Please Review My Home Page. Ive changed it again.

Okay, this is the last time. I've changed this @#!& thing a dozen times. I have to pick something, stick with it, and move on.

Please let me know if this home page layout will do or if it's still too cluttered, confusing, or whatever.

Fun4TheMoney

Should I stick the links down the left side, under the buttons, leave them where they are, or get rid of them and figure people will find that stuff when they click the buttons?

(The other pages work, but they still have the old design.)

TIA for taking the time to critique this page. Design is definitely not my best thing.

Suz

This web design looks all right!I think you should leave those buttons where they are, and people are going to find them. It is much better that the last design.

In my opinion there are too many colors. The page, it is a bit stressing for me. The blue links in the left do not seem to be part of the layout. Maybe it is a good idea to get rid of them and provide a multitab menu which will fit more in your layout.

This web design looks all right!

I think you should leave those buttons where they are, and people are going to find them. It is much better that the last design.

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Thank you. All I wanted was one vote of confidence so I can copy this to the other pages and start marketing. I can always upgrade the design, later, as long as I know it's adequate for now.

 

Okay, now I'm ready to swap links. I'll start another thread for that.

 

Suz

In my opinion there are too many colors. The page, it is a bit stressing for me. The blue links in the left do not seem to be part of the layout. Maybe it is a good idea to get rid of them and provide a multitab menu which will fit more in your layout.

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Thank you. I don't have time to redesign it if it isn't too gawdawful, but I did get rid of the red 4. That might relieve a little of the stress. Since my theme is "fun" I wanted happy "confetti" colors. Maybe I overdid it. My role model was the wahm site.

 

Work At Home Moms

 

I really like their exuberance and they're very successful, but maybe that has nothing to do with design. Content is still king, so I think it's time to concentrate on that.

 

Thanks again.

 

Suz

i don't like it at all, just looks like a spam page to me. If your having problems designing sites then look around the web at pages you do like and work with that. You can also find free web templates that you could use, and change around.
It's just that your page doesn't have any really defined area's and the banner on the right just really makes it seem like a portal page someone put up.........
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With all due respect, but the website just doesn't look professional enough. Here are some points that you may want to consider:

* There are way too many links in the website, both on the top and on the left sides of your page.

 

* The money signs on both sides are somewhat distracting for the viewer.

* The content on the page is rather confusing, and lacks a structure that keeps your content together.

 

* The bottom chunk with the Google search and entire list of links is again, confusing to the veiwer. Perhaps they should be put on another page.

* I'm not sure if it hasn't been updated yet, but the other pages (ex. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/) look even more confusing, the image links keep on changing and the tables makes the entire layout very tight

 

That said, your website does have good content inside it.

 

- whyme

Thank you both. I've been working on it all day. Please have another look, now, and let me know if I'm there, yet.

Fun4TheMoney

I'm especially concerned about the background. I had to cheat to get it to work. I want to be sure it lines up right in all browsers.

I'll try it without the dollar signs, too, and see how it looks.

Suz

Thank you both. I've been working on it all day. Please have another look, now, and let me know if I'm there, yet.

 

Fun4TheMoney

 

I'm especially concerned about the background. I had to cheat to get it to work. I want to be sure it lines up right in all browsers.

 

I'll try it without the dollar signs, too, and see how it looks.

 

Suz

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Hate to be the one to burst your "happy bubble," cause you've been working hard to make your site decent to look at. But whatever image you are using for the background is repeating.. This makes it very hard to figure your site out.. You should probably put a "no repeat" rule into your script... Since you don't use css I would suggest that you put

bgproperties="fixed"

into the body tag for you pages.

It looks a lot better now . However, the blue background box sort of ruins the background.edit: looks like ArchaicAngel has the same opinion

Edited March 29, 2005 by whyme (see edit history)

Done. Now I'm back to work on the dollar signs.Thanks for the code. I couldn't figure out how to keep the background from repeating.Suz

Done. Now I'm back to work on the dollar signs.

 

Thanks for the code. I couldn't figure out how to keep the background from repeating.

 

Suz

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EEK! Now it doesn't scroll with the page. What now, coach?

 

Suz

EEK! Now it doesn't scroll with the page. What now, coach?

 

Suz

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If you want the background to scroll with the page, you would need to make that background the background for the table you use to hold your text and not as the main page background. I would suggest getting the hex code for the colour and using a background colour rather than an image.. It loads faster at any rate.

If you want the background to scroll with the page, you would need to make that background the background for the table you use to hold your text and not as the main page background. I would suggest getting the hex code for the colour and using a background colour rather than an image.. It loads faster at any rate.

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How can I do that for just one cell in the table? I only want that background for the weekly article--not for the buttons or title, and they're all part of the same table.

 

Suz

It looks a lot better now . However, the blue background box sort of ruins the background.

 

edit: looks like ArchaicAngel has the same opinion

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Okay, I dumped the background and added a horizontal line. I needed something to separate the article from the header stuff.

 

NOW AM I DONE?

 

Suz