New Site Format... Please Be Critical

[Ryltar]

http://www.ravenengineering.net/newLayout/temp.html

As I said, please be critical cause I want this to be really good. I don't believe most of the links work so don't bother trying them.

[Scootertaj]

Didn't look at the code but I do have some things to say about the design. Why have the same navigation on the bottom if you barely even have to scroll?
Also in my opinion, highlighting the "NW Aerospace and Enginerring Program" during a mouseover looks REALLY bad.
Finally, once again in my opinion it has WAY too much highlighting and mouse-over stuff.

Scootertaj

[JamieR]

Well, you said be critical, so here I am:

It looks ok generally, but I don't like the white to black mouse over for the main image. Also the main image text where it says "New Aerospace and Engineering Program" is a bit jagged-edged. I would suggest that you use Photoshop's anti aliasing to correct that.

Another thing is that your markup isn't valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional - http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.ravenengineering.net/newLayout/temp.html.
They are fairly simple errors to kill, so it would be worthwhile correcting those so it validates properly.

As for your markup, but your css needs to be in a external file rather than it being internal to the xhtml. With your layout, it would be better if you used CSS and divs for layout rather than tables. Most XHTML compliant websites use CSS for layout as this is the future of web design.

BTW - tags like <div id =' bottomMenu'> should be <div id="bottomMenu"> - note the " rather than the '. Some older browsers may have problems parsing it the way it is.

HTH - :eek:
Jamie.

[Ryltar]

THanks, it was just something I was tinkering with. I will see what I can do