Can someone test my site out for me pls?
Discussion
Jnr said:
Looks very good to me!
You might want to put your logo onto each of the pictures somewhere to reduce the number of people swiping them for themselves... Or disabling the right mouse save pic as bit.... Just an
JohnR
Yeah, i thought of that - but what use would my photos be to anyone else? They wouldnt be able to use them for printed materials (brochures etc) as i made sure i exported them all at 72dpi (i can supply 300dpi scans for anyone who wants to print them - and pays me!) and i can see no benefit to putting the shots on a website?
Its a good idea though, i might just put the web address on every shot?
Ta!
Yup - Frontpage is crap 
Seriously though, i'm not a fan of Frontpage - last time i used it (2 years ago) it wasn't all that great, designed more for beginners IMO. Im not saying you're a beginner, you may be the exact opposite - but i just find Dreamweaver more powerful and easier to use once you've learned how to use it (its not very intuitive to the first time user IME).
Just IMHO mind
Seriously though, i'm not a fan of Frontpage - last time i used it (2 years ago) it wasn't all that great, designed more for beginners IMO. Im not saying you're a beginner, you may be the exact opposite - but i just find Dreamweaver more powerful and easier to use once you've learned how to use it (its not very intuitive to the first time user IME).
Just IMHO mind
Mad Dave said:
Yup - Frontpage is crap
Seriously though, i'm not a fan of Frontpage - last time i used it (2 years ago) it wasn't all that great, designed more for beginners IMO. Im not saying you're a beginner, you may be the exact opposite - but i just find Dreamweaver more powerful and easier to use once you've learned how to use it (its not very intuitive to the first time user IME).
Just IMHO mind
You're right I am not a beginner, I am not that good. Toying with the idea of having a go at this soon, have got Dreamweaver MX and Frontpage 2002. I need to choose one and stick to it, from what I have gathered Dreamweaver MX is better. From what you say if I can get on with it then this would be the one to learn to use?
Ivan
IMO, definately - if you need any help with certain things, mail me - i'll be happy to help out if i can!
Saying that, ive never used MX - i use version 4, but Flash MX is very good, much improved over Flash 5, so i'd guess DW MX is also pretty good! Id defo make the effort and learn Dreamweaver mate.
Saying that, ive never used MX - i use version 4, but Flash MX is very good, much improved over Flash 5, so i'd guess DW MX is also pretty good! Id defo make the effort and learn Dreamweaver mate.
Mad Dave said:
IMO, definately - if you need any help with certain things, mail me - i'll be happy to help out if i can!
Saying that, ive never used MX - i use version 4, but Flash MX is very good, much improved over Flash 5, so i'd guess DW MX is also pretty good! Id defo make the effort and learn Dreamweaver mate.
Many thanks for the advice, you may well regret the offer of help
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Ivan
Dave I do webdesign too example on a ongoing piece of work for my own company (in the middle of rewriting the pages currently to be inscreen and all Flash based www.elysianconsultants.co.uk - am thinking of going flash mx route over flash 5 - haven't seen a demo yet - I started via Frontpage, then got coverted to Dreamweaver - much better app for the job I thought!
mrstrackdemon said:
Dave I do webdesign too example on a ongoing piece of work for my own company (in the middle of rewriting the pages currently to be inscreen and all Flash based www.elysianconsultants.co.uk - am thinking of going flash mx route over flash 5 - haven't seen a demo yet - I started via Frontpage, then got coverted to Dreamweaver - much better app for the job I thought!
Cool. I'd upgrade to MX, its very good. I wouldnt use too much Flash though - I use it a bit in my job website (www.hopeandhomes.org) but its easy to overdo it!
Couple of tips on that site - id change the font from the default to something like Arial size 2 or something. You've also squished some of your images in Flash to fit with the portrait style - you'd do better to crop them, maybe in Fireworks, optimise them and export them before importing them in Flash.
If you want any help with anything, just ask mate
Re 'untitled document'
Yeah i know, i'll be recitifying that this evening, i missed it until i tested the site after upload and was kicking myself! LOL I also need to disable right-click to stop my images being nicked
Thanks for the tip though
mrstrackdemon said:
Dave I do webdesign too example on a ongoing piece of work for my own company (in the middle of rewriting the pages currently to be inscreen and all Flash based
You might not care, but I don't look at 'all Flash' sites, and never return to them. I doubt if I've ever seen more than 3 or 4 serious sites ever that justify using Flash.
zumbruk said:
Dave I do webdesign too example on a ongoing piece of work for my own company (in the middle of rewriting the pages currently to be inscreen and all Flash based
You might not care, but I don't look at 'all Flash' sites, and never return to them. I doubt if I've ever seen more than 3 or 4 serious sites ever that justify using Flash.
I agree - i hate all Flash sites - i use it for specific things, but not the whole site. Each to their own though
Ben - top idea mate! How do you overlay it? With a layer in Dreamweaver? Only thing with that, is that i find the layer moves around depending on what resolution the page is being displayed in!
Top idea though mate - thanks! Ill give it a shot!
polar_ben said:
Jnr said:
Or disabling the right mouse save pic as bit...
A cleverer & less intrusive way of doing this is to overlay a transparent gif over each photo. That way, if people right click/save as, they get the gif...
Good idea..although all you'd need to do is look in the source code for the image name, then use that as a URL in a browser, then right-click...?
Hence:
Cheers,
Matt.
>> Edited by M@H on Wednesday 15th October 14:35
Mad Dave said:
mrstrackdemon said:
Dave I do webdesign too example on a ongoing piece of work for my own company (in the middle of rewriting the pages currently to be inscreen and all Flash based
You might not care, but I don't look at 'all Flash' sites, and never return to them. I doubt if I've ever seen more than 3 or 4 serious sites ever that justify using Flash.
I agree - i hate all Flash sites - i use it for specific things, but not the whole site. Each to their own though
Ben - top idea mate! How do you overlay it? With a layer in Dreamweaver? Only thing with that, is that i find the layer moves around depending on what resolution the page is being displayed in!
Top idea though mate - thanks! Ill give it a shot!
Thanks for feedback - I have seen a few sites all Flash and liked them, but take what you all say on board - I will look at Flash MX for the change to the movie section (and thxs re tip on Fireworks I have that not very good on it but will have a go) and will think about changing that bottom bit into Arial - weh hey hey anybody know anybody who is good on the ecommerce side - my next step is to get an interactive booking area for clients and I need database capabilities behind it to return the values and manage it Cheerio
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