Hello please rate my site

Nikiblueskin · #1 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 05:12 AM

davebarnes · #2 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 10:52 AM

I would externalize all the Javascript and CSS.

andrewkeet · #3 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 11:56 AM

<title>Blueskin (UK) | Men's T-shirt | Hoodies | Vest Tops | Baby Tshirt | FREE UK Delivery</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Blueskin Snowboard T-shirts</title>

Two <title> tags, that can't be good.

Nikiblueskin · #4 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by davebarnes

I would externalize all the Javascript and CSS.

Thanks Dave, Im not all that good with coding, what does that mean to externalize all the Javascript and CSS?

Nikiblueskin · #5 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewkeet

<title>Blueskin (UK) | Men's T-shirt | Hoodies | Vest Tops | Baby Tshirt | FREE UK Delivery</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Blueskin Snowboard T-shirts</title>

Two <title> tags, that can't be good.

Thanks Andrew, Im not sure what you mean by two title tags, should I not have the title in the code and just have the title in the title bar?
Thanks for your help

davebarnes · #6 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikiblueskin

Thanks Dave, Im not all that good with coding, what does that mean to externalize all the Javascript and CSS?

External CSS - CSS Tutorial - External

External Javascript - Creating and referencing external JavaScript libraries

davebarnes · #7 (**permalink**) 07-14-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewkeet

Two <title> tags, that can't be good.

It is worse than that.
All the pages have identical title (the second one), description and keywords tags. Oopsie. Google does not like.

Another example of misuse of DW templates.

Nikiblueskin · #8 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by davebarnes

It is worse than that.
All the pages have identical title (the second one), description and keywords tags. Oopsie. Google does not like.

Another example of misuse of DW templates.

Thanks for the advice eeek I had no idea what I had done and you are right it was with a DW template. Ive deleted the keywords now but cant access each page because it's a template that someone else set up for me.

Is there an easier way of optimizing my site? I was thinking of re- doing the website in word press as Im not a coder just a designer.

Nikiblueskin · #9 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by davebarnes

External CSS - CSS Tutorial - External

External Javascript - Creating and referencing external JavaScript libraries

Amazing links thank you! I would have to spend some time learning this, the css looks easier but I haven't clue about javascript

amxfan · #10 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikiblueskin

Ive deleted the keywords now but cant access each page because it's a template that someone else set up for me.

If I'm reading this right since it is a template file you can not change the title, keywords and description page per page?

Dave may know of a better and faster way of doing this but here is how I do it when working with a .dwt

If you have DreamWeaver.

1. Open the products.dwt file
2. In the code click before the area you need to change from page to page like the title, keywords and description
3. Now click Insert then Template Objects then Editable Reagen. "Each reagen has to have a unique name like 'Doctitle, dockeywords etc"
5. Make sure you end the editable reagen after the area you need changed.

Example

Code:

<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>Your title here</title>
<!-- TemplateEndEditable -->

6. Do this for every reagen you need to have different from page to page.

Note
You can make the entire head area editable the same way or you can just make each part.

You can now open each page and change that area as normal.

Nikiblueskin · #11 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 12:04 PM

Thank you so much amxfan for the step by step guide, it works!!

So now I am in the process of going through each page and selecting description and keywords specific to that particular page. Oh joy!

Thanks again, hopefully my rankings will improve and bring more specific people to the site....

Dubbya · #12 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 12:32 PM

Hi Nikiblueskin,

Don't be afraid to ask for help!

You might also want to visit the W3Schools Online Web Tutorials site. Whether you're coding in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .asp or .php, if it's got anything to do with browsers and web development, they're the premier instructional site on the net.

You'll find tutorials, working examples and code to help you do pretty much whatever you can imagine.

Be sure to add them to your bookmarks!

Good Luck.

davebarnes · #13 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by amxfan

Dave may know of a better and faster way of doing this but here is how I do it when working with a .dwt

I gave up on Dreamweaver Templates years ago.
I use Server Side Includes instead as I find them MUCH easier to maintain.

Back in the 1990s when webservers were less powerful, people did not use SSI because of the additional load they placed on the server. Now, with most servers in idle mode most of the time, this is no longer a concern.

I always convert every DWT site that I inherit to SSI.