Valdred 1 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 bloodofthegods.net Building my first website. Please give me some suggestions on improvement, but also explain how I can do whatever you suggest cause I am new to this. ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ecowolfsteen 14 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 Lol, cool so far. Just two things..The page is too giant so I have to scroll to the middle of the page to see everything, and when you click on something like downloads it takes you to a google search. please redirect the links to an under construction page. :alright: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 30 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 first of all, its way too huge. It should be smaller, and centered. what is your screen resolution at? it must be rally big if you can fit your whole site onto your screen. One thing you need to consider is that people use different screen resolutions, and no site should exceed the width of about 1,000 pixels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ecowolfsteen 14 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 first of all, its way too huge. It should be smaller, and centered. what is your screen resolution at? it must be rally big if you can fit your whole site onto your screen. One thing you need to consider is that people use different screen resolutions, and no site should exceed the width of about 1,000 pixels. Took the words right out of my mouth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 30 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 Ooh, forgot to add that if youre using all tileable images, for navigation, background, etc, then you can use percentages to make your website a "one size fits all" solution. see how the rmxpu forums fit on any size resolution? thats because the forum uses percentages when setting the width for things. this way youc an have something fill up 80% of the screen, and it will look the same for everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madanchi 18 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 Ooh, forgot to add that if youre using all tileable images, for navigation, background, etc, then you can use percentages to make your website a "one size fits all" solution. see how the rmxpu forums fit on any size resolution? thats because the forum uses percentages when setting the width for things. this way youc an have something fill up 80% of the screen, and it will look the same for everyone. yeah, this is a good tip here Eco :) and I thought width 800 pexels is the smallest screen res people have Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ecowolfsteen 14 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 yeah, thia ia a good tip here Eco :) and I thought width 800 pexels is the smallest screen res people have That was chief who said that...not me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madanchi 18 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 That was chief who said that...not me... lol i meant it as in, 'here's a good tip Eco' I see why you got mixed up tho :P I best edit my post because the amount of typos is quite bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 30 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 Madanchi, nobody has size 800x600 screen resolutions anymore, and its not standard to design for them anymore. If someone does have a screen resolution of that size, its really up to them to update. 1024x768 is usually the smallest resolution that people use now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 Yeah I noticed the background as actually an image. You can actually do this with CSS, its pretty simple. I uploaded an example to the server for you: http://www.rmxpunlimited.net/Untitled-1.html Pree Ctrl+U to see all the html. Its done like this: <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-color: #0e0d0e; } .wrapper{ background:#970000; margin:10px; padding:10px; -moz-border-radius: 8px; -webkit-border-radius: 8px; -khtml-border-radius: 8px; border-radius: 8px; } --> </style> <body> <div class="wrapper"> CONTENT </div> </body> Though some people don't like using rounded borders in CSS because its not compatible in all browsers. However I think it is in most..but havn't tested outside firefox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 30 Report post Posted August 25, 2010 lol, shame on me, but I only just discovered rounded corners, shadows, and a couple other things a few weeks ago... I am ashamed, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marked 197 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Haha yeah I only learned because this forum software's default theme uses those CSS styles. On our old skin I used shadows on the forms, looked pretty cool. To be honest I thought you were going to reply saying never use them. Using CSS is so much easier but images are safer. I think the standard is still images because not all browsers can use rounded corners. Though as you can see there are 4 different lines there for different browsers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 30 Report post Posted August 26, 2010 Yeah, because of the "browser fixes" that you can use in the css, more and more developpers are turning to CSS to build web2.0 and web3.0 designs and layouts. youc an also use CSS to create gradients. Images will be so obsolete in the future, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
