For DavidF: a follow up om Glamorgan Book-keeping and colour.

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Matt Kilfeather

Hi Daivd,

You have been helping me with www.glamorganbook-keeping.co.uk .

I redesigned the site putting the five pages on to the first page, using its
length. I then created a text box on each section of the page, with
hyperlinks to bookmarks on each section. This works faster than separate
pages and it works in both IE7 and FF2. I don't yet know about IE6.

You mentioned that you are interested in any issues with colour and pics.

I have used two colour jpegs in "Services" and "Contact us" and recoloured
them to grey with 85% contrast. They appear correctly in FF2 but in IE7 they
are coloured blue.

Thanks,

Matt
 
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Mike Koewler

Matt,

Methinks you made a major mistake uploading the files. I get a directory
listing, not a page in your site.

Index of /m.kilfeather/index_files

Icon Name Last modified Size Description[DIR]
Parent Directory -
[DIR] BACKUPS/ 06-Apr-2007 17:14 -

Mike
 
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DavidF

You apparently have fixed it since Mike looked at it, and it loaded in IE6
and FF ok.

The reason that the images look different is that Publisher 2003 makes
copies of any inserted image, in various formats, etc. with the goal of
serving up the best image depending upon the browser viewing the
page....with mixed results. That is why you are getting two different
images. The only workaround is to import the images into the page rather
than insert them. In this case I actually like the blue version and don't
see it being a big issue.

I would also volunteer an opinion. There are reasons for long pages, and
using anchor links, but in this case I think you have butchered your site by
putting all the content on one page. Go back to individual pages...and as
has been suggested before, forget about trying to save a dollar by using a
free, framing webhost. You are a business person...think about it...is it
worth saying $5 a month? Would you hire you after looking at this website?
Just my 2 cents worth...

DavidF
 
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Mike Koewler

Yes,

It has been fixed. And the links work in FF! But I agree with David
about having all your eggs in one basket. It looks like someone didn't
have a clue on how to build a site. If you lose one customer because of
it (or fail to pick up one that might have hired you, you have lost
enough money to pay for your site for a couple of years.

I would also look into using a form for people to contact you. Even if
you need to play around getting it to work, allow people to select their
area of interest, if they would like you to contact them or mail them
more information.

A web site needs to be looked as just one part of a marketing strategy.

Mike
 
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Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

Worse...it looks like a mistake.



| Yes,
|
| It has been fixed. And the links work in FF! But I agree with David
| about having all your eggs in one basket. It looks like someone didn't
| have a clue on how to build a site. If you lose one customer because of
| it (or fail to pick up one that might have hired you, you have lost
| enough money to pay for your site for a couple of years.
|
| I would also look into using a form for people to contact you. Even if
| you need to play around getting it to work, allow people to select their
| area of interest, if they would like you to contact them or mail them
| more information.
|
| A web site needs to be looked as just one part of a marketing strategy.
|
| Mike
|
| DavidF wrote:
| > You apparently have fixed it since Mike looked at it, and it loaded in
IE6
| > and FF ok.
| >
| > The reason that the images look different is that Publisher 2003 makes
| > copies of any inserted image, in various formats, etc. with the goal of
| > serving up the best image depending upon the browser viewing the
| > page....with mixed results. That is why you are getting two different
| > images. The only workaround is to import the images into the page rather
| > than insert them. In this case I actually like the blue version and
don't
| > see it being a big issue.
| >
| > I would also volunteer an opinion. There are reasons for long pages, and
| > using anchor links, but in this case I think you have butchered your
site by
| > putting all the content on one page. Go back to individual pages...and
as
| > has been suggested before, forget about trying to save a dollar by using
a
| > free, framing webhost. You are a business person...think about it...is
it
| > worth saying $5 a month? Would you hire you after looking at this
website?
| > Just my 2 cents worth...
| >
| > DavidF
| >
| > | >
| >>Hi Daivd,
| >>
| >>You have been helping me with www.glamorganbook-keeping.co.uk .
| >>
| >>I redesigned the site putting the five pages on to the first page, using
| >>its length. I then created a text box on each section of the page, with
| >>hyperlinks to bookmarks on each section. This works faster than separate
| >>pages and it works in both IE7 and FF2. I don't yet know about IE6.
| >>
| >>You mentioned that you are interested in any issues with colour and
pics.
| >>
| >>I have used two colour jpegs in "Services" and "Contact us" and
recoloured
| >>them to grey with 85% contrast. They appear correctly in FF2 but in IE7
| >>they are coloured blue.
| >>
| >>Thanks,
| >>
| >>Matt
| >>
| >>
| >
| >
| >
 
