Web Project Management And Development

[glenelkins]

Web Project Management And Development

Affordable Web Design/Development at your service

If you’re looking for professional and affordable web services then you have found the right place for your needs.

We can have small websites completed within a few days and large websites built and completed over a few weeks. This will depend on how much work needs to be done. Each client will receive a personal service throughout the process, from the time you first contact us and until the project is completed. If you require further assistance once the site is up and running then please just contact us.

If you have your website built by us we will optimize your site for you so it can be found on search engines. Or if your website is not already optimized then we can also do this for you.

If you have a website that is already up and running on the internet and just require it being developed further we can also assist in this. Whether it maybe you want to have a search engine or an admin site built to your specific needs.

We have a number of years experience using website coding, scripting, and programming i.e. html, xhtml, css, xml, x-path, xsl, xslt, php, JavaScript, MySql and also website security. If a language that you require is not listed then please contact us, as we are very adaptable to other languages as well. We also create highly professional graphics for websites and Flash intros etc.

We also offer SEO, content writing, graphic design and server support. If you require website hosting for an exiting or a new website this can also be provided.

If you like the sound of us, then please get in contact and we’ll be happy to help.

Contact Info - http://www.gewebsitedevelopment.com/index.php?p=contact

GE Development U.k Ltd

Website:
http://www.gewebsitedevelopment.com/index.php

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

IMO when you advertise that you are a web design business then you should at least do it correctly on your own site first. Your site has some coding errors. See them here (http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gewebsitedevelopment.com%2Findex.php).

[glenelkins]

Hi

Thanks for spotting that! The site has just had a new design and we were still working on it, all the errors are fixed and online.

The only remaining issue is within the CSS

"Property scrollbar-arrow-color doesn't exist : #ffffff"

This is simply due to the scrollbar changes being a browser hack and is actually illegal with W3C standards, but thats a minor thing and we wanted the scrollbar effect.

Regards

Glen Elkins

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Also whats up with the table? Haven't you heard? Tables are NOT for page layout.

[croatiankid]

Wow your site looks messed up

[glenelkins]

Hi

We use tables for 1 area, and it doesn't stricktly speaking act as a layout. The css controls the whole main layout. The table is there to house images at the bottom only..this is not in my opinion a layout, rather than structured data. Also on this note, a small table isn't really a problem when you take into consideration that allot of the major players still use tables for their main layouts. Consider Os Commerce, the system is basically completely controlled by tables!

The site does not look messed up, what are you talking about? If you are referring to the PHP errors that appeared earlier today, that was due to the web server host fixing some server issues, we took the site down and the errors appeared for a matter of 2 minutes whilst the database connection was remade

Your comments are appreciated

Regards

Glen Elkins

[croatiankid]

The top of the page, the text is all overflowing in firefox at 1024x768

[glenelkins]

Which browser are you using?

In firefox this looks fine, and the last time i checked it was the same in IE. ( I try not to look at IE because it causes problems on my PC,)

Please let me know so we can fix up this error

Thanks

Glen

[rafiki]

Which browser are you using?

In firefox this looks fine, and the last time i checked it was the same in IE. ( I try not to look at IE because it causes problems on my PC,)

Please let me know so we can fix up this error

Thanks

Glen
he did say in firefox...

[iLLin]

Wow you referenced OSCommerce? Man there code is junk... and so is there "layout". I hope you don't think they own?!?

[glenelkins]

No I dont think Os Commerce own, i think they are the biggest pile of cow "mess" iv ever seen, it was an example to show how main stream still use tables..and considering our site only has 1 table for displaying a few images thats not an issue to start complaining about.

And, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the site in FF at 1024x768, my screen resolution is set to that and its fine... any chance you can post a screen shot?

Glen

[Burak32]

hello,

well this is my first post, ive checked out your website glen its very good work, using tables is ok if you use a very few, also i havnt had any errors and ive browsed your site with firefox and ie with 1024x1024,

and we obviously all know OSCommerce is a mess, and if you did not understand what glen ment by referring that OSC uses tables then you should go back and read it over...

[iLLin]

hello,

well this is my first post, ive checked out your website glen its very good work, using tables is ok if you use a very few, also i havnt had any errors and ive browsed your site with firefox and ie with 1024x1024,

and we obviously all know OSCommerce is a mess, and if you did not understand what glen ment by referring that OSC uses tables then you should go back and read it over...

I understood it quite well. He was saying OSC is a mainstream product and they use tables, so why can't I? Hence OSC is crap that's why. Maybe I didn't make my post clear enough. Anyway I don't think they have released the next version yet and OSC is what? 5-6 years old?

[cocoonfx]

From a user prospective i wouldn't want to use and internal scroll bar it would really hack me off.

The Nav bar and the logo area is nice but the bottom scroll bar could have been done in flash. Its easy to rip apart someones work as its been done to me on many times.

So please feel free to have alook at my site to see if you feel i am being harsh.

www.cocoonfxmedia.co.uk

[rafiki]

From a user prospective i wouldn't want to use and internal scroll bar it would really hack me off.

The Nav bar and the logo area is nice but the bottom scroll bar could have been done in flash. Its easy to rip apart someones work as its been done to me on many times.

So please feel free to have alook at my site to see if you feel i am being harsh.

www.cocoonfxmedia.co.uk
you really need to take a look at contact.html, font too small the image overrides the txtbox these are as i see critical areas if some ones looking to employ you for there design
no offence intended, just want to tell you what i think of your site for your benifit :)

[Jeroentje]

lol this is funny. He places an request for work and all you do is pinpoint him at his website-faults lol :P

[cocoonfx]

coolio can take it on the chin....

