Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-13 Thread Drew Trusz
On 9/12/07, Reg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dave, Deb Drew :):) This is exactly the type of help we were hoping to receive. :):):):):):) We'll take a look at those headers and see what we can do. Should page content titles be coded as H1 level and the side bar heading.at what

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-13 Thread Reg
Drew -- thanks for this tip! I think it just might solve several of our problems. At 06:10 AM 9/13/2007, you wrote: On 9/12/07, Reg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dave, Deb Drew :):) This is exactly the type of help we were hoping to receive. :):):):):):) We'll take a look at those

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-12 Thread Drew Trusz
On 9/11/07, Reg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've finally taken the plunge and attempted to create fully CSS page layout templates for our website. We have over 8,000 pages to convert to the new template, too. So, we are asking for help finding potential problems before we get too far into the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-12 Thread David Precious
Reg wrote: We've finally taken the plunge and attempted to create fully CSS page layout templates for our website. We have over 8,000 pages to convert to the new template, too. So, we are asking for help finding potential problems before we get too far into the process. Unfortunately, we do

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-12 Thread David Precious
PBC Web Design wrote: Here are two places you can go to check your work in all the browsers: http://browsershots.org/ http://www.browsercam.com/ The first one I believe is free, the second one may have a trial and is costly for a one-on-one account but they take groups and you divvy up the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-11 Thread David Blakey
At 12:17 p.m. 12/09/2007, you wrote: We've finally taken the plunge and attempted to create fully CSS page layout templates for our website. We have over 8,000 pages to convert to the new template, too. So, we are asking for help finding potential problems before we get too far into the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-11 Thread David Blakey
At 12:17 p.m. 12/09/2007, you wrote: We've finally taken the plunge and attempted to create fully CSS page layout templates for our website. We have over 8,000 pages to convert to the new template, too. So, we are asking for help finding potential problems before we get too far into the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-11 Thread David Blakey
At 12:17 p.m. 12/09/2007, you wrote: We've finally taken the plunge and attempted to create fully CSS page layout templates for our website. We have over 8,000 pages to convert to the new template, too. So, we are asking for help finding potential problems before we get too far into the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-11 Thread Reg
Thanks David! We appreciate your comments. I see what you mean about the three-column design. We've decided to convert all of the existing 3-column layout pages to 2-column pages with the old right/left columns stacked on the left. A classic case of what made perfect sense to us not being

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-09-11 Thread PBC Web Design
Looks like it's working here. I don't know that I'd give copyright to Google, though g Here are two places you can go to check your work in all the browsers: http://browsershots.org/ http://www.browsercam.com/ The first one I believe is free, the second one may have a trial and is costly

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread joseph harris
From: Peter MacGregor I'd appreciate comments on www.healthandsafetyformicrofirms.com if anyone has time. There is no checkout at the moment and we're still uploading data and tidying up some of the data but some initial reactions please. You need to register to get inside the site but at

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread Drew Trusz
On 8/21/07, PBC Web Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Peter, Well, my first look says wa to busy looking. My feeling when I view it is governmental so if that's what you're shooting for then in my opinion you hit the mark. Have to agree with Deb it is both busy looking and

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread Peter MacGregor
Thanks, Deb. Appreciate your comments. At 04:34 22/08/2007, you wrote: Hi Peter, Well, my first look says wa to busy looking. I think maybe there's to much of the same look all over. Perhaps if you break it up a little bit by saying putting a bg color in the right or left cells? I

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread Peter MacGregor
Should have said UK Government Health and Safety Site which is at www.hse.gov.uk. Peter At 04:34 22/08/2007, you wrote: Hi Peter, Well, my first look says wa to busy looking. I think maybe there's to much of the same look all over. Perhaps if you break it up a little bit by saying

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 10:56 22/08/2007, you wrote: Peter, If you are part educating to the fact of responsibility should the first line of text to meet the eye be: 'Are you meeting your legal Health and Safety responsibilities? Your answers are here.' Good point - I'll revise text What the hell is a

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-22 Thread Peter MacGregor
At 14:33 22/08/2007, you wrote: Have to agree with Deb it is both busy looking and governmental. And that is probably the effect you want on the home page. But maybe a little less busy on other pages might be good? You've probably seen my response to Deb by now - aiming to freeload of the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check Please

2007-08-21 Thread PBC Web Design
Hi Peter, Well, my first look says wa to busy looking. I think maybe there's to much of the same look all over. Perhaps if you break it up a little bit by saying putting a bg color in the right or left cells? I don't think I'd go w/red but maybe - I'd have to play w/it. Just seems to

Re: [wdvltalk] site check please - http://www.Looperman-is-ready.com

2005-09-22 Thread Peter MacGregor
Joseph - I've looked using Firefox 1.0.6 under Windows XP and the only thing I've found is that the 'more' link at the bottom of every page I tried gave a 404. Maybe because these are only samples - but thought you should know. Otherwise, loads fast and didn't spot any problems - through

Re: [wdvltalk] site check please - http://www.Looperman-is-ready.com

2005-09-22 Thread Joseph Harris
: Peter MacGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] site check please - http://www.Looperman-is-ready.com Joseph - I've looked using Firefox 1.0.6 under Windows XP and the only thing I've found is that the 'more' link

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-06 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Hi Stephen As I'm at home to visit me mother for Mother's Day I've just acquired my stepdad's old G3 iMac (shame it's red not blue to match my glowing blue P4) but it's more than enough to do my Mac testing on. I will annoy the chief at work some more to get a Mac mini or cheap iMac or SOMETHING

