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I wanted some *frank* opinions about this website I am doing now from the professional web devlopment guys here. http://www.micrologicnet.com[^] Thomas
Hey Thomas, This is probably a not-so-useful piece of feedback. You've put your contact number as follows : Call us now at 022 2596 8921 It's not very obvious to a non-Indian that, that's a Bombay number. Perhaps you could prefix +91 so it reads :- Call us now at +91 (0)22 2596 8921 The zero is in brackets because that's needed only when dialing from India. Or maybe this is better :- Call us now at 022 2596 8921 (from India) and at +91 22 2596 8921 (outside India) Again I know this is sorta feeble feedback. So please excuse me :-)
Regards, Nish
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Hey Thomas, This is probably a not-so-useful piece of feedback. You've put your contact number as follows : Call us now at 022 2596 8921 It's not very obvious to a non-Indian that, that's a Bombay number. Perhaps you could prefix +91 so it reads :- Call us now at +91 (0)22 2596 8921 The zero is in brackets because that's needed only when dialing from India. Or maybe this is better :- Call us now at 022 2596 8921 (from India) and at +91 22 2596 8921 (outside India) Again I know this is sorta feeble feedback. So please excuse me :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Nish That type of feedback is not weak. Too many companies rely on you knowing what country code they are in, and don't do anything to help people from other countries know what to dial. If you've posted contact information, and I can't get through on the first attempt then I'm not going to waste my time looking things up.
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Hey Thomas, This is probably a not-so-useful piece of feedback. You've put your contact number as follows : Call us now at 022 2596 8921 It's not very obvious to a non-Indian that, that's a Bombay number. Perhaps you could prefix +91 so it reads :- Call us now at +91 (0)22 2596 8921 The zero is in brackets because that's needed only when dialing from India. Or maybe this is better :- Call us now at 022 2596 8921 (from India) and at +91 22 2596 8921 (outside India) Again I know this is sorta feeble feedback. So please excuse me :-)
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)No problems. All suggestions are welcome. The company does business only in India (the business being structured cabling and network device trading), and hence it was a deliberate choice. I think that since prospective customers would be located in India, it is better to give a number suited to them. In the contacts page, I will give the phone numbers in both ways as you suggested. The responses were really awesome. Considering that this is my first web site after a long time (almost 7 years now), I wanted all the suggestions (and help) I can get. Thomas
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I will check that out. The few replies I have got until now has been very good. Your post pointed me to a valid reason why some people would need a higher font size. Thank you very much. Thomas
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No problem. I also noticed that the boxes in the menu bar highlight as the mouse moves over them, but the text only highlights when the mouse is over the text. Since you can only click on the text, can I suggest either (1) you don't highlight the boxes because you can't click on them, or (2) you highlight the text and boxes together and allow the boxes to be clicked on when highlighted.
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No problem. I also noticed that the boxes in the menu bar highlight as the mouse moves over them, but the text only highlights when the mouse is over the text. Since you can only click on the text, can I suggest either (1) you don't highlight the boxes because you can't click on them, or (2) you highlight the text and boxes together and allow the boxes to be clicked on when highlighted.
This was in my mind. But, my skills is not good enough to do that without some research. So, I thought I will finish all the pages first and get back to that issue. Now, since there is a site up, I am working on it also. Now that I think about it, if the <a> tag is taken outside the <div>, this issue would be solved. I will experiment with it right now. Thanks for all the suggestions. Thomas
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Here's my review. - First of all let someone make a stylish flash for you. The black hole stairs at me. - Center the everything. - Look at your css in IE and Firefox. (thin solid border is different from 1px solid border). - Give some padding on your tekst cells. So the text is better to read. This is my opinion. Do with it what you want.
I agree with those things except the flash. Better use of images (maybe not included in a black box). Centering is an absolute!
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Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
Using tables is probably not the best idea. Normally, you would want to use CSS to layout the page.
So it should have been div tags instead of the table?
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It depends on the situation and how much time you have on your hands getting it to look the same in different browsers. DIV can be nice, but there are a lot of quirks that go with them in different browsers. I try to do most of my layouts with DIVs, but I may whimp out and use tables if there is a time issue (does not justfiy the possibility of hours of work to fix quirks) just to use a DIV.
