Re: School site

by "Peter Schonefeld" <peter.schonefeld(at)bigpond.com>

Date:	Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:39:11 +1000
To:	Steve Campbell <camsoccer(at)worldnet.att.net>
Cc:	hwg-critique(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	att
	todo: View Thread, Original

Hi Steve,

Win98, IE5, Res: 1152*864*32, Dial-up Connection.

I would like to add a couple of comments about your site.

1.  As Susan described your page is too large.  I would certainly 
remove all of the items from the first page that are not absolutely 
necessary.  I need to scroll down about two screens to get the 
really important links.  IMHO all of your links should be viewable 
without user intervention.

2. Use the ALT element in image tags - i'm sure you've seen that 
comment on this list before :)

3. I think you would like experimenting with Cascading Style 
Sheets, this would help to give your page a consistent look and 
feel. See http://www.htmlhelp.com

4. Have you considered putting your code through a validation 
service? http://validator.w3.org/ is a good one.  You will need to 
add a special doctype comment to the top of your page before the 
HTML tag...  <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 
Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">

(if that line did not view then... see 
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html )

> Before you comment please read the "How to Use This Site" page to 
> understand the purposes we are trying to achieve.

I think that in a good site you should not have to read about how to 
get the most out of the site - through the use of effective navigation 
the best way to use the site should be apparent to the user -  I 
would change "How to Use This Site" to an "About this Site" link.

Overall, I think that your site is an asset to the school and i'm sure 
the students and their parents would agree.

Best of Luck
Peter Schonefeld
Web Designer
http://digtalcraft.com.au

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