hi, i need advice on how to improve my website please. although i dont know how to program. i can put in animated buttons, dropdown menus, and div tags to separate the page some. any advice greatly appreciated. thank you. derek.

here is the site
http://derekvanderven.com

First of all take off all those advertisements from the bottom edit the adsense ones to match the layout and look like the regular site then put too ads one on top of picture and other on bottom you get way more clicks

then download a free image slide show and add it there and just let me people click through all your portraits and paintings

hope that helped

awesome thanks arudis. if anyone knows of a good slideshow program i can integrate with my website please let me know. thanks. also, im googling it now under "free web slideshow" . derek

I get a "directory listing denied" when I try to visit your link

i was working on it. it should work now. i put a slideshow on the second page. i had to do it on the seconds page because i had problems with the slideshow software. derek

http://derekvanderven.com

it is looking a lot better very good job

cool thanks, i was upset because my mom couldnt see the slideshow, she doesnt have java installed. do most people have java installed? derek

Java or javascript?

to paraphrase;
Two different things, joined by a common name

its a java applet

Ok

No, The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are not always installed and enabled as a default install.