http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/please_read_first/is_it_good_or_bad/ A Please Read First! forum thread at WPDFD.com en-us 09/12/07, 255 47 2007 2007:%i:1189633666 16:47:46 09/06/08, 250 14 2008 2008:%i:1220728472 14:14:32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NineLabs Framework Feed Generator sitemaster@wpdfd.com sitemaster@wpdfd.com http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/please_read_first/is_it_good_or_bad/#p2072 http://www.simonartist.co.uk/ and
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I do see a few things that you can improve easily however. There is still a little presentation within the markup of your HTML, like the page background color, and instead of placing the styles on every page it may be easier to link to an external stylesheet. Also, you may want to think about creating your navigation as a list of links, then using CSS to make them either inline or block display (horizontal vs. vertical), rather than using h2 or h5 tags. Take a look at the CSS at the CSS Zen Garden or one of the examples at Listamatic

The only other comment I have about your page would be to proofread it one more time. I noticed a few grammar issues and some inconsistencies between the use of third and first person writing. Once these are ironed out the site will have a more consistent feel, instead of looking like you personally wrote parts of it while someone else wrote the rest.

Other than this minor detail the site is great and I hope your site brings you much more success with your artwork.]]> 09/13/07, 256 11 2007 2007:%i:1189696318 10:11:58 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/please_read_first/is_it_good_or_bad/#p2073 http://www.wpdfd.com/forums/wpdfd/please_read_first/is_it_good_or_bad/#p2079
You have done a great job on your two sites. I agree with Cesar that you can do better with your navigation if you use a list. There is a really great tutorial at A List Apart on Taming Lists.

Lists can be horizontal or vertical just by how they are defined in CSS. There is a great wizard on using lists at CSS List Style Wizard. The more you look on the web the more resources you can find.

Using an external CSS file is really the best thing to do as well. That way yo really separate the content form the presentation.

One other thing, which may be pertinent, is you might want to use a watermark on your images to ensure someone else isn't taking them and using them somewhere you don't know about. your art is really great and I hate to see people get ripped off. Don't forget a quick copyright statement in a footer.

Good luck with your sites.

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