Feedback on my website

artalacarte

Arun gave me some great suggestions. Would anyone else do the same?
Widening my pages concerns me a bit since I have only two choices, 780px or go to 100%.
Would this mess up my text and picture display depending on screen resolution?
Could you please review www.whineranddiner.net
thanks,
artalacarte

VinceTheTeeShirtGuy

Well, I`ve only joined today, so maybe I`m not the best person to comment, but I notice that the slide show at the beginning takes a while to load.
 
You`ve got two pictures in the "history" page that pretty much explain the product in a nutshell, and they take no time at all to load up. Perhaps you could have the slide show as an optional?
 
Just my 2c worth...
 
Vince.
VinceTheTeeShirtGuy10/18/2007 12:33 AM

Webline

I take it you made this in/for Internet Explorer; in Firefox the layout is messed up. Fix that and you would be much better off.

artalacarte

Hi CampSteve,
Done! Thanks for your advise...much better!
That`s it? Anything else?
I`m glad you like the products.
Artalacarte

artalacarte

I have been thinking of doing that...I will work on it.
Thanks.

artalacarte

Hi Webline,
Well, I had no idea...This is a Microsoft website...I just need to figure out how to fix that...Any suggestion where to start?
Thanks!

Webline

I don`t think it is all of your pages, but the main one is definitely out of whack in Firefox. More than likely it would take some tweaking in your css file(s) to correct it, or a separate css file for Firefox.Also, was this site built with a site building program? You might want to look at your sites validation at W3C .... http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2 Fwhineranddiner.net%2Fdefault.aspx
Webline2007-10-18 16:13:12

artalacarte

 just tried that and got "sorry, this document cannot be checked". Oh well, I`m just a novice at website building here so I`m not quite sure what I am doing... 

VinceTheTeeShirtGuy

Well, Firefox is more of a stickler for HTML correctness than Internet Explorer. If something looks alright in Firefox, it will look ok in Opera and (9 times out of ten), in Internet Explorer.
One thing you can do is simply download Firefox, and then look at the site in Firefox and tweak whatever you have to.

artalacarte

I will download Firefox and just do that ...
Thanks!

artalacarte

Oh my God, I just saw my home page in Firefox! That`s pretty scary...all those lines, where is this coming from? and it`s only on the home page... and the layout is totally out of wack!

vwebworld

Oh my God, I just saw my home page in Firefox! That`s pretty scary...all those lines, where is this coming from? and it`s only on the home page... and the layout is totally out of wack!
The lines are because you specify a background color behind the various text.
Sometimes you specify white (#ffffff) but sometimes another color (#bf8300).
~Roland
 

Webline

Different browsers will read your html and css and render them differently; not all browsers follow the same standards/guidelines, therefore the differences. Sometimes you may need separate css files for different browsers, or " if " sections into one css file ( if thats where many of the problems are created ).

artalacarte

Roland,
Thank you so much for your help! Those lines have been there for over 6 months now without me knowing!
I think everything is fine now...
Catherine

www.whineranddiner.net

artalacarte

I think it`s fixed now...
Thank you so much for your help!
Catherine
 

artalacarte

I ha no idea about what lines you were talking about until I saw the site in Firefox!
There are now gone (I hope)
Thank you again!
C.