Not too modern please!

**Kay G** · 03-14-2007, 04:21 AM

Earlyworks Press is my main website. It's grown over time from when I knew nothing at all about the Internet. I designed it to be comfortable for club members who on the whole are not comfortable Internet users. I now want to set up a more manageable blog site specifically to review and sell books - but don't want to go too far from the known 'look' of Earlyworks Press. Here's a sample page the club like the look of Booksy.co.uk
I'd be grateful for any suggestions as to the best way of going about it - and - would you be tempted to read on?

**dootzky** · 03-14-2007, 05:43 AM

not bad at all, but it's maybe a bit too "light", in means that there is not enough information at the first sight.. maybe it's just me :P

gj tho'

ch33rzs,
dootzky

**robthebuilder** · 03-14-2007, 12:00 PM

The book blog site didn't come up for me. I received this error:

Quote:

Sorry, there has been a page error

The server could not complete your request.

The script or file you are trying to call may be incorrectly written.

The host may be having a problem currently.

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Open the booksy.co.uk home page, and then look for links to the information you want.

Click Here to try another link.

**Kay G** · 03-14-2007, 02:28 PM

Sorry - I was in the process of downloading blog files. Back to demo page now!!

**travelagent** · 03-14-2007, 03:03 PM

Kay - I would reduce the size of your main text by half, as it seems to be too large; it's best to keep your text the same font size all the way thru your site ... also, your NavMenu leaves alot to be desired, in the fact that it should be set-up with 1 or 2 words and the words should never wrap to the next line.

First thing I noticed in your code is, you don't have the required <!DOCTYPE Declaration> which presents the site properly in all browsers and will affect how your site code validates ... speaking of which, I suggest you learn CSS and get rid of the tables.

Here are the 41 code warnings you should consider fixing:

Code:

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing <!DOCTYPE> declaration
line 16 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolorlight"
line 16 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolordark"
line 16 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "height"
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line 38 column 7 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolorlight"
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line 38 column 7 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "height"
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line 98 column 7 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolordark"
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line 135 column 11 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 168 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolorlight"
line 168 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolordark"
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line 312 column 3 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "bordercolorlight"
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line 316 column 7 - Warning: <img> proprietary attribute "xthumbnail-orig-image"
line 316 column 7 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
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line 323 column 7 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
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line 329 column 7 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 21 column 83 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
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**Angelosanto** · 03-14-2007, 03:28 PM

I've got to be honest with you - I think you're making a mistake keeping the old style. It looks just that - old. And outdated. You can still make a very user-friendly website using a nice bit of CSS and a modern design. I would suggest a re-design.

**Kay G** · 03-16-2007, 12:58 AM

Sorry, I meant keep the old appearance not my old patchwork Frontpage + fiddle with code!