Thread: I've got a temporary web site up...

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Hey everyone!!! I am messing around, and trying to build a web site. This is a temporary site, it will only be up for 12 hours. What do you think? I have some questions though, How come the first two pages don't fill the browser?
Oh well, fun, fun, fun! Oh yeah, the link...
http://trialsites.ieasysite.com/trialsite41835/website/

It doesn't fill your browser becuase you have the width set at 770. Most browsers are at least 800 if not 1200.

Thanks Halloweiner! That did it! Now to find a host and build onto it!

Ok, made some changes... What do ya think?
http://trialsites.ieasysite.com/trialsite41934/website/

Cut the page transitions out... unless they are in a PowerPoint presentation I just find them annoying.

At my resolution, the web page doesn't fill the browser. If you set the width of the page to 100% instead of a defined number it should fill out to the edges of any browser, no matter what resolution the user is on.

I'd kill the page transitions too and try to come up with a main menu and let the user go from there. I often find myself just passing by sites that rely solely on page transitions.

One more suggestion, try to avoid using special fonts unless you can provide it to the user for download. If the user doesn't have that font on their machine, the page will display with whatever the default font is.

Looks good otherwise!

I agree with the page transistions. I think they are a pain in the arse.

As for the background unfortunately you can't use the 100% method if you're using your background image with a mapped link. Am I right?

You can always use 100%, it just may not look too good if the image used in the background isn't seamless. The image will be tiled and that usually looks bad.

Thanks for the input! I already killed the transitions! I don't know how to put the size at 100%. The software I'm using doesn't seem to have that ability. I'm using web easy5 professional.
And where do you guys get your graphics? Do you design them yourself?
I have found this to be more time consuming and challenging than building props!
I finally got everything uploaded into my domain, but named a file wrong, and oh what a mess! Thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it! Robert

Ok, here's the start...
http://www.oct31man.com/
I think I will change it around and use a main menu as Zombie-f stated. But I just stated and it took alot of work to get where I am. It's starting to make sense to me a little bit.