My first CSS web site

Hi

Any comments, especially CSS wise would be muchly appreciated...

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One thing I did notice was that when you click on a link to go to a page with more content that the one you were on before, that the entire layout shifts...any ideas anyone?

thanks!

Modo

CSS and HTML doesn't valid date. Possible accesibility issues.
On the up side, looks nice enough

nice clean design.

The shifting is due to browser scrollbar (Firefox). on IE 6 I didn't see any shifting.

I am curious why your masthead image is a background? why not just use image instead?

was just going to post the same respons,
you really ought to use a img-tag with an appropriate alt-text,
so people that can't view the images get the same information.

you are constantly using br-tags to create paragraphs, use p-tags thats what they are for.

on some pages you are using more that one h1 tag,
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/structure/

one some pages you are using strong-tag on other b-tag,
be consequent. (use strong rather than b)


otherwise a rather nice and clean layout,
though the header is maybe a bit large (in my opinion)

Actually I have the bad habit of using <br /> instead of <p> too. I am breaking the habit with this line of CSS ...

p { margin: 1.5em 0; }

Initially I thought the header was too big also, but surfing around the site, its mostly text and boxes, so (good looking) top banner in this case may help the site feel less texty. But I think Ank is right smaller makes more sense, esp in the inner pages. Maybe try different colors/tones for each section (i guess 8 sections 8 colors may sound overkill ... just a sugg though )

Ditto on the Alt text for header banner.

Surfing around also feels like you are on the same page. because everything seems mostly the same. for example when I switch back to your site while writing this, I don't know where I was anymore. More visual location cues cooler.

try placing something like this on each section:
#home { background: #000 } /* to highlite the tab */

Thanks guys.

I am definitely looking into that. I was wondering about the <br> tag. It felt kinda wrong using it.

Also, about the accessibility, I just ordered a book on Amazon. This is actually a field that interests me a lot, since I do a lot of sites for doctors, so there will be quite a few people with disabilities surfing these sites.

Generally, how long did it take you to learn and master CSS? I've only been on it for 2 weeks, but I"m already obsessed. It's such a great way to develop web sites. I'm ditching my tables. I am LOVING this!

Ciao and thanks for the comments!

Modo