How do yo like my website?

It doesn't matter if you do all the error checking in the world, or if you have the most beautiful graphics, if your site or application design isn't usable, it's not going to do well. Get input and advice on usability and user interface issues here.

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How do yo like my website?

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hey,

could you give me some feedback on my site? what's good, what's bad?
thank you

http://www.christophdum.com
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Like the style, not sure on the font for the events and the whole text being links. It works well in firefox and in IE always a bonus, html validator I have in firefox gives it only warnings, no serious errors which is a bonus.

You have no meta keywords or description which is always handy for searchengines, less important for rankings these days but a good description will make places like google display something worthwhile beneath the sites listing. Need to get some projects on the projects page too ;)

Overall I'd say its well made, and looks good too IMO.
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thanks,

well, maybe i'll change the "whole text being links" on the front-page
and as for the content: that's soon to come (i'll add my db_class to the projects soon)

note to self: META
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Re: How do yo like my website?

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_dev wrote: could you give me some feedback on my site? what's good, what's bad?
Well, its not valid html. That's what I'd fix first. (To the tune of over 100 errors). That makes it hard for people using disability browsers to read your site.

The layout is a little too controlled. For example, when using a 21" monitor, at 1280x1024, one-third of the page is wasted on your site, when it could be a liquid layout, and use more of the screen. (Thats not so much a good/bad thing, as it is a design choice).

The fonts change size for everything except the navigation. Since the navigation is the thing I'm most likely to need to use (especially with a visual disability), it would be nice if those could change size too.

The logo needs more of a drop-shadow, to help differentiate it from the background color differences in the bubbles. Same for the text of the navigation menu.

You mix presentation (data/text) and style information in the same page - split the style out to its own sheet so it can be cached! Also, move the font declarations out into the stylesheet.. font is deprecated.

I love the use of color, the picture placement, the inclusion of the font size changer, and the theme. Its solid.

I think you have a ways to go, but your design ideas are solid.
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thanks for the feedback

1) "controlled" layout: well, i don't have that much content on my start-page, but the layout stretches on pages like this http://www.christophdum.com/football_wallpapers.php

i was thinking about that too since i also use a 1280 res, but it looks even more stupid when there's that white space

2) the fonts in the nav are actually pretty big so you can see them pretty good anyway - the font-size for the content has a maximum to, so it will never be bigger than the fonts in the nav

3) logo, nav more shadow - yeah ..., yes, guess that'd be good

4) stylesheets & HTML valid: well i guess that's sloppy programming on my site - if it looks good, and the PHPscripts work -> release
gonna change that
as for the HTMLvalidation: gotta delete those unused attributes in my tables


so, thank you for that great feedback
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Although overall I like it, "dislarge" isn't a word. :)
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Post by Roja »

_dev wrote:2) the fonts in the nav are actually pretty big so you can see them pretty good anyway - the font-size for the content has a maximum to, so it will never be bigger than the fonts in the nav
Pretty big is *extremely* relative.

However, no, the content doesn't limit the resize, which it shouldn't. I had to enlarge them two times to read them comfortably. I'm 30 years old, and I have severe visual challenges. For people that are older, people that have low vision, or contrast issues in their vision, your navigation is simply invisible.

As someone that occassionally browses using assistive technologies, let me just say that you aren't the first person to make that assumption. Regardless, "you can see them pretty good" isn't accurate for many people - including myself.

I wouldn't have mentioned the nav if I didn't have to squint to see it, get me?
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feyd wrote:Although overall I like it, "dislarge" isn't a word. :)
damn it
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Roja wrote: Pretty big is *extremely* relative.

However, no, the content doesn't limit the resize, which it shouldn't. I had to enlarge them two times to read them comfortably. I'm 30 years old, and I have severe visual challenges. For people that are older, people that have low vision, or contrast issues in their vision, your navigation is simply invisible.

As someone that occassionally browses using assistive technologies, let me just say that you aren't the first person to make that assumption. Regardless, "you can see them pretty good" isn't accurate for many people - including myself.

I wouldn't have mentioned the nav if I didn't have to squint to see it, get me?
yep, thanks again
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