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freakin_chris freakin_chris is offline Offline Dec 17th, 2006, 1:33 am |
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hey i'm a newbie so dont get disgusted if this is no up2 much.
the site is -> freakinchris.tk

thank you !

all criticism appreciated.
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roryt roryt is offline Offline | Dec 17th, 2006
I'm not gonna tell you how to make it into a pro website but here are a few pointers to make it look a bit better:

1. Solid black backgrounds are pretty nasty. Change it to white or grey with black text, white will look better though.

2. .tk makes your site look really bad because of all of the ads that just place themselves over you content.

3. Fonts: Use ones that are easy to read and everyone has eg. Sans-Serif, Times New Romans, Arial, Tahoma. If you want to have a different font, for your logo for example use a image and insert it onto your page.

I hope these pointers help.
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iamthwee iamthwee is offline Offline | Dec 17th, 2006
I'd agree with that.

It kinda looks like your site needs centering as well.
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roryt roryt is offline Offline | Dec 17th, 2006
Originally Posted by iamthwee View Post
It kinda looks like your site needs centering as well.
To do that just wrap your page in <center></center>tags.

Your page should then be like this

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>FreakinChris.TK</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
Your Website Here
</center>
</body>
</html>
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Targowski Targowski is offline Offline | Dec 17th, 2006
Rory has offered some good advice. I suggest to you not to use primary colors so vivid in large quantities unless you've fully mastered the look.

The bright, primary blue color looks very bright on the black background, and it doesn't reflect well in my eyes.

The .tk domain is a start, I know I had one when I first got started into website development, but honestly a domain nowadays can be as cheap as $2.99 from Yahoo Domains.

I'd also suggest removing the current header font you've used and using some sort of nice and clean font, such as Arial; Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, Georgia - the list goes on. (Or, simply use an image / sIFR which can potentially look better). You can find out more about sIFR over at MikeIndustries - as far as accessibility and x-browser I'm not 100%, although I know its just flash generated text.

Otherwise, its sure better than many people's beginner work, so good luck with your future design / development ventures.


Originally Posted by roryt View Post
I'm not gonna tell you how to make it into a pro website but here are a few pointers to make it look a bit better:

1. Solid black backgrounds are pretty nasty. Change it to white or grey with black text, white will look better though.

2. .tk makes your site look really bad because of all of the ads that just place themselves over you content.

3. Fonts: Use ones that are easy to read and everyone has eg. Sans-Serif, Times New Romans, Arial, Tahoma. If you want to have a different font, for your logo for example use a image and insert it onto your page.

I hope these pointers help.
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freakin_chris freakin_chris is offline Offline | Dec 19th, 2006
hey thanks for ur tips guys !

really appreciate it

thot no one wud reply .

k THANKS
oh btw u can chk it out again if its any better
ciao !
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roryt roryt is offline Offline | Dec 21st, 2006
Well done you have made some good changes. I would still advise that you consider changing the background color so that the site doesn't look quite so dark.

I also advise that if you want to make anything of your site in the future that you move away from .tk!!! You may also be interesting in adding a forum to your site.

Good Luck
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kmzeron kmzeron is offline Offline | Dec 28th, 2006
Why don't you try to make another menu ? or try to get one from the internet ... there are a lots ...
That is my opinion of course .
And yes .... the domain .tk it is not the best choice, but of course it is free.

Happy Holidays !
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freakin_chris freakin_chris is offline Offline | Dec 30th, 2006
thanks a lot guys !

but hmm cud u suggest me a good color to go wid da black background ?
coz i'm quite confused as to wad color to opt for.

k thanks guyz.

and about da domain hmm i'm lookin out for a good one.

i'm also trying to incorporate a feedback form in my site but i cant seem to upload the php fiel which has the php script to mail da entry to me!
if posible plz help me out as to wad i can do .

a BIG THANKS once again.
neva thot i'd get such a good reply frm people being a novice with a free domain. lolz.
k ciao 4 now.
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goodboy18 goodboy18 is offline Offline | Dec 31st, 2006
wow..lol. I wasn't gonna leave a comment before but here what I think you should do.

Get a nice well developed free template from host like www.zymic.com or http://www.freetemplatesonline.com/ The templates are already well designed so basically all you need to do is change the information and put up your contents. it's all a matter of copying and pasting.

Even though what you have on the site right now is very important, the look of the site alone we scare people away. Besides anything is barely visible. Take my adice and just change the whole look. If you don't have your own server, go with free hosts like bravenet or freewebs. They have some really cool pre-made templates that you can use.
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