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[Site Review] Madden Europe

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:50 am
by mmc01ms
I've build my first personal php site very quickly over the past week for Madden Fanatics. I would be intrested to hear any thoughts regarding the site.

Thanks for looking

Madden Europe

Re: [Site Review] Madden Europe

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:45 am
by Roja
mmc01ms wrote:I've build my first personal php site very quickly over the past week for Madden Fanatics. I would be intrested to hear any thoughts regarding the site.

Thanks for looking

Madden Europe
The CSS has a number of problems: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator

I'd like to see a bit of padding at the top and bottom. The color of the date for entries on the left is very hard to see on the background also. Increasing the text size just one size breaks the layout substantially, and thats not an uncommon thing for people to need to do.

The design is straightforward, so no complaints there.

Not bad overall, just could use a few improvements.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:56 am
by mmc01ms
the css was ok when i validated it just a few warnings is that what you are on about?

Check CSS Valid

Thanks for the comments however i am unaware how to get the background image to enlarge with the text content so it wont break.
Also i have used black for the dates but im struggling to add any colour anywhere because of the style of layoutive gone for. What colours work best with grey shades?

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:08 am
by Roja
mmc01ms wrote:the css was ok when i validated it just a few warnings is that what you are on about?
Try checking the *page* css. Checking the css directly ignores the inline css - which is giving errors and warnings.
mmc01ms wrote:Thanks for the comments however i am unaware how to get the background image to enlarge with the text content so it wont break.
I'm talking about the table layout in the middle, pushing far to the right. There is no bg image there. Its a question of absolute positioning and layout versus liquid layout. Its a huge discussion topic, so google liquid layout, or even search these forums.
mmc01ms wrote:Also i have used black for the dates but im struggling to add any colour anywhere because of the style of layoutive gone for. What colours work best with grey shades?
The change to black is substantially better than the off-blue look you had originally. Much easier to read.

As to complimentary colors, oranges and reds do fairly well against a dull gray, as it has a high contrast.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:32 am
by matthijs
The problem you have with the layout breaking (well, not really breaking but visually it looks like it) when you increase the font-size can be solved by using (double) overlapping background images. Search for liquid faux columns and you'll find the techniques.
Overall the site is good.