I've released a new site...

[Proteus]

In these last days, as many of you know, I've learning and posting tips and advises about how to improve home-made (as I call them) websites. I just enjoy making webpages and help others in their pages!

Well, I was thinking and said to myself: 'myself why don't you open a special site dedicated to post your tips online available to everybody?'

And myself responded: 'yeah! why not?... let's start with the index page'

So, I started to build it and here is the result:
http://www.fixmysite.tuguiaonline.com/

Please, tell me what you think and if you like the idea.
Also, I will be needing volunteers to start writing my reviews.

By the way, want to know who is Proteus?...

[trackerm]

Great!

Also a little spot where others can put in a tip?

Mark

[Arne]

Originally Posted by Proteus

In these last days, as many of you know, I've learning and posting tips and advises about how to improve home-made (as I call them) websites. I just enjoy making webpages and help others in their pages!

Yes, you have learned a lot on the way :)
But why not try learning to use CSS also? E.g. this "horrible" coding could be easier to maintain and change if you would like to do so later. As you understand, the page gets a lot hevier with much "unnessecery" codes.

<small style="font-family: arial;">Poor or non
existent design, usability and layout site planning.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Wrong domain name.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Poor planned or
overwhelming content in each page.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Frames, frames and
frames.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">A whole website
designed in FLASH.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Bad selection of
webpage titles and pictures names.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Too heavy and bad
quality pictures.

</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Unexpected pop ups
windows.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Broken links.</small>
<small style="font-family: arial;">Overwhelming
advertisement.</small>

With a line or two in a style sheet the same lines can be like this, and still looks the same on the page. Just write in the style sheet what the text within the list should look like.

Poor or non existent design, usability and layout site planning.
Wrong domain name.
Poor planned or overwhelming content in each page.
Frames, frames and frames.
A whole website designed in FLASH.
Bad selection of webpage titles and pictures names.
Too heavy and bad quality pictures.
Unexpected pop ups windows.
Broken links.
Overwhelming advertisement.

But the idea is good, keep on the good work! I would not mind to assist, if my english would be better.

[Proteus]

As I said in my website I'm "an always webpages designer apprentice"...

so, how does my code look now?...

I'll make an external CSS link later on...

Also, more than a html adviser, I like most to help in usability, layout and design... But I'm happy to have your help in HTML codes

[Arne]

Originally Posted by Proteus

As I said in my website I'm "an always webpages designer apprentice"...

so, how does my code look now?...

I'll make an external CSS link later on...

Also, more than a html adviser, I like most to help in usability, layout and design... But I'm happy to have your help in HTML codes

Great!
Well, usability, layout and design is about HTML and CSS when it comes to web pages since that is the tools to use. And if you can use the tool as it should be used, the work will be well done. Ever seen a carpenter used screwdrivers as hammers?

P.S. I would skip the table layout also on the page if it was my page, and use the CSS there also. But it's good as it is also

[Proteus]

Thanks.

Although CSS is a really really great tool,
still has some disadvantages:
not all browsers can support it as they should,
and result in this kind of displays:



But still I'll keep learning about it

P.S. and your english can't be better...
by the way, I liked your live webcam!

[Arne]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Although CSS is a really really great tool, still has some disadvantages: not all browsers can support it as they should, and result in this kind of displays!

Huh? That's not fare! The image you put here is not a screen dump (print screen) but a print out (preview) and of cause it looks like that because I have no "print friendly" page or "print.css" that could make it look better. E.g. the background images and colors will disapear if you set the print out to not show it. That's regardless of browser or browser versions.

If I use 800x600 resolution screen, I also see that the table from Processlibrary.com makes that part of the page is covered by the table, as large images can do. I mostly avoid things like that, but on this page I still use it, since larger screen resolutions is used by most visitors.

If something is not shown "perfect" in older browsers, the visitors mostly understand that's the browser and not the page that caused it. They are still able to use and navigate on the site.

BTW, on one page ( http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/docs/microsoft.html ) I have used CSS for the menu to show differently in purpose. I wanted to show IE users what other browser can do, but IE don't

P.S. and your english can't be better... by the way, I liked your live webcam!

Oh yes, my english can and should be better. My gramma is bad, and so is my spelling
We have a beatyful sunny day today. The first snow has arrived, about 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) so the camera view is great!

[webado]

Snow? Oh, that means it's time to start hibernating!
We've been spared so far but it won't be for much longer I'm afraid.

[Proteus]

UPDATE:

I've working in the homepage format.

I've practicing some CSS too...

Starting from that format, it's only matter of adding content.

[ianpurton]

Works OK for me in Firefox.

Although you may get better feedback when the site is more complete.