www.sound-guide.com

Sound-Guide.com

Hmmm... what you think? My biggest problem is promotion. I have read alot about it... but I'm still baffled. And yes, I do realize that there are alot of sites like mine. Anyway... yeah... I'm just a 15 yr old in 10th grade messing around.

Regards,
Max Dykstra

if i were you i would look in to css layouts, you are still young so you don't have to make the same mistakes as us and use tables to make layouts

some of the text, specially on the menu are too small, makes it hard to read,

your page looks diffrent in mozilla and ie, instead of using the "html" attribute bordercolor="#000099" rather use css. (as you should since bordercolor is not part of the html standard)

the centred text in the main column doesn't look good, rather use a standard left aligned text, then you can add some paddings/margins to make more space around it.

and last, you might reconsider the colour choise,
red and blue, does not go well on a black background.
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resou...xtcolor_bk.html


otherwise keep up the good work,

MMM What you need is a good book about web usability. I believe there is one called 'Dont Make Me Think'. What you can do in the mean time is change that black background. Black is too amaturist for my likings. Choose a nice subtle pastile colour.

Thanks alot Akh! That link you gave is very useful. And now i know why its the look changes in differant browsers... lol. Thanks abunch!

How about search engine optimization?

Regards,
Max Dykstra

PS - Yeah... I'll probually toss the black...

I say black is fine, look at Maddox.

true... anyway... the blue has to go...

nah.. black is really really hard to make looking professional.. where do you see a site using black background.. er.. where do you see a well known site using black background? also, might want to drop those nasty tables.. hehe, just read ur help wanted post, if you want, you can e-mail me, i'm also 16, grade 11. hehe

e-mail: randomtalk@gmail.com

what you have in mind furtivefelon?

im designing a new template right now actually. using light colors.

PS-i wouldnt recomend posting your real email on a well known forum like this without hiding it a bit... (eg. randomtalk at gmail dot com)

Yep,
Its all about the template. If your design is hard to use, hard to read, or doesnt look professional, it will only hurt attracting my visitors.

Look into getting a premade one. SEO, Link exchange

really hurts my eyes and if you're going to be using so many tables, remember the handy dandy border="0"

Yes, yes... i get it now... black and random colors with bad contrast and too many tables and a really busy looking site is bad. lol... yes, im redesigning it.

-max