browser compatability

[Martin Cooper]

Hi,
I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing this
group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as possible
from the start. There's not much content there, and what is needs tidying
up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems with the site so that I
can attempt to get things done the right way from the start. The site is at
http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.

Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as being
new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.

--

Martin

[Brian]

Re: browser compatability

Martin Cooper wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing this
> group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as possible
> from the start. There's not much content there, and what is needs tidying
> up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems with the site so that I
> can attempt to get things done the right way from the start. The site is at
> http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.
>
> Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as being
> new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.[/color]

On quick inspection, it looks good. But it doesn't validate because
of a single target=_blank attribute. Lose that. Otherwise, markup
looks sensible. I'm not sure about the blue on white text. You might
want to go with a bit more congtrast, i.e., choose a darker color for
the text.

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Brian
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[Mark Parnell]

Re: browser compatability

Martin Cooper wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing
> this group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as
> possible from the start.[/color]

Good to hear :-).
[color=blue]
> There's not much content there, and what is
> needs tidying up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems
> with the site so that I can attempt to get things done the right way
> from the start. The site is at http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.
>
> Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as
> being new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.[/color]

The links on the left need to be darker - the grey on yellow is very hard to
read.

ISTM that you have too much information on the front page - it should give a
quick summary of the purpose of the site, and then people can follow the
links to the sections they are interested in.

You should check your links - most of the ones in the text on the front page
are wrong.

Works both with and without Javascript - good :-) . Seems to work well in
Lynx at a quick glance.

As Brian said, the HTML is not valid because of one "target=_blank" . The
CSS isn't valid either -

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fbroadband.martinc.me.uk%2F&warning=1&profile=css2&usermedium=all

All in all, a good effort. :-)

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Mark Parnell

http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

[jake]

Re: browser compatability

In message <gemini.3f67712 400d14b29%usene t@martinc.me.uk >, Martin Cooper
<usenet@martinc .me.uk> writes[color=blue]
>Hi,
> I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing this
>group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as possible
>from the start. There's not much content there, and what is needs tidying
>up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems with the site so that I
>can attempt to get things done the right way from the start. The site is at
>http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.
>
>Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as being
>new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.
>[/color]
Just looking at the opening page:

There is way too much content on the page; it needs breaking down into a
number of pages with suitable navigation.

And then the paragraphs are huge; they need a bit more spacing in them
and maybe less words and some icons instead.

All-in-all, very hard to read. (At the very least it needs a menu at the
top of the page -- but it really needs more than just that).

regards.
--
Jake

[Davmagic com]

Re: browser compatability

[color=blue]
>From: usenet@martinc. me.uk
>(Martin Cooper)
>Hi,
>        I'm in the process of building a new
>web site... Any hints on accessibility
>issues would also be much appreciated,
>as being new to HTML, I'm not sure of all
>the issues.[/color]

Not compatable with MSNTV's Browser......>

Web Design-Magic-Painting-Junking-Games
INFO 2000 For You

http://www.davmagic.com

See how your webpages look on a MSN-TV Browser:
Download it here: http://developer.msntv.com/Tools/msntvvwr.asp

[Martin Cooper]

Re: browser compatability

"Mark Parnell" <webmaster@clar kecomputers.com .au> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Martin Cooper wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi,
> > I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing
> > this group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as
> > possible from the start.[/color]
>
> Good to hear :-).
>[color=green]
> > There's not much content there, and what is
> > needs tidying up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems
> > with the site so that I can attempt to get things done the right way
> > from the start. The site is at http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.
> >
> > Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as
> > being new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.[/color]
>
> The links on the left need to be darker - the grey on yellow is very hard[/color]
to[color=blue]
> read.
>
> ISTM that you have too much information on the front page - it should give[/color]
a[color=blue]
> quick summary of the purpose of the site, and then people can follow the
> links to the sections they are interested in.
>
> You should check your links - most of the ones in the text on the front[/color]
page[color=blue]
> are wrong.
>
> Works both with and without Javascript - good :-) . Seems to work well in
> Lynx at a quick glance.
>
> As Brian said, the HTML is not valid because of one "target=_blank" . The
> CSS isn't valid either -
>[/color]
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...usermedium=all[color=blue]
>
> All in all, a good effort. :-)
>[/color]

Thanks Mark & Brian,
I somehow missed the http:// from the links. That is now fixed and the
stylesheet now validates. I'm in the process of splitting the information
into seperate pages, but that will take a bit longer. I'll also look a bit
closer at the color scheme, I see your point.

--

Martin

[Martin Cooper]

Re: browser compatability

jake <jake@gododdin. demon.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
> In message <gemini.3f67712 400d14b29%usene t@martinc.me.uk >, Martin Cooper
> <usenet@martinc .me.uk> writes[color=green]
> >Hi,
> > I'm in the process of building a new web site, and after browsing[/color][/color]
this[color=blue][color=green]
> >group for a while, have opted to try and get it as compatible as possible
> >from the start. There's not much content there, and what is needs[/color][/color]
tidying[color=blue][color=green]
> >up. But I would appreciate any pointers to problems with the site so that[/color][/color]
I[color=blue][color=green]
> >can attempt to get things done the right way from the start. The site is[/color][/color]
at[color=blue][color=green]
> >http://broadband.martinc.me.uk.
> >
> >Any hints on accessibility issues would also be much appreciated, as[/color][/color]
being[color=blue][color=green]
> >new to HTML, I'm not sure of all the issues.
> >[/color]
> Just looking at the opening page:
>
> There is way too much content on the page; it needs breaking down into a
> number of pages with suitable navigation.
>
> And then the paragraphs are huge; they need a bit more spacing in them
> and maybe less words and some icons instead.
>
> All-in-all, very hard to read. (At the very least it needs a menu at the
> top of the page -- but it really needs more than just that).
>
> regards.[/color]

Hi Jake,
thanks for the feedback. Splitting the content into seperate pages and
reformatting the text is next on my list, once I have sorted the color
scheme. Out of interest, you say it needs a menu at the top, is the one on
the side not good enough?

--

Martin

[Martin Cooper]

Re: browser compatability

DLSD@webtv.net (Davmagic com) wrote:
[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> >From: usenet@martinc. me.uk
> >(MartinCoope r)
> >Hi,
> >I'm in the process of building a new
> >web site... Any hints on accessibility
> >issues would also be much appreciated,
> >as being new to HTML, I'm not sure of all
> >the issues.[/color]
>
> Not compatable with MSNTV's Browser......>
>
> Web Design-Magic-Painting-Junking-Games
> INFO 2000 For You
> http://www.davmagic.com
> See how your webpages look on a MSN-TV Browser:
> Download it here: http://developer.msntv.com/Tools/msntvvwr.asp
>[/color]

Hi,
thanks for that, think I'll need to do a bit of reading up to get it
working on web TV. It seems to be totally confused by CSS, so I'm not sure
how to make it work. I'll have to experiment on a test page I think.

--

Martin