my email is rootcomputing@gmail.com

**GSellars** · 07-31-2006, 08:51 PM

Not bad, but if I was someone that was shopping for what you provide I would be turned off a little bit by the small size of the site. I think you should go with the tradition larger website with more detail..

**rootcomputing** · 07-31-2006, 11:01 PM

I am not selling anything though, I guess I could understand if people are checking my site out for information but other then that I am not sure what you are talking about.

**jumpenjuhosapha** · 08-02-2006, 11:02 PM

Sorry about that, place this in the head of your html:

Code:

<script type="text/css">
.textarea
 {
  width:385px;
  height:225px;
  overflow:scroll;
 }
</script>

Then replace the body with this:

Code:

<div class="textarea">
Place your text here.
</div>

I apologize, I have been gone for the past few days. I hope that helps. If you need anything else, feel free to PM me and I will do what I can.