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Another Site

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:54 pm
by s.dot
So, I'm doing this site mostly for the money (advertisements everywhere!). It gets a decent amount of hits based on the subject nature. I made it cuz a while back people were complaining that myspace codes are terrible.. so I thought I would offer my own. :-D But other than the advertisements, how does it pan out? It's a pure CSS layout (divs & stylesheets), it's simple, and I was experimenting with the javascript Nifty corners (not sure if i like them cuz every image has to load before the corners are rendered).

Thoughts?

http://www.makems.com/

[edit] The CSS validates! Woot... didn't even try on that one. :oops: The HTML on the other hand... not even close. :cry:

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:24 am
by nickvd
The first thing that popped out at me was the bullets (ff on linux), the size/colour are just far too... strong (?), try changing their colour to a deep blue, or something that contrasts with the blue background... when i just glance at the page, all i see is the bullets.

I like the design.. the colours are right for the content (did that really make sense?) and it's simple, easy to navigate... KUDOS!

RE: round corners. I highly recommend you look at jquery (jquery.com)... it has a plugin for rounded corners which makes it as simple as

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$('div.rounded').corner();
Not to mention all the other things it will help with. It's sped up my js development 10 fold..

slightly more complex sample:

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         $(document).ready(function(){ //dom is ready, images haven't finished loading, but the dom is ready to be played with
            $('#newForm').submit(addToQueue); // add's an onsubmit event
            $('.stepCont').hide().corner().BlindDown(750,null,'bounceout'); //fairly explanitory
            $('#queueCont div').hide().fadeIn(1000); // ditto
         });

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:29 am
by s.dot
Thanks for the feedback! Will take it into consideration next time i update.

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:58 am
by John Cartwright
what ads do you speak of? Oh, my proxy grilled them all :D :lol:

I would definantly push for more content on your pages, especilly the homepage because not only will likely increase your hit count, but create much more relevant google ads, and in turn more profit.