Its been ages since I had a bashing

http://www.dirtydisco.net

I think im getting better , critique me please

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Wow - looks a ton different, and better than it did back in February, from the webshot I saw on whois.

A few suggestions though:

Consider losing the punctuation in the title.

Change your dottracker code to replace "&" with "&" to eliminate 3/4 of your code errors; the link will still work the same.

Consider getting a CSS to affect your design look and layout which will have a better effect on your page size and code being crawled by bots.

Lose the allcaps in internetradio image.

Finish filling in the alt-text of your other images - keep short, sweet and relevant.

Give your tables "id" and "summary".

Consider using some headings for proper outline and emphasis. IMO "Welcome to Dirtydisco Internet radio and DJ promotion site" should be a H1.

I only viewed the home page, but it looks awesome - you've given a very professional and needed facelift; well done.

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thanks for that I will do some corrections

good useful advice thanks

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In your menu you did not capitolize the first letter in some of the words.

Not sure what your links page is all about.

Not all graphics load on all of the pages.

You might want to go over your spelling and any errors. I have seen a few on a number of pages.

You think you might have to many words in bold. Some of them are hard on the eyes.

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I like it overall. I'm wondering if you could do a little bit more with the text. I don't feel drawn to read it. Maybe you could use some headlines that are in a different color and larger with the normal black text in the body.

Some of those links at the top link to different pages, depending on what page you're on. The 'links page' link links to a forum list or a list directly on the website. The guide link isn't on all the pages either.

That was a lot of links lol!

The image header at the top could look better - it's a bit blurry as well as the links - add some more colour! The bold text links are not all links either.

Maybe you should consider fitting your forum and blog pages into the main site in a frame/iframe so it doesn't open in a new window? You can also change the phpbb boards to have a more similar colour scheme to the rest of the site.

Hope this helps!

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thanks people for some good advice Im in the middle of re-doing the links page as we speak and I have a few navigation errors to correct , interesting comment about bringing up the forum into a frame or same page

I think the graphics not loading on all pages is due to some pages have just be laid out so you are just seeing the image holder

i'll crack on with it

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Nice look for the subject matter.

Just a couple of quick comments:

1. Move your CSS to an external file
2. Use CSS and remove all of your hard coded styles
3. Use your H1, H2 and so on
4. Use CSS and an external file for your nav. This way you can manage all of the main nav from one file. there are several ways of doing this, but since your styling is very simple (as opposed to very complicated) it will greatly ease the task of maintaining the site and effecting changes as it grows.

Nice work, I like the minimalist type of theme, it is very clean and straight forward. We employ a similar theme on our own site.

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1. Move your CSS to an external file
2. Use CSS and remove all of your hard coded styles

Im self taught and have no real idea of what you are talking about , being honest fancy elaborating on that or anyone I understand h1 h2 but css im lost

but am i right in thinking you mean move this

<style type="text/css">
<!--
body {
background-color: #333333;
background-image: url();
}
body,td,th {
color: #000000;
}
.style54 {color: #000000; font-size: 12px; }
.style92 {font-family: Tahoma}
.style8 {color: #000000}
a:link {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #000000;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #CCCCCC;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: none;
}
.style12 {font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; }
.style16 {
font-family: Tahoma;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
}
.style77 {font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; }
.style87 {font-size: 12px}
.style94 {font-size: 12px; font-family: Tahoma; }
.style95 {font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF;}
.style96 {font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; color: #0000FF;}
.style97 {color: #000000; font-size: 12px; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; }
.style99 {color: #FFFFFF}
.style101 {font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }
-->
</style>

or not ?

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it all helps thanks put a new links page up today and will do through the site and sort the navigation out , cheers

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Hi,

There is nothing wrong with being self tought. I am also self taught and expect to continue learning until the day I die.

So, here are some links to sites I and many others find helpful in learning about such things.

http://www.killersites.com/Tutorials...orialPage1.htm

http://www.csszengarden.com/

Try this CSS editor free for 30 days. It's fully functional, I use this myself. it also comes with a bunch of customizable wizzards, templates and template creators for pages, nav the whole thing. They also have great tuts.

http://westciv.com/

take everything in the STYLE tag and past it into a blank document (plain text not word). save the file as yourfilename.css. Make sure you delete the STYLE tags from the html document and the css file.

In the HEAD of your web pages place this tag using your own file name:
<link href="css/yourfilename.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" >

Then you apply the styles with id's and class styles applied to each effected element.

As you're still learning the basics, please study the leassons from the above resources contain before you start making changes of this kind.

Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more from you in the future.

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Thanks for that I will have a look at the css info before I make any changes , been quite a productive day navigation is sorted and the links page and a few other bits

thanks for the help

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Techno page graphics do not load.

Breakbeat only one loads.

Blog page, any way of cutting up the blog into a few pages? It seems to be getting very long and large.

Gallery, why not have the same format as most of the rest of the site?

Links page background pick. Tone it down so that you can read the text.

Why do you have a link at the bottom of your pages when most if not all links are at the top?

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