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03-07-2008, 03:32
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I'm a Newbie - I guess it's my turn
Wow... just found this site. I'm gonna have a lot of questions for all of you vets. Anyway... I kinda fell into building sites for others because of the site I built for my business (full time fishing guide). I don't have formal training (as you'll see) so my code probably doesn't "validate" and what not. The biggest issue I have when building a site is trying to get tables to behave the way I want them to. Oh well... the more I read up on stuff here the more it seems that I shouldn't be using tables anyway. My personal site (needs updating). It's informative but I think it needs some lipstick and rouge. captainclay.com The first site that I was approached to do (I didn't write the content. the owner of the site wanted to write it. He also updates it on his own. I tried to show him how and he does the best he can). captaingregd.com The second site I hired for. thecaptchoice.com The most recent site for another fishing guide. It's still a work in progress. action-charters.com Well... I'm still learning through trial and error. Any advice you guys have would be much appreciated.  Last edited by Capt. Clay : 03-07-2008 at 04:23. |
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03-07-2008, 11:29
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Designers are strange :)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Shrewsbury, UK
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You should go look around sites such as CSS Remix, Faveup, and CSS Heroes to see what other sites are doing for inspiration. Currently your sites look like they belong in the 90's. Plus, I am a self trained website developer, and my code validates, so there's no excuse there! :P If it works, it's valid.
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03-07-2008, 11:29
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L'me at'em. L'me at'em.
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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superstar... If your colours are starting to run, let them all run, run away from you. Flux - Bloc Party
Design Never Dies A message to newcomers. This is not google. Before you ask us here why not try typing it into google. 60% of the time it works every time. |
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03-07-2008, 11:33
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On the Naughty Step
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Glasgow
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Design Inspiration Gallery - FAVEUP Haha! I find the tagline really funny. Priest joke, anyone? |
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03-07-2008, 11:55
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Designers are strange :)
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LMFAO!! Holy hell that made me laugh! If it works, it's valid.
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03-07-2008, 22:12
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Ahhh.... I figured as much. I've been a member of a big Florida fishing forum for 8 years and they treat new guys the same way. They treat them like crap too. It's all good. Appearance is important but content and SE placement is king with the business I'm in. Do a Google search for Tampa Fishing Charters and see where my site is ranked. It keeps me pretty busy running charters. I was kind of hoping for some suggestions or constructive criticism but I kinda knew better. BTW - at floridasportsman.com we have the equivalent to your animated shark. We call it the Tanker. It's some stupid picture of a tanker out on the ocean with a brewing storm coming it. It was posted so many times that now every time someone posts something that has been posted ad nauseum, somebody will inevitably post the "tanker" picture. Thanks for the typical new guy welcome. |
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03-07-2008, 22:55
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say werd.
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Japan
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Trust me, you were getting the nice treatment. |
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04-07-2008, 04:03
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Doodler.
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Manchester, UK
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Strange I thought where folks posted links for inspiration was constructive. There's really not much that can be said for them, all the graphics in them are pretty dated in style, so any C&C would be very very lengthy and be the equivalent of start over really. And that said as it's not your main thing and you've only been doing it on the side, they're not that bad - there's much worse. But if you want to bring them up to speed in quality and look they have a long way to go. |
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04-07-2008, 04:42
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On the Naughty Step
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Glasgow
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I don't think flash is necessary - the site design is generally looking outdated and could do with a cleaner look to concentrate on the content. Take a look at sites on places such as: http://cssremix.com/ CSS Showcase Gallery of CSS and Tableless Design CSS Mania They will usually give you a good indication of good current web design. You've managed the hard part - keeping the content fresh. Regular updating will keep visitors coming back, even if the design isn't particularly fetching. A well designed site with outdated content will only get you so far! Your Tampa Fishing Charters, Tarpon Springs Fishing Charters, Clearwater Fishing Charters, St. Petersburg Fishing Charters website is rather blue - maybe introduce another colour to give it a contrast and allow you to highlight your content more? A site like COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes can help with colour inspiration. |
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04-07-2008, 08:50
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Thanks... I will check out those sites... as well as the others mentioned earlier in this thread. You're right about the site being overly blue and that has bothered me for a while. I'm going to figure out a way to change that. |
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13-07-2008, 22:45
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Alright... I've taken some of the suggestions to heart. I threw out my old FP2003 program and ponied up for the Adobe Design Premere Package and I've been TRYING to learn CSS with Dreamweaver. This on eisn't published yet but hopefully it looks better than the previous tampaflatsfishing.*om site to you guys. |
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