website evaluation

[Guest]

Please evaluate my Frontpage Website. It should fun and informative?
www.socalfair.com

 

[Murray]

This is just my opinion.

Please get rid of the page transitions.

Please add a sound off button.

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

I left as soon as the music started. Also, I don't like to have to scroll
horizontally on a page.
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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
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| Please evaluate my Frontpage Website. It should fun and informative?
| www.socalfair.com

 

[Steve Easton]

You're using a lot of features that will only work in Internet Explorer, and some that
"might" not work in any browser.

Hover buttons require Java Virtual machine, which no longer comes installed in newer
computers and must be download from Sun Java and installed.

Word Art only works in Internet Explorer.
Gradient backgrounds only work in Internet Explorer
Transitions only work in Internet Explorer.


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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Tom J]

Please evaluate my Frontpage Website. It should fun and
informative?
www.socalfair.com

I don't scroll to look at web pages.

Tom J

 

[Andrew Murray]

To turn sound off, just press the "Stop" button on your browser toolbar. At
least, that works for IE 6.0.

But I agree, give the user the *choice* to listen to the music or not.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Some images or whatever they are (possibly java applets) are not showing up,
since I don't have java installed. Also the "Good Job" word art won't show
up in anything but IE browsers.

One idea; adjust your tables using percents, not fix widths, so a viewer
using 800 x 600 can view the whole site without scrolling sideways (1024 x
768 is too small for me to read).

Otherwise, the design suits the subject and

 

[Andrew Murray]

I'd use interactive buttons; they use javascript/dhtml, but even if the user
has javascript off, and the hover/click effects don't work at least you'd
still have the pretty buttons! or if not designing in FP2003, then use
"rollover images" as featured in FP2002, or using an outside script to
accomplish rollovers if using FP2000 or less.

 

[Murray]

And if you used CSS rollovers instead of interactive buttons, they'd work
even with js turned off. But that's pretty OT for this thread! 8)

 

[MikeR]

In Firefox, the right side and bottom red border runs inside the grey one, overlaying the
text.. The word art shows up as a fairly ugly.
MikeR

 

[Guest]

Just side to side or up and down either? Thanks for your time.

 

[Guest]

Publisher? Will that work to make buttons, what about adobe photoshop? Thanks!

 

[Guest]

What percentages would I use?

Some images or whatever they are (possibly java applets) are not showing up,
since I don't have java installed. Also the "Good Job" word art won't show
up in anything but IE browsers.

One idea; adjust your tables using percents, not fix widths, so a viewer
using 800 x 600 can view the whole site without scrolling sideways (1024 x
768 is too small for me to read).

Otherwise, the design suits the subject and

 

[Guest]

How do I fix the size problem, I am struggling with that? I have FP2002

 

[Murray]

No. Only use Publisher for print pieces. You can make button graphics in
any graphics editor - yes, PS is one.

 

[Murray]

100% width will mean your table will fill any page side-to-side (minus the
page margins, if any).

Since table height is invalid HTML, it may produce unexpected results.....

 

[Murray]

Read this -

http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm

Pick a minimum width to support. Set your table to that width.

Or build flexible pages that can accommodate any browser viewport dimension
(within reason).