First Website.

disco-s2 · 02-26-2007

Hi, I'm 15 years old and I made my first website the other day. I put this topic on here so I can get some feedback and some ideas of what else to do. I also would like to know of some code tutorials so i can learn how to do it for a better site. All comments welcome and the site address is Worthing Water Polo so take a look. Its best viewed in internet explorer because it messes up in mozilla firefox.

**Tamlin** · 02-26-2007

Well, there are lots of very experienced and talented web designers here who will no doubt be able to advise you on the specifics of coding and design. The only comment I would make is: don't make a site that only works properly in one browser. IE may still be the most popular, but more and more serious web users are abandoning it in favour of Firefox (I certainly won't use anything else). Also, let's not forget about the Mac and Linux communities. I recently saw a signature in some forum or other that said "If your site doesn't work in Firefox, you're doing something wrong", and I can only echo that sentiment.

Having said that, I'm sure the BioRUST web gurus will be able to point you in the right direction.

*notjustgraphics* · 02-26-2007

hehehe... I always say "If it's best viewed in Internet Explorer, it's best not viewed at all!"

I had a quick look, and if the mess up you are referring to is the text exceeding the boundaries of the display area, the fixes are simple...

I notice you're not using CSS, and your site is frames based (not generally favoured) but if you want to post your code here, I'll be happy to give you some pointers...

Mike.

EDIT: HOW RUDE!

I completely forgot to say that I thought you did a great job... especially for a first attempt... If anything, i'd say it's a little too "bubble-gum" for a professional sporting organization but it's simple and easy to use...

Thanks for sharing.

Rtouch · 02-26-2007

well disco-s2 I just looked at your website and the text seems to be a little bit out of place.

disco-s2 · 02-26-2007

You can tell how inexperienced I am because I have not got a clue what CSS is. I have just found out that Brinkster has a limit to how much I can upload and is not allowing my site to shown until midnight. How dumb is that! Anyway thnks for the comments and shall i send the code to you via e-mail? Any help is appreciated!

**Tamlin** · 02-26-2007

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Originally Posted by disco-s2

I have just found out that Brinkster has a limit to how much I can upload and is not allowing my site to shown until midnight. How dumb is that!

That's one of the many problems with free web hosting. You might want to look into paying for hosting for your club's site. You can get some really good deals at the moment, and consider all the plus points: your own domain name, multiple email addresses, complete control over your content, no ads, and no bandwidth restrictions (unless you create a really high-traffic site).

disco-s2 · 02-26-2007

The club is now looking into a better deal so should be alot better. The site thats on there atm took me two days but I did it so something was up there and I'm going start creating a better one and hopefully I learn things as I go along. Anyone know any good tutorials?

**Bub** · 02-26-2007

oof, website is over the daily bandwidth allowance. Are companies starting to limit customers daily now? That's pretty lame of the host.

*notjustgraphics* · 02-26-2007

It's a free host, so it's the only way they have to maintain proportionate use of their resources...

The more you pay, the fewer restrictions you have, but we are never free of all restrictions

Mike.

**Bub** · 02-27-2007

Ya, I guess I've just never used a host that regulates your daily bandwidth allowance. I've always used large shared and currently split a server with a friend of mine.

disco-s2 · 02-27-2007

I want to learn about css and how to set them up in golive. Anyone know any good tutorials or informatio that will help me?

stigmatexx · 03-16-2007

hi man i saw your website its kinda cool but i would suggest you to use another color combination, and try to change the fonts your using i think i would look nice simply using arial.
congratulations for your website lots of people cant do what you just did at your age and experience.

DanTaylor · 03-17-2007

Yeah I thought you did a great job for your first time out. Easy navigation not to hard on the eyes. Few things I noticed a t a glance is that the Header box and the boxes underneath dont like up square to each other. picture to show it

Im not sure what this is showing here but its on the front page almost looks like a mistyped dash?

Again great job on a first try for a website. Also if your club is looking for hosting I ahve a freind that runs a hosting site and his prices are some fo the ebs ton the net. Go check him out and drop him a email. www.awds.net He has been the host for a few of my websites and I have almost zero downtime and hes jonny on the spot as far as finding out why a site is running slow if and when it happens.

Good luck hope some of my babble helps =)

turvas · 03-17-2007

One big mistake here: Don't hope that all people out there have 1024x768 resolution screens. Don't make your website fit only one resolution! For a 800x600 your site would look too large. But for a 1280x1024 (like me) or larger, your site looks small and offset. Just my two cents.

DanTaylor · 03-18-2007

it looked ok at 1680x1050 =)