I started this website a little over a month ago. Any suggestions? Suggestions on places to advertise and things like that would be greatly appreciated. It's still getting started as you can see. But feedback would be great... CanineYouth.com Thanks!
my opinion, you have good content, but make it easier on the eye. make the font larger, and add more pics for the breed list. can I ask how long did it took you to develope the skill to make the site? (as Im learning html at the moment)
Okay. I didn't really notice that the font was so small but now that you mention it, it is really small! I've been thinking about the pictures for the breeds also. I'm glad to hear that is something that would make it better. Well, I actually cheat! I only know enough HTML/CSS to modify things. So I found this (basic) template and modified it a little. I learned how to use HTML many years ago but I only started using it about 4 months ago.
you want help to promote your site? Well first you need to address the accessabilty first... not too bad with only22 errors and none would help people find you! http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canineyouth.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0 that is the list of erros. A must have tool for any webmaster. on your contact us page your input text box overlays your google ads? I personally would not have a form that can be fillled in by spam bots? The forum should really talke the theme of the site ot give people a sense of professionalism. These are just thoughts if you want some more help I am more than willing ... visit my site and contact me through pm. www.loudaz.co.uk
Yikes! I forgot about this validator. I will need to keep this in mind for all future sites. Yeah, I just noticed that earlier. How could I do that? I have often seen forums that are fitted almost exactly to the website overall design and have wondered how I would do that. Thanks for all the suggestions!
Hello BeeMaster. I had a chance to review your website. First of all, congratulations on the work you have done. I realize how much work it takes to make ideas into reality from sites I have done. My Review Header The height of the header is quite large. It is taking up precious content area that you could use. It would also be good to get a quality designer to assist the header. I love to recommend Spirit of 1970 who is a member of DP. You can find his DP link here. You'll find his pricing reasonable and his work amazing! He did a beautiful template for me... and I haven't seen such work in awhile. Template I realize that your site is based on a Joomla template... but the colors seem geared toward Google ad clicks rather than readership. Breeders List I think that it would be good to make a separate page for breeders list. After that is done, then create a new link in the main menu for this page. I am only thinking this so that your Breeders List wouldn't get lost and you can also add a good description for this. Blog With Joomla, it is possible your blog look as you wish but I think it is important to keep the theme consistent so as to not confuse and lose your readers. I would also think that it would be important to keep the blog on the front page. Forum Same with the forum. You can make your forum sit within your Joomla template. I have done this with a site that I have worked on. Further to this, Joomla also has a third party extension called FireBoard that integrates better than SMF. If it is kept within the template... it keeps the site continuous and easy for readers to navigate. You can also make it so that users can log-in with joomla and work with SMF at the same time. So... only one log-in... and one log-out... less confusing! Contact Form I'd suggest removing the google ads from the contact page. This will resolve this problem shown below: This are just some of my suggestions. I do hope they help you. Respectfully, Lhlalyam
I think your site looks good. The only improvements I would suggest is to increase the font size for the site or reconsider the color (orange) of the linked words to “Content Linkâ€. I liked that it was easy to navigate your site.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I will definitely look into changing those things! I'm glad I decided to ask for some suggestions!
Your pages from "Message Board" are broken, I got such message: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDIF in /home2/canineyout/domains/canineyouth.com/public_html/blog/wordpress/wp-content/themes/redie-30/404.php on line 9"
A few thoughts from me on the design: - Font still small - Header is a bit large and in charge - I would find some more meaningful front page content to replace the long breed list - I would find a way to round the content boxes to soften them for the readers eyes