LickLinux.com

Mostly coded in CSS, with the help of tables where needed. Made accessible through DIA. Any comments, suggestions, and improvements are gladly accepted!

Thanks.

the layout isn't that bad, nice and clean.
though i don't like the hover effect when hovering the newsections.

also get rid of this line "Designed for resolutions of 1024x768 pixels or more." just makes you page look unproffessional.

codewise i would recomend a strict dtd,
you are using some deprecated elements (like font), and you are using tables needlessly much, like you don't need 3 table just to make the story headings,

and since you are aware of accessibility, you ought to know that you should concentrate on the semantics,
use the right html-element for the right job.
like use a hn-tag for headings, a td with a class=newstorytitle doesn't enchant the meaning of the content.

also you should always use paragraphs to enclose text,

and for the 'news' summary list, use a unordered list, try to avoid using the br-tag.

instead of <a name="244"></a><div> use id,
<div id="id244">
note that you cannot have a digit in the begining of a name or id.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-name

more about the semantic, it would make your page more accessible if you use more proper markup.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-name
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/structure/



btw, greetings fellow norwegian

It loooks very good overall, a nice clean layout thats easy to read etc. The one problem, is that viewing it with firefox, the bottom half of all the stories, and the footer isn't shown.

Josh

Akh: Thanks for the input. I've already made some changes. I especially saw my grosse use of tables as disgusting (what was I thinking?). Oh well. I still have some work to do, but it's coming along nicely. (Ha en god dag!)

KI4BBO: I have discovered the same problem before, but I haven't figured out whats causing it. I was thinking that some "height" value in CSS was causing it, but I can't find it. #encapsulate coveres the whole document. Although if you adjust the size of your browser slighly, it shows. Of course that is not a pleasurable fix, but it's all I can do now.

yeah, looks better now
overtime i would recommend that you change to a strict doctype,
but all in all a good looking page.
can never have enough linux sites


(takker, du får ha en god dag videre du også)

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I don't really see anything wrong with the design. At first glance, it doesn't look like a linux related site at all. That is a possible shortcoming of the design.

You say you use tables when necessary. I think you could easily get rid of more. The calendar should be tables IMO, but you use tables for the content. Why? Not trying to preach table-less design, but if you are taking the plunge, you need to go all the way.

Good luck with the site.