Review my site please

Hi All

I didn't want to put my site to the dogs. I was afraid people would say it needed a complete overhaul. But then i thought well what the hell, i am updating it RIGHT NOW so i may as well know what is wrong with it RIGHT NOW so i can sort it as i go along.

Its my first CSS site, don't take any notice of the portfolio sites, did those ages ago when i had no idea what CSS was. Planning on re doing them anyway, so any hints with CSS then that would be great ready for when i re-do those portfolio sites with CSS.

Regards

Jake

Quite nice layout, though the text may be a bit small.

On one of your sub-pages,http://jakenoblewebs.co.uk/Pages/Design%20Pages/ I would lose the space between Design and services.

HTML and CSS are invalid, I would tidy that up
Fatal Error: No DOCTYPE specified!

Line: 0 Context : .nav_middle

Invalid number : widthonly 0 can be a length. You must put an unit after your number : 480

Otherwise, not bad

Thanks Jabba.

Didn't know that about width, i though zero on its own would be read as PX anyway, i'll change that.

I'll take a look at that spacing thing.

Now, the source doc i am very interested in, because i have no idea what it is? Any where i can get info on it, and what its for?

Thanks again

Jake

Here is a list of DOC TYPES You can get more info at www.w3.org

Doc types tell the browser what type of document it is receiving, thus not confusing it and enabling it to down load faster.

Good luck.

Does no one else have anything to say?

I may do, but I can't see a link to your site anywhere...?

I may do, but I can't see a link to your site anywhere...?

i should be in my profile if you click on my name. Oh well.

www.jakenoblewebs.co.uk

Sorry, being dumb!

Nice clean site, I have to say, although when the content is much short that the viewport, I get this uneasy feeling that the text is going to fall off the page any minute Maybe some footer or bottom border will help enclose the content, and maybe a pale colour in the background of the content, to make it stand out/break up the white, and give the eye something to anchor on, as I found myself wanding over the page, a little lost...

Also, the link to add a comment on your guestbook should stand out in some, like your other links, and you could apply some css classes to your form elements to make them blend in with the rest of the design.

Good luck, fellow midlander-er (grew up in Notts)

Its very clean and simple, but for some reason, the white and blue is hard on my eyes. I don't know if its because I'm so used to sites like mine or this one that use alot of grays and colors to contrast the white..

I do see a pattern with the other sites you've developed though. Don't be afraid to use a little contrast to help direct your guest's eyes towards the areas that are most important. Contrast also helps people seperate areas from one another.

.02

Firstly THANK YOU ALL!!!!

Will get to work on this stuff soon. Then post again to see if i have actually made any improvement.

Secondly. Any comments on the design and layout, colours and fonts? I know about the contrast problem, and the text size, any more specific design flaws.

Thirdly. What does anyone think of the QUOTE and GUEST BOOK features. I think the guest book should wait till I have a better site, so people can actually post and say its good. Rather than "well its a pretty average site with poor code, and does not implement CSS very well"

Anyone think i should get rid of the intro?

Should i then have a "DEMO" section or something to show that I can do Flash? And perhaps include more flash, graphics and effects in that "DEMO" page.

Jake