My First Website! Give me your Suggestions

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by KnightWane, Aug 19, 2008.

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    This is my first website ever! Please give me suggestion about how do I improve upon it. Its an anime site coz I love anime!:rolleyes:
    http://beybladexortic.byethost15.com/Update%202.php
     
    KnightWane, Aug 19, 2008 IP
  2. theworldwinner

    theworldwinner Well-Known Member

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    i will suggest u to get ur own custom domain
     
    theworldwinner, Aug 19, 2008 IP
  3. lingnana83

    lingnana83 Peon

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    wow, your design is great! I like it!
     
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  4. KnightWane

    KnightWane Peon

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    Yup! theworldwinner. I am willing to buy my own domain!
     
    KnightWane, Aug 19, 2008 IP
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    2mk_atspace Well-Known Member

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    I suggest you put your page in center of browser.
     
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  6. Hecky

    Hecky Like a Dungeon Dragon!

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    Page doesn't work in firefox :/
     
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  7. steelfrog

    steelfrog Peon

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    That's pretty good, especially for a first design. Man, my first drafts were horrible. Anyway, there are a few things I feel I should point out:

    • You shouldn't bold all of your text. Instead, increase the font size and use bold to grab attention.
    • Drop the disappearing mouse hover script. It's annoying to lose my pointer when going through the menu.
    • Your body's background repeats at 1280x1024. Maybe try to center it?
    • You should increase the line height value in your paragraphs to make reading easier.
     
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  8. KnightWane

    KnightWane Peon

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    Hmmm! That helped me alot! Thanks alot all of yaa! keep giving me suggestions!
     
    KnightWane, Aug 19, 2008 IP
  9. fliply

    fliply Peon

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    Page repeats itself vertically on Mac OSX, Firefox, 24" screen.

    Consider removing <bold> on some of the fonts, too much of it
     
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  10. KnightWane

    KnightWane Peon

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    Thanks for you suggestions! Im gonna fix that page repeat thing!
     
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    tewage Active Member

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    I wouldn't say "wow", but it's a start. You've got everything cluttered, but good for your first. You should have seen my first.
     
    tewage, Aug 19, 2008 IP
  12. MilesB

    MilesB Well-Known Member

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    Let's beyblade! Ah man I was so into the show and the beyblades
     
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    EGS Notable Member

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    Impressive but you must use CSS properly..don't use your layout as a background image for one thing. Maybe a background for a div element instead...
     
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  14. jack_ss

    jack_ss Guest

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    #14
    Not bad for a first shot. Some quick comments:
    1. Your background should not be the base of your design and layout.
    Because:
    a. It takes too long to load. This isn't 1995. People don't wanna wait for a page to load.
    b. Section headers could have alt tags (a free search optimization tip).
    c. Content would not overlap your design allowing you scalability.​
    2. You should learn CSS. HTML is soooooo... like, 1990's.
    3. On all your content pages (eg: http://beybladexortic.byethost15.com/Attack Rings.php), you should replace all your title images with HTML text or at least use alt texts for better search engine results.​

    That's all I'm gonna give you for now. I will however, commend you on a fairly impressive first site. You have a lot of what appears to be exclusive content. With just a little optimizing you can rank well in the engines and get some decent traffic.

    Best o' luck kid.
     
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  15. KnightWane

    KnightWane Peon

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    Thanks alot all of you for your comments! I am working on a PTC site atm and as soon as it is compoleted im gonna work hard on this one. When the version two comes out, ill keep these steps in mind! Thanks alot and keep givin mee suggestions!
     
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  16. mob4u1

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    yes, i agree with jack_ss...

    maybe have the background black also, then when the page is loading the text can be seen.
     
    mob4u1, Aug 21, 2008 IP
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    also, i know people like to make their title tags pretty, but does nothing for seo, have the most important keyword as the first word in the title tag then use a couple more like below:

    BeybladeXortic : United Souls : Anime : Wallpapers : Information

    or something to this effect - will Definitely help with seo
     
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  18. KnightWane

    KnightWane Peon

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    mob4u1 can you tell me what dose seo means!
     
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    Why hasn't anyone suggested it yet: add a no-repeat on your background using css :)
     
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    Search Engine Optimization

    I did. I told him to learn CSS. :p
     
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