The Links page and the contacts page are the last two pages i need to move to the new format.

I know the css style sheets for the other pages on IE6 need tweek as the right float is screwed just need to find the time to do the changes.

The strange thing is the contact page on IE6 and IE7 the layout (logo, and swf nav bar) are in the right places with no over lap. The text is sloppy but it will be changed.

What browser you using as i have not had much feedback from people using firefox.... if you could let me know.

Jeroentje i think its good to get other professional to find faults on your work as everyone can make small mistakes it how you learn and how you adapt. Construtice critism is good.

[cocoonfx]

Hi


I have changed the contacts page and i was wondering if anyone could look at it and advise if anything looks strange i am using IE7 and the pages looks ok for me.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Umm no. This isn't your thread, don't hijack it. If you want a site review then post it in the web site review forum.

[glenelkins]

Hi

Again thanks for the comments, and they are noted. Though the business has been running for quite some time, and I work as a consultant to quite a few large companies.

If you actually pay attention to the content, we are not based around design. We are based around project management and software development. Though we do cater for CSS and Graphics.

Now the current site does have issues, with due respect the site has never been my focal point for bringing business..so to be honest not much effort goes into making the company site perfect. Business comes from word of mouth, telephone, emails and meeting with clients!

On the other hand, I appreciate people pointing out issues so they can be fixed in due course

Regards

Glen

[glenelkins]

Another couple of points I would like to make.

Firstly about the table. There is "one" section with a table! The rest, the main layout is CSS. I dont think people are understanding what im saying about OS Commerce. Im not saying its good software, not at all! What I saying is that a mainstream application is used world wide regardless of tables. Who really cares except for critics?
As far as I am concerned the table is justified, it is not used for layout rather used to house a small area of dynamic content.

Secondly, clients ( from my experience ) like to have CSS layouts. Great! But, they also like to have a fully functional system the way they want it, regardless of the way the site is written. As long as its written to enable updates and modifications, appears how the client wants and functions correctly..thats where you grow! Not being a niggle picker

Glen

[glenelkins]

From a user prospective i wouldn't want to use and internal scroll bar it would really hack me off.

The Nav bar and the logo area is nice but the bottom scroll bar could have been done in flash. Its easy to rip apart someones work as its been done to me on many times.

So please feel free to have alook at my site to see if you feel i am being harsh.

www.cocoonfxmedia.co.uk


Ill have a think about the scrollbar, if it makes you that annoyed!

I suppose you are right with the flash part! Pretty simple to put together though even in this day and age, not everyone runs flash! I have personally had issues running flash in the past, even with the player installed

[bazz]

As long as its written to enable updates and modifications, appears how the client wants and functions correctly..thats where you grow!


I can take issue with that one. :p

You can grow your business at the expense of your clients' but that's not how I would do it.

What you say may be true to a degree but, if you want to give your client a high quality product, you need to explain to them why they need to have a better designed site than one which they perceive to be acceptable. (After all, they have engaged an IT person because they don;t know that area of business). I find it a pain to explain this each day but, my clients appreciate it when they can see that the cheaper or quicker solution, is cheaper and quicker for a reason. That reason being - in their words - to line the pockets of the web person where they don't give a stuff about my business growth: only their own.

Makes for slower growth of my business (granted) but, as I see it, I have a much stronger customer loyalty and word of mouth is all the marketing I need for now....

Now I'm off to see what you say you offer :)

bazz
(mega-cynic)

[glenelkins]

Hi

Like i said previously. The company mainly functions as software ( backend ) development. So no kind of visual standards are required. Most of the clients we deal with already have the designs in place, others either dont mind the table approach, or we do actually program the site to CSS standards.

I'm still stressing the fact that one table in a website to house some minor data is no reason to start a major long discussion and *****, winge and wine. Its pathetic! I mean who actually really cares that there is a table in there? After all its only showing thumbnails in a structured format, which is actually easier to develop within PHP code than laying it out with <div>.

Also in my opinion, laying out small amounts of data in a table is more efficient than using styles simply due to enabling other developers to see the coding in a static area, rather than jumping between two documents or more. Though i also agree a layout in CSS is the best way...but we are not talking about a layout, we are talking about structured data

Glen

[glenelkins]

Ok so lets pick on the original complaining guy here "_Aerospace_Eng_". How about we setup a competition? No money, just user opinions. How about we both work on a small project, use PHP,MySql, CSS and DHTML all in one and let users rate who is the best

After all_Aerospace_Eng_ if you are that good you would not mind putting something up that shows how special you are?

[Fumigator]

We used to call this a codeo! It's a rodeo for coders! YEAH!!

(I used to work for a natural gas company and originally this mocked an annual event the pipeline guys would hold where they would compete in a "rodeo" to see who could connect a pipe or lock a meter or whatever else those crazy pipeline guys do at their job so we programmers felt there should be a competition for the stuff we do at our jobs and the CODEO was born)

[josegarcia]

In my opinion half of the users who posted on this thread, their input was just to flame and be ***holes. If you really cared about the errors that the website may be showing, why not PM him and let him fix it? Instead all you smart asses had to post on the same thread who we are all know it was used only to promote the business (in the RIGHT section).

So in my opinion the "codeoff" doesn't need to happen, we have better things to do with our time instead of having to fill the needs of a flamer who is doing nothing but trying to "interrupt" the sole purpose that this section of the forums is for.

[bcarl314]

I agree, closing thread.