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Old 08-18-2007, 03:09 AM
disabilitylinks.info disabilitylinks.info is offline
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Default Please review my site

Hello everybody,
Please give me you thoughts and opions on my website.
I am sure there is spelling mistakes and so on,so please
rate my site and tell me how you truly fell about it.
Thnks Justin
http://www.disabilitylinks.info/
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Old 08-18-2007, 09:30 PM
theodren theodren is offline
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Default colors, layout and such

Hello there
you've got some kind of logo/image in the top left hand corner of the screen (3d wire mesh looking thing) except because of the layout only the bottom half is visible. it appears to be cutoff.
you might want to consider making the links on the left hand side bigger, or something else that will make them stand out more. Additionally, the boxes that the links are in cross over the boundary line of their area.
The content window needs some work as far as colot schemes and whatnot is concerned, especially the pink links.
The blue text is hard to read, and because of the color, it makes everything look like a link.
i'd ditch the website ranking button, that type of thing has kindof gone the way of counters and animated email links.
Frames are a big no. Also, i'm not 100% on this, but I think i remember reading somewhere that screen readers and frames don't get along so well, I would think that if this is the case, due to the nature of the site you would avoid frames like the plague.
Look at using css to control the layout and color content, rather than using <font> and <strong> tags everywhere. content needs to be kept seperate from layout and looks, this makes it ALOT easier to update later.
My honest opinion after looking at the site and rereading what i've said about it is that the entire thing needs a huge revamp/overhaul.
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Old 08-19-2007, 02:28 AM
Bequiessence Bequiessence is offline
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Default Don't like the font

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Originally Posted by disabilitylinks.info
Hello everybody,
Please give me you thoughts and opions on my website.
I am sure there is spelling mistakes and so on,so please
rate my site and tell me how you truly fell about it.
Thnks Justin
http://www.disabilitylinks.info/


I like the template but I do not like the writing, fonts or color. It looks free. Will they offer you a better font? The way it is now is distracting from the information that you have.
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Old 08-19-2007, 08:08 AM
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Default The frame looks like professional work...

but the material inside does not. The left column is a
typical style with a tiny font. It is quite unreadable.

I expect you increased the size of your font to help
us older folks read the material more easily. That is
sensible. However, it is a bit too large for many of us
and not large enough for those who are truly visually
impaired.

All would hang together better if you dropped the frame
business (a format not much admired today). Choose a
slightly larger than average font for the navigation and
for the text if you wish.

Or make the font easily resizable. I have seen sites
offering a button to click to increase the font. This is
useful because some older visitors do not know a lot
about changing font size.
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Old 08-20-2007, 02:46 AM
disabilitylinks.info disabilitylinks.info is offline
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Default Get the Reviews coming

Hello Everybody, In regards to the reviews that everybody has
gave on the site so far, I think all the people that has gave
reviews so far, I will try and keep everybodys sugestions in mind.
I am trying to create an easy site for disabled people to come too
as well as other people that just won't a simple site to get great
links that are offered on the web. I am trying ti keep cost down as
much as possible since I don't cjarge for links that are put on the site,

I am not a computer wize so it does get hard at times
trying to create a great site. I am going to work on some
of the things that people talk about, as far as frames go, i sould
if i not mastaken just drop the left and right frame image's and i
willl try more to get rid of the wire image, i got rid of it once
today but then had that stupid red x that looks
stupid so i would weather have the wire image then the
x in the corner although the wire image does look funny,
but keep reviewiing the
site and i will keep the website a going.

Thanks http://www.disabilitylinks.info/
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Old 08-28-2007, 02:38 PM
disabilitylinks.info disabilitylinks.info is offline
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Default Now I have corected so many many things

Hello, Everbody,
I think all to who look at my site, after
talking with my hosting provider,that i had for three years
they did not want to help me at all, so i moved away to
another company, and since then i have try to fix most
of the things that was say that should be fixed. I would
like people to review the website again since the website
totaly looks different and what some of my friends are
calling more profesonal. Please review it again and tell
me you thoughts
Thanks Justin
http://www.disabilitylinks.info/
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Old 08-28-2007, 10:38 PM
Bennie Bennie is offline
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Default Looking much more professional...

But there still seems to be too much difference in the
size of the font used for navigation and that used for
the main content. It stands to reason that if the visitor
needs the super large content font, he will not be able
to read the navigation links.

You do have some good content here which can be
of use to your visitors.

Use your spell checker to make needed corrections
in the content.
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Old 12-18-2009, 10:12 AM
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Default

I am totally agree with Mr.Bennie.

i think he provided us some useful information here.
So,
Follow according to him.

You also take help from me . You also can asked questions frequently.

Thanks
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Old 04-01-2010, 09:28 AM
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Thumbs down

That's MS Benny, to you, Marism!

About the site?

Can you say "BORING" ?

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Old 04-10-2010, 06:11 PM
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Very poor. Get rid of the coloured backgrounds and text. You're trying to build a "serious" site, so make it look professional. Black text on a white background, with minimal colour and graphics. Also, don't use Times Roman or any other serif font -- stick to Verdana (preferred) or Arial. If you're not using CSS, learn it and use it.
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