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-06 Thread David Precious
Hi Ross, Tested in Firefox 1.0 on Linux. Looks *very* nice, very clean and professional. Nice use of Flash too. I really like some of the effects in the Flash bit, especially when you do the full view which lists each item. I like the rounded corners on all the boxes. On first sight, the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-06 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Dave: On the 'Our Services' page, I think the big space to the left of each paragraph looks wrong - it looks like there should be something there that's missing. That's because there is something missing! I forgot to upload the images that go with each service. On the left nav, I feel

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Joseph: The site came up quickly on FF (Xphome) but the image is taking for ever to load (56 dial-up). Yeah I forgot to mention that I've not done any image optimisation at this point so the images that teh Flash movie loads in are around 100k each - sorry for all you dial-up testers at this

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Joseph Harris
All the other pages come up very fast and there is a consistent clarity. I particularly like the way you've done the login page.It's the log in windows that really seem more inviting than most, even though the blue is slightly cold. Joseph Joseph: The site came up quickly on FF

RE: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Trusz, Andrew
MOU, you have 70 validation errors. They are in two principal groups. One is the no such attribute problem. The other is the entity issue in the php links. There is one error that seems to indicate you've used an id twice -- to the tower with ye! Many of the attribute issues have to do with xhtml

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Franni Vincent
Hi all The new site is nearing completion so I thought I'd better ask you wonderful people for a once over. Not a lot of the site actually has any content yet (for example the Flash widget has temporary graphics and the portfolio has test documents) but you should be able to see the structure.

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread PBC Web Design
At 08:18 PM 3/3/2005, you wrote: http://www.themmen.co.uk/newsite/ Comments on a postcard to the usual address. Hi Ross, I really like your FLASH =) I think overall it looks very sharp. There are 2 things I would change. 1) it's very narrow - I would widen it out a bit - I'm thinking to

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
I looked at it for a sec from home last night and it took right at 30 seconds to pull up the page on DSL (1.5mbps) then an additional 17 seconds for the flash to load. I still need to do a lot of image optimisation to do on the site to speed things up a bit and this will be most noticable

RE: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Drew MOU, you have 70 validation errors. Thanks for the check I've not done a proper XHTML Strict validation yet so I'm aware I'm going to have to tweak things. There is one error that seems to indicate you've used an id twice -- to the tower with ye! Please spare me this once I have been

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Screen grabs would be good Franni thanks along with system spec and browsers tested! MOU P.S. I am reliant on you Mac guys at this stage - we're Macless in the office (a big bug bear of mine for cross-platform Director development too). Send instant messages to your online friends

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Deb I really like your FLASH =) I think overall it looks very sharp. Glad somebody likes it lol!!! Trust me guys it will be better when it's finished... There are 2 things I would change. 1) it's very narrow - I would widen it out a bit - I'm thinking to 700'ish px or so Just goes to show

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Franni Vincent
Screen grabs would be good Franni thanks along with system spec and browsers tested! MOU P.S. I am reliant on you Mac guys at this stage - we're Macless in the office (a big bug bear of mine for cross-platform Director development too). Screenshot on its way offlist - MacOs X, IE5.5 is where the

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Scott Glasgow
The site looks great, Ross, very crisp and clean, easily navigated, and professional. I might change the wording for the Open Full View button on the Flash control (which I like, BTW, especially the texture) to View Menu or something. When I first moused over it I had the idea at first that it

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-04 Thread Stephen Caudill
Send them out forthwith to procure an Mac and do not let them re-enter the building without one. Seriously. Mac Mini's are cheap-a-cheap-a and pack a hell of a wallop... so long as you're not doing sound or video *editing* on them... then again a powerbook can easily handle that sort of thing,

Re: [wdvltalk] Site check please

2005-03-03 Thread Joseph Harris
Ross, The site came up quickly on FF (Xphome) but the image is taking for ever to load (56 dial-up). Now it is all visible it looks attractive and holding - the title graphic is interesting without being demanding. Unless it is for strong selling I am not sure the flash part helps; it

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Joseph Harris
Yes Peter, blank in IE with this source::: !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN HTMLHEAD META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=windows-1252/HEAD BODY/BODY/HTML Blank in Firefox with this source htmlbody/body/html Blank in Opera with no source at all

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Amrit Hallan
It comes blank. Amrit - Original Message - From: Peter MacGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Site Check please Can someone please check the following:

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Peter MacGregor
Thanks Joseph - it's definitely old age! Did the upload in a hurry for the client and now realise I uploaded it to the wrong folder! Now fixed - but if you have a minute just check again please www.smugglers-at-sompting.co.uk Click on Clubs in menu bar. Ta ever so Peter At 11:08 18/02/2005,

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Joseph Harris
Yes it is looking good in IE, page comes up, club link works. - but now neither opera nor firefox will open, looks like Revenge of the Bill. Joseph (Alas, I know what you mean about wrong folder!!!) Thanks Joseph - it's definitely old age! Did the upload in a hurry for the client and now

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Stephen Caudill
Joseph Harris wrote: Yes it is looking good in IE, page comes up, club link works. - but now neither opera nor firefox will open, looks like Revenge of the Bill. Joseph (Alas, I know what you mean about wrong folder!!!) Comes up fine in FF1.0 and O7.54 for me • The WDVL Discussion List from

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Peter MacGregor
Thanks Stephen Peter At 15:42 18/02/2005, you wrote: Joseph Harris wrote: Yes it is looking good in IE, page comes up, club link works. - but now neither opera nor firefox will open, looks like Revenge of the Bill. Joseph (Alas, I know what you mean about wrong folder!!!) Comes up fine in FF1.0

Re: [wdvltalk] Site Check please

2005-02-18 Thread Peter MacGregor
Thanks Franni - if you want a van like that I believe there may be still a few available. They were a special make for South Africa by Citroen (?) I think and then the firm that ordered them didn't take them (Think they went bust). Peter At 16:07 18/02/2005, you wrote: Can someone please check