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Mike Koewler

David,

Something is strange. I can see his web pages... but I still had a
browser open from his original post. I visited another page then for
some reason hit the back button. I got the directory listing again, but
this time it had been updated and changed a tad:

Index of /m.kilfeather/index_files/BACKUPS

Icon Name Last modified Size Description[DIR]
Parent Directory -
[ ] 06032007.4YR 03-Apr-2007 17:42 63
[ ] 06032007.BBF 03-Apr-2007 17:42 483
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 188K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 262K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 06-Apr-2007 17:15 269K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 237K
[ ] Glamorgan Book-keepi..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 173K
[ ] Glamorgan website Or..> 03-Apr-2007 17:47 783K
[ ] TAS Books 1 Test Co.TB1 03-Apr-2007 17:43 386K

Strange, because the browser has actually loaded a different folder.

Happy Easter!

Mike
 
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DavidF

Hi Mike,

Ah, the wonders of the internet. Beats me...

DavidF

Mike Koewler said:
David,

Something is strange. I can see his web pages... but I still had a browser
open from his original post. I visited another page then for some reason
hit the back button. I got the directory listing again, but this time it
had been updated and changed a tad:

Index of /m.kilfeather/index_files/BACKUPS

Icon Name Last modified Size Description[DIR]
Parent Directory -
[ ] 06032007.4YR 03-Apr-2007 17:42 63
[ ] 06032007.BBF 03-Apr-2007 17:42 483
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 188K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 262K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 06-Apr-2007 17:15 269K
[ ] A Night Out With Mik..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 237K
[ ] Glamorgan Book-keepi..> 03-Apr-2007 17:43 173K
[ ] Glamorgan website Or..> 03-Apr-2007 17:47 783K
[ ] TAS Books 1 Test Co.TB1 03-Apr-2007 17:43 386K

Strange, because the browser has actually loaded a different folder.

Happy Easter!

Mike
You apparently have fixed it since Mike looked at it, and it loaded in
IE6 and FF ok.

The reason that the images look different is that Publisher 2003 makes
copies of any inserted image, in various formats, etc. with the goal of
serving up the best image depending upon the browser viewing the
page....with mixed results. That is why you are getting two different
images. The only workaround is to import the images into the page rather
than insert them. In this case I actually like the blue version and don't
see it being a big issue.

I would also volunteer an opinion. There are reasons for long pages, and
using anchor links, but in this case I think you have butchered your site
by putting all the content on one page. Go back to individual pages...and
as has been suggested before, forget about trying to save a dollar by
using a free, framing webhost. You are a business person...think about
it...is it worth saying $5 a month? Would you hire you after looking at
this website? Just my 2 cents worth...

DavidF
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DavidF

I think you would benefit from taking a step back, and redefining your
websites goals.

Maureen, another poster, suggested this article that might help: "Your
complete guide to web design":
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/

I found it easy to understand and helpful. I think it would be well worth
the time to at least scan the different subjects. It will save you a lot of
time and frustration in the future.

DavidF
 
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Matt Kilfeather

Thanks for the advice. I will follow it up. I think Mike may have been
trying to view my site when I was uploading to it!

Matt

I am intrigued by that someone got the file listing! I use my ISP's "free"
webspace
 

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