http://www.bath.ac.uk/~en3cl/

Hi, i'm an amateur coder with some experience

i was wondering if you could take a look at my homesite (http://www.bath.ac.uk/~en3cl/), and suggest any improvements in code, or design.

Although i have gone for a very minimal look, and full standards compliance (although i only meet WAI-A), i still feel that there is huge room for improvement.

Cheers

You're not kidding about the minimalist look! Looks a bit sparse to my eyes but that's my opinion. The drop down menu's are not working on my system (Mozilla 1.5 running on Win XP). Delete this code at the top of your page:

<!--The framework for my homesite-->
<!--START - Validating Stuff -->

The doctype should come first or else you'll put some browsers straight into the dreaded quirks mode.

thanks, i know it's sparse but design really isn't my cup of tea , but i am planning some other css styles (celtic and escher themes planned so far)

I assumed browsers ignored comments, oh well...

and the menu problem is troubling, i was under the impression that it should work in all browsers, with javascript hack for ie. hmm... i'll look into it (however, the tab browsing features i use should still allow you fellows access)

Cheers for that

okay, i apologise hugely, i had deleted the css corner stone of the drop down menu *blushes so hard cheeks explode*



this had gone missing - i mess about with things all of the time, it isn't the first time something like this has happened.

(if this still doesn't work on your browsers them i'm flumuxed)

OK - I can see the drop down menu's now. There is a slight pixel shift on rollout of the main nav links but otherwise looking good.

it's difficult to iron out all of the little bugs, i develop in firefox 0.9.2, then cross check in ie 6 and opera 7.23, i don't get any pixel shift in these, and as an part timer i'm not that fussed about others...

however, could you suggest some other browsers it would be worth cross checking in? ones with known major differences in the way they render sites