My website, advice appreciated...

Mr Joshua · 12 May 2006 at 19:10

Hi all,

it's been a while since I last had a website and recently I've been getting an itch to have somewhere nice to upload pictures/blog.

http://www.bobsnbits.34sp.com

I just wanted something nice and simple to host images really so I used frontpage to create it (I only know very basic html). If there's any major problems with it in anyones browser please let me know and I would like to know how this page appears in firefox, opera, mozilla etc. -

http://www.bobsnbits.34sp.com/galleries/fence-houses.html

This is what it looks like in ie6 and what I want it to look like in other browsers -

http://www.bobsnbits.34sp.com/website.jpg

Any help appreciated.

iCraig · 12 May 2006 at 19:25

From a design POV (which I like commenting on) the site is extremely boring.

It has very little style or colour, don't be afraid to liven it up a bit.

n3crius · 12 May 2006 at 20:25

while i agree it could do with 'livening' or making less plain and simple...

what's your audience? my dad's into trains and i'm pretty sure he doesn't care less whether the site looks stylish and original or whether it's plain and easy to navigate.

i'm not trying to classify train hobbyists but they don't strike me as being the first to judge the style of a site. i'd imagine the content and information might be more relevant!

Mr Joshua · 12 May 2006 at 21:21

iCraig said:
From a design POV (which I like commenting on) the site is extremely boring.

It has very little style or colour, don't be afraid to liven it up a bit.

Thanks for replies.

I was aiming for a stylishly minimalist look!

I might try experimenting with different colour schemes, one of the reasons I tried to keep it basic was to avoid any issues Frontpage might throw up with different browsers.

toString · 12 May 2006 at 21:24

Sounds right to me. The design might be a bit 'too' simple, but simple is good. just needs more content.

Mr Joshua · 12 May 2006 at 21:30

KingAdora said:
Sounds right to me. The design might be a bit 'too' simple, but simple is good. just needs more content.

Cheers, it's really just the start of things and I wanted to see if everything was ok in different browsers. I suppose it means I'll have to get out and take some pictures or build something worth taking pictures of!

Mr Joshua · 12 May 2006 at 23:01

Someone pointed out that the borders of the cells surrounding the thumbnails are marked out in firefox.

Why is that happening?

I might end up trying to code it myself if this is a symptom of using Frontpage.

Mr Joshua · 13 May 2006 at 00:57

All sorted now hopefully!

I'm making a start on coding it myself but atleast I know if I fail there's something presentable there at the moment.

Thanks again.

AS_Platinum · 14 May 2006 at 11:36

I really like it, but I don't think it fits in with the Genre, trains are really part of the old industrial age and I think that it should co-inside with this in mind, make it a bit dirty, just my 2 pence.