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"New website (my own)"

Apologies again for the previous website but I've constructed a new one from scratch from what I know. But I have a few questions (I obviously understand if you do not want to help).
1) What are your thoughts and opinions on the site (considering I'm a noob)?
2) How can I improve it?
3) Does the idea of the website sound like a good idea. Bearing in mind this is currently just a Media assignment?
4) It's currently hosted on my 'local host' (may explain if it isn't working). Is there a way I can get it onto the internet 'full time'?

[URL] http://217.43.46.49/toxicvelocty/home.asp [/URL]

EDIT: currently, it is best viewed in IE

Nimco wrote:
> Tyla, quick point about CSS shorthand. Is it universally understood by
> browsers? I've avoided it just in case...

Never had an issue, though only real problem I've found is nested selectors in IE due to it's poor parsing.

Firefox can understand;

element#id.class element {...}

and even

element#id.class imput[attribute] {...}

IE on the otherhand can't as it doesn't like CSS nesting.

Most shorthand, or anything I've ever used has never thrown any problems or wobblers but there is a set order in creating shorthand, especially background where it has to go colour before the image and position.

Tyla, quick point about CSS shorthand. Is it universally understood by browsers? I've avoided it just in case...

Thanks. I would have rather used PHP but I had way too many problems with Apache and hosting the site

This.Celluloid.Dream wrote:
> I can assure you it's my own work. I used ASP because so I could use
> the log in feature but I'm still reading up on it (username is admin
> and password is password by the way)

*Shudders* PHP would be far eaiser for someone learning as ASP is over bloated and over complicated fopr it's own good.

FWIW, cleaned up your CSS'

a:link, a:visited {
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:active {
color: #f00;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
color: #161;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
body, html {
background: #efffef;
color: #444;
font: 93% "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
div#categories {
background: #efe;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #999;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 142px;
}
h1 {
color: #fff;
font: bold 11px verdana;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-top: 0;
}
.boxbg {
background: #f0f8ff;
}
.catg {
color: #000;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS";
}
#categories li {
display: inline;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#categories li a {
background: #efe;
color: #222;
display: block;
height: 15px;
padding: 4px 2px 4px 6px;
text-decoration: none;
width: 142px;
}
#categories li a:hover {
background: #afa;
color: #000;
}
#categories li a:active {
background: #afa;
color: #000;
font-weight: bold;
}
#categories ul {
color: #999;
font: normal 12px trebuchet MS;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-indent: 12px;
}

Tyla wrote:
> Noticed your CSS contains some in shorthand and some ovbiously buy
> you, also the mix of uppercase/lowercase and use of tripplet Hex#'s
> to full hex#'s kind of gives me the impression that you've only
> really written about 40% of this yourself.

Thats from the use of Dreamweaver

I can assure you it's my own work. I used ASP because so I could use the log in feature but I'm still reading up on it (username is admin and password is password by the way)

This.Celluloid.Dream wrote:
> I really don't know

Read the report and you may learn a thing or two about writing HTML correctly.

FWIW, are they really in ASP or is that a left over from ripping it elsewhere?

Noticed your CSS contains some in shorthand and some ovbiously buy you, also the mix of uppercase/lowercase and use of tripplet Hex#'s to full hex#'s kind of gives me the impression that you've only really written about 40% of this yourself.

I really don't know

This.Celluloid.Dream wrote:
> Sorry. Try [URL] http://217.43.46.49/toxicvelocity/home.asp [/URL]

On a validation note, how on earth can you fail on HTML 4.01 with this many errors:

[URL]http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//217.43.46.49/toxicvelocity/home.asp[/URL]

Sorry. Try [URL] http://217.43.46.49/toxicvelocity/home.asp [/URL]