First complete client site, please review

Aceramic · 04-28-2008, 06:08 PM

So, I (and my "team", though I use the term loosely) finally completed our first client site. Please provide an honest review. I know that there are a couple validation errors on a couple pages. Those would be the pages that were edited by other people after I finished coding them.

They will be fixed soon! Yes, it's plain and simple, that's what the client asked for.

www.caringworld.org

abduraooft · 04-28-2008, 06:20 PM

I think, a footer(at least a border/hr/ some blank space of padding/margin ) would be fine for users to get an impression that the haven't missed anything at the end

Oh.. in IE6 the last para is not visible!

The other improvement could be on displaying the current tab (selected page), by some simple CSS tricks.
Say when someone take Three G's, and read the text there, he may forget about his last selection

Aceramic · 04-28-2008, 06:47 PM

Take a look at the code, and you'll notice that the footer is commented out. I was informed (by the client and people in charge) that "It doesn't need a footer". :/

Also, which paragraph isn't visible in IE? Which page is it on?

Apostropartheid · 04-28-2008, 06:55 PM

NB you’re the web designer/usability-person-thing. People NEED a footer. It’s just standard. You don’t miss out the footer in a book, do you? No, that’s just weird. It adds a sense of completeness and, honestly, makes sure the user doesn’t think you gave up halfway through. Even Google has a footer.

Aceramic · 04-28-2008, 07:01 PM

^ Yes, but people around here defy logic. I tried explaining it, yet they insisted "No, we don't want a footer." *sigh*

gnomeontherun · 04-28-2008, 09:42 PM

At least put a little more padding at the bottom. Its weird when the text bumps so tightly against the bottom of the page.

Take out any pages which are Coming Soon. Unless you are finishing those still

The header and blue bar is just very heavy. It takes a commanding presence on the page. In my opinion, I would scale it back. On the screen I'm currently using, the content doesn't start until past half way down the screen.

I think a few things to jazz up the pages, which are just text right now, would be beneficial to the site. BUT DONT ADD JUST TO ADD! Find images which compliment the purpose of the organization.

oesxyl · 04-28-2008, 09:54 PM

I like it.

have two problems in my opinion:
- last line must be bottom padded, add footer, something..., already said
- you don't have metatags, keywords, description, ...., so is not visible on the net

regards

Aceramic · 04-29-2008, 06:56 AM

Thanks, I'll try to add the padding tomorrow morning... I don't have access to the clients host, so hopefully, I'll be able to convince him that he needs to upload a few things again.

abduraooft · 04-29-2008, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aceramic

Also, which paragraph isn't visible in IE? Which page is it on?

I think it's not visible in all pages, see the screen shot of home page in IE6.

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04-28-2008, 06:47 PM	PM User \| #3
Aceramic Regular Coder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 148 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Take a look at the code, and you'll notice that the footer is commented out. I was informed (by the client and people in charge) that "It doesn't need a footer". :/ Also, which paragraph isn't visible in IE? Which page is it on?

04-28-2008, 07:01 PM	PM User \| #5
Aceramic Regular Coder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 148 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	^ Yes, but people around here defy logic. I tried explaining it, yet they insisted "No, we don't want a footer." sigh

04-28-2008, 09:42 PM	PM User \| #6
gnomeontherun Senior Coder Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Houston Posts: 2,797 Thanks: 10 Thanked 235 Times in 226 Posts	At least put a little more padding at the bottom. Its weird when the text bumps so tightly against the bottom of the page. Take out any pages which are Coming Soon. Unless you are finishing those still The header and blue bar is just very heavy. It takes a commanding presence on the page. In my opinion, I would scale it back. On the screen I'm currently using, the content doesn't start until past half way down the screen. I think a few things to jazz up the pages, which are just text right now, would be beneficial to the site. BUT DONT ADD JUST TO ADD! Find images which compliment the purpose of the organization.

04-28-2008, 09:54 PM	PM User \| #7
oesxyl Senior Coder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,658 Thanks: 374 Thanked 562 Times in 551 Posts	I like it. have two problems in my opinion: - last line must be bottom padded, add footer, something..., already said - you don't have metatags, keywords, description, ...., so is not visible on the net regards

04-29-2008, 06:56 AM	PM User \| #8
Aceramic Regular Coder Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 148 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks, I'll try to add the padding tomorrow morning... I don't have access to the clients host, so hopefully, I'll be able to convince him that he needs to upload a few things again.