Steven I appreciate you advice and comments. I am being accused of spamming
in a few other newsgroups, but that is not my intentions. I am looking to
learn and appreciate the tips you offered.
"Stephen Poley" <sbpoleySpicedHamTrap@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:j4mb30pj4ati37gkpdvo6ta855e4r472k5@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:35:40 +0000 (UTC), Darin McGrew
> <mcgrew@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
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> >
www.Search24-7.com <Search247@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> I am working on a project site. The url is
www.search24-7.com. I am
> >> looking for feedback (both negative and positive).[/color][/color]
>
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> >Why are you using <font>? Especially since you're already using CSS.[/color]
>
> Agreed. Remove the transitional HTML and you can drastically reduce the
> file size / download time.
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> >You shouldn't use px to specify font sizes:
> >
http://css.nu/faq/ciwas-aFAQ.html#QA02
> >
> >(FWIW, your specified font sizes are smaller than the minimum font size
> >enforced by my browser.)
> >
> >Why are you using a bajillion <br> tags instead of lists?
> >
> >The online tools report a number of basic problems that you should fix:[/color]
>
>
http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...Fwww.search24-[/color]
7.com%2F&warnings=yes[color=blue]
>
>
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...Fwww.search24-[/color]
7.com%2F&warning=1&profile=css2&usermedium=all[color=blue]
>
>
> In addition:
>
> - the right-hand column doesn't appear with Javascript disabled.
JS
> would appear to be unnecessary for this.
>
> - if you do use
JS, put it in an external file so that people don't have
> to download it unnecessarily.
>
> - don't try to make visited links the same colour as non-visited. The
> colour difference is there for a reason. Particularly in such a long
> list of links, it helps the reader to know what he's already visited.
>
> - you can simplify the CSS quite a bit, by using the cascade. For
> example you don't need to keep specifying font-family all the time.
>
> - similarly
> BORDER-RIGHT: #0060a6;
> BORDER-TOP: #0060a6;
> BORDER-LEFT: #0060a6;
> BORDER-BOTTOM: #0060a6;
> reduces to: border-color: #0060a6;
>
> - remove the Verdana.
>
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html
>
> On the positive side: when I first saw it I thought "yet another fixed
> layout" but that turned out not to be the case. The columns adjust to
> the window width - good.
>
> My checklist may help:
>
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/checklist.html
>
> --
> Stephen Poley
>
>
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/[/color]
comments/advice needed 
