My new site - please review

[corepages]

My site is fairly new and doing just okay, I am new to web development and need some insight. Please visit my sight and let me know what you think, I'm open to criticisms - www.corepages.com

Thanks
corepages.com

[dniwebdesign]

1. Wrong thread... should have been under the sub-category "Site Reviews"

2. What's with your source code?
3. No doctype.
4. Colours seem a bit harsh, or at least it is for me.


There might be other but I'm to busy to look any farther, srry.

[rmedek]

Oh sweet Lord,

I'd suggest you read your own copy and get acquainted with your own advice. To wit:

Create your web page with your visitors in mind.
Who is your target audience, people who need websites or people who make websites?
Visit your favorite websites and write down everything you like about them and use that as guidelines to create your own web page.
What are your favorite websites? I'm assuming they use more creative fonts than Arial, better colors, proper and modern markup, and an easy to navigate layout.
Get comfortable using code validation tools like the WDG HTML Validator (cut and paste), Markup Validation Service and WDG HTML Validator (upload).
Your webpage doesn't come CLOSE to validating. There's no doctype, no character set, invalid tags, deprecated tags, etc. Not to mention the (gasp) font tags and table-based layout.
Do an extensive research for the content of your web page.
Again, if you were reading the tuturials you posted, none of these major coding issues would be a problem.

I know this sounds harsh, but a) you asked for it, and b) it's hard for me to believe the validity of this post; i.e., your first post driving traffic to your Google-ad-driven website.

[chilipie]

Primary colours which make it look like a kid's site and poor code.


Correct spellings and grammar are a must.

You spelt "Web" as "Wep" in your navigation. Proof-read carefully.

Font style, size and color should spell professionalism.

You have several different points on each page.

Graphics that compliment the content.

The logo isn't particularly well done - the same goes for the borders. If people are looking for web design tips, they need sites at the cutting edge, not sites with primary colours and a shoddy logo.

[corepages]

Don't hold back, your criticisms are well taken and encouraged. We all start somewhere and this is my first site, it will get better with time - just keep your criticisms coming.
I will work on what you all pointed out and the next time you visit the site you'll notice the difference.
Thanks again guys (one day you'll hire me to build your sites).

corepages.com

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

your source code sure u can use comments but such large comments aren't neccessary, organize a bit better, and yeah the colors, not too good, they hurt the eyes a bit

[corepages]

Take a look and see if the colors and font are better now. I'm still working on the other stuff - www.corepages.com.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

it looks the same as before, what exactly did u change, and who even uses rgb codes for font colors anymore, and still u have the comments yeah sure they arent causing any harm but u have a uniqure way of making a comment, it can be simple something like this
<!--This is a comment-->

[ronaldb66]

I still really don't like Times... not on a web page, anyway. Try Verdana for body text (boring, but legible) and Georgia for serif text (not earth-shattering either, but legible and well-supported, too).

You make very little use of styles, and most of them are inline; moving the bulk of it to an external style sheet would save you work when changes to the styles need to be made, and would shave off -unnecessary- page weight. And would look much more professional!

Same goes for all the tables: you must have heard of the move from table layouts to more flexible, CSS-P oriented layout techniques, yet your pages are still choke-full of tables, much of which can easily be replaced by semantic markup and some styles.

Lastly, judging by your comments it looks like your a programmer (I should know: I am!). A well-structured page doesn't really need two comments surrounding just about every element, and certainly no mile-wide ones!
Remember that although they don't show up, they do have to be downloaded; do you visitors a favor and reduce both the size and the number of comments. Rely more on proper structure, and document it outside the page if you feel the need.

And this is still the wrong thread...

[tsguitar2004]

If I come to a page that's trying to sell me something or offer their services and I see that Google ad placement crap, I move on and don't look back. Find another way to pay for your site. Everything else I'd have to say has already been said, but I must say that your header logo is fuzzy and that immediately makes me think bad things about the site's professionalism.

Your site loads slow on my pretty zippy DSL connection. I can only imagine it on 56k. And the Web page design tips you give look odd on a site that doesn't really have a design.
-ts

[corepages]

Okay guys; I have changed the logo and the colors. The code is still in the works, I want to get rid of most of the tables and employ some CSS. The current html validates for the most part - where it doesn't I preferred to let leave like that. Anyway, take a look and let me know what you think.

[Jalenack]

excellent! you're definitely making steps in the right direction...i like the basic colors. As for the logo, it would work if it weren't so fuzzy...

Try adding some padding to the main links...and the links are all kinda nasty colors. Kill the red. You don't really need a text title in the main content area that says Core Internet Pages...it is already advertised. Still, the google ads are really pulling down the professionality of your site. good luck!

[corepages]

Thanks Jalenack.

www.corepages.com

[corepages]

I have utilized an iframe tag to give my home page a new look for a new business venture. If any one knows of any problems with iframe tags please let me know. www.corepages.com

[bazz]

[edit}How did I miss your last post? :(
[/edit]

I noticed two things.

1. the iframe you have used presents your site in only 1/3 of the screen height in FF and in IE6 on XP, whilst it covers the whole screen, there are two scrollbars - the browser one and another of your own. :confused:

2. I see you used the ® symbol. How did you register it? Did you register it? That's something I need to do shortly.

Bazz

[PickledOnion]

Umm, all I see is a frame 150px high and the rest of the page is blank.

I use ff.

In other words the entire site is squeezed into the 150px high frame at the top of the page, so to even see below the 'Support: (480) 624-2500' line I have to scroll.

Didn't go any further.

[corepages]

It's fixed now

[corepages]

I'm working on a new logo, take a look at the site and see if you like the logo.
www.corepages.com