Website Review and Suggestions

**MandASystems** · 11:57 PM

After having about 20 templates, 5 or 6 pre-made layouts, I just wasn't happy...

So, I decided to try to create my own...

Could you all please give me some detailed insight on what can make this site better. Please note, it is not completed content wise.

Thanks in advance, I value your opinions.

http://www.alillywilson.com

Please take the poll or indicate what browser you used to view the site, so I can get an idea if it is compliant.

**SHydroxide** · 03:39 AM

Oh wow. I'm very impressed; that's quite a beautiful design.

The only suggestion I could possibly come up with is that maybe it would look better to center the entire layout in the browser window. Other than that, I can't come up with anything else. It's perfect.

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Just to note, I used Firefox, and everything worked fine.

**MandASystems** · 10-29-2006, 07:41 AM

I cannot get the thing to center . . . I agree, that is killing me, so if anyone can look at my mess of code (didn't really know what I was doing) and let me knwo how to get it centered up, I would appreciate it . . .

**borzoid** · 10-29-2006, 08:43 AM

Absolutely beautiful site.

I am on dialup however and for me it loaded very slowly. Both IE and Firefox gave up and said done before all the images were loaded.

As for your centering issues: you have everything absolutely positioned. I would rewrite the layout divs so that this was not necessary as IE as some issues with absolute positioning.

**forumGuru** · 10-29-2006, 12:22 PM

Gorgeous site. It really grabs attention and is perfectly apt for the subject matter.

Great work - keep going!

**SHydroxide** · 10-29-2006, 01:06 PM

If it's any help, my site (http://www.alka.li) is centered in the same manner that you'd like yours... it's done with tables and a bit of CSS. Take a look if you'd like.

**Alien-Fury** · 10-29-2006, 02:06 PM

I like it. It's very nice! Well done!

**myworksweb** · 10-29-2006, 10:32 PM

Love that website!!!!So beautiful and exquisite!!!!Stay with this template!!!

**MandASystems** · 10-30-2006, 01:22 AM

Thanks for all the great comments... makes me think I am on the right track!!!

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Love that website!!!!So beautiful and exquisite!!!!Stay with this template!!!

I am not sure if you are calling it a template as in a pre-built . . . This is all done by my little hands down to drawing out the graphics in CS2.

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I am on dialup however and for me it loaded very slowly. Both IE and Firefox gave up and said done before all the images were loaded.

I am working on that... I will soon compress the images down alot to clean up the load times... (also create a few preload calls to help out). . . Just haven't yet, cause I am still making changes to the overall graphic.

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As for your centering issues: you have everything absolutely positioned. I would rewrite the layout divs so that this was not necessary as IE as some issues with absolute positioning.

This is next on my to do list . . . I am just nto very good at CSS quite yet and I have to play around with it all a bit more...

Thanks again . . .

**myworksweb** · 10-30-2006, 09:28 AM

I meant the template not in that sense

**adsenser** · 10-30-2006, 09:30 AM

Way to go.. but its really Good site... let us know your new project..lol

**datingsite** · 10-31-2006, 06:06 AM

I like it . I think no need to Suggetst u. Really, Its great! Though you needs some modifications, u can refer the free personals & matchmaker .

**MandASystems** · 11-04-2006, 10:09 PM

I made the correction of centering the site . . .

If anyone has any more ideas for improvement (besides the image load time . . . I am working on that now) I would really appreciate them.

**blacksburgpoker** · 11-04-2006, 10:49 PM

Nice design

**pinmyplace** · 11-05-2006, 06:21 AM

Absolutly nice design but it is to big over 300kb that is to much... Play with your graphic programm to get it smaller.

**MandASystems** · 11-05-2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pinmyplace

Absolutly nice design but it is to big over 300kb that is to much... Play with your graphic programm to get it smaller.

I am . . . I am just waiting until everything is finished . . . I will still probably modify the BG a bit . . . I am not happy with some of the graphic edges and things.

**Xypher** · 11-05-2006, 09:54 AM

The design is very nice, like the quill and the lighter background which matches the other colours well, Well done

**a random guy** · 11-05-2006, 11:20 AM

Very nice, you should make it so on the contact page the text fields empty when you focus on them.

**MandASystems** · 11-05-2006, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by a random guy

Very nice, you should make it so on the contact page the text fields empty when you focus on them.

Not really sure what you mean . . . If you could be more specific, and then tell me how to do it, I would love the input!