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It depends on the situation and how much time you have on your hands getting it to look the same in different browsers. DIV can be nice, but there are a lot of quirks that go with them in different browsers. I try to do most of my layouts with DIVs, but I may whimp out and use tables if there is a time issue (does not justfiy the possibility of hours of work to fix quirks) just to use a DIV.
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Thanks for the warning. I also thought that using tables was easier. But, I am also taking this opportunity to understand how things *should* be done in the ideal world. Once I get the website running, I will spend some time laying it out using div tags. Thomas
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I agree with those things except the flash. Better use of images (maybe not included in a black box). Centering is an absolute!
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Centering is one of the things that have come up many times. The images also have to be replaced. I was trying to put emphasis on the pictures using the black box. It got the attention, but many people did not like it. :) Thomas
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Centering is one of the things that have come up many times. The images also have to be replaced. I was trying to put emphasis on the pictures using the black box. It got the attention, but many people did not like it. :) Thomas
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Yeah, typically when you use a fixed width layout, it is best to center it insead of having it placed far off the to left on larger browser windows. I still have one of my sites smashed over to the left (probably 7-8 years old), but when I revamp the site this year, it will get centered. While that black box my make you notice it, the pictures themselves (fading) draw all the attention you need.
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Yeah, typically when you use a fixed width layout, it is best to center it insead of having it placed far off the to left on larger browser windows. I still have one of my sites smashed over to the left (probably 7-8 years old), but when I revamp the site this year, it will get centered. While that black box my make you notice it, the pictures themselves (fading) draw all the attention you need.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: OpenID/CardSpace - Is it time? Latest Tech Blog Post: Charter.net Hijacks Microsoft Live Search!
Yes. I have made a few changes including fading in and out images. I will be centering the content also. In the meantime, I visited many sites, big and small. I don't remember whether you are the one who said that you use tables when in a time-crunch and that using div tags can be time consuming; I found many sites that use tables to layout instead of div tags -- the most prominent I can remember now being Cisco. I don't feel guilty about using tables now. :). One of the arguments made here was that search engine traversal may be difficult -- but, google asks not to use frames, not tables. Thomas
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Yes. I have made a few changes including fading in and out images. I will be centering the content also. In the meantime, I visited many sites, big and small. I don't remember whether you are the one who said that you use tables when in a time-crunch and that using div tags can be time consuming; I found many sites that use tables to layout instead of div tags -- the most prominent I can remember now being Cisco. I don't feel guilty about using tables now. :). One of the arguments made here was that search engine traversal may be difficult -- but, google asks not to use frames, not tables. Thomas
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Yeah, there are a lot of sites that use tables for layout as most sites did in the older days. Once CSS got a foothold, the table layout method really got the short end of the stick. One huge problem with tables is that in some browsers, the browser will not even display what is contained in the table until the entire contents of the table is read in and parsed. This would the page appear to load very slowly compared to div based layout. I have also heard, but cannot say for sure, that a number of devices for the visually impared do not handle page layout with tables very well. Anyway, if you use tables for layout, it is handy to specify "border-collapse: collapse;" to allow some browsers to render before the full content is loaded. P.S. I also agree with others that you should use some padding on the text, it seems to be very close to the borders. White space can be a friend :)
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Yeah, there are a lot of sites that use tables for layout as most sites did in the older days. Once CSS got a foothold, the table layout method really got the short end of the stick. One huge problem with tables is that in some browsers, the browser will not even display what is contained in the table until the entire contents of the table is read in and parsed. This would the page appear to load very slowly compared to div based layout. I have also heard, but cannot say for sure, that a number of devices for the visually impared do not handle page layout with tables very well. Anyway, if you use tables for layout, it is handy to specify "border-collapse: collapse;" to allow some browsers to render before the full content is loaded. P.S. I also agree with others that you should use some padding on the text, it seems to be very close to the borders. White space can be a friend :)
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Thanks for all the information.
Rocky Moore wrote:
White space can be a friend
Yes. I am working on that. Even with the small changes I did till now, the site looks much better. When horizontal padding is increased, either the page width had to be adjusted or some images had to be made a little smaller. I hope to get it right today. Thomas
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