Website Review and Suggestions

**gator2007** · 04-07-2007, 08:37 AM

I am already live.
I totally redesign the phpBB templates to fit my need. I am still working on few designs(header and some custom mods).
Let me know what you think.
http://www.gainesvillescene.com

**travelagent** · 04-07-2007, 10:24 AM

It's nicely done, but the first thing I noticed was you're using the incorrect <!DOCTYPE Declaration> because many of your tags are ended with ... "< />" and you may want to fix these 89 code warnings for validation so as to ensure your site loads properly in all browsers:

Code:

line 52 column 15 - Warning: missing </span> before </td>
line 42 column 55 - Warning: missing </span> before </td>
line 66 column 27 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 66 column 24 - Warning: missing </b> before <hr>
line 66 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 83 column 59 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 80 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 91 column 1 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 91 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 91 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 102 column 1 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 102 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 102 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <hr>
line 111 column 1 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 111 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before </td>
line 64 column 5 - Warning: plain text isn't allowed in <tr> elements
line 139 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 141 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 152 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 165 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 167 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 178 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 191 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 193 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 204 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 205 column 67 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 217 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 219 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 230 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 271 column 110 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&height"
line 271 column 121 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&theme"
line 271 column 147 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&location"
line 271 column 162 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&units"
line 279 column 69 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&pid"
line 299 column 1 - Warning: missing <tr>
line 301 column 73 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 302 column 37 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&noui"
line 302 column 42 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&jump"
line 302 column 53 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&url"
line 302 column 90 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 303 column 81 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 304 column 102 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 305 column 128 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 307 column 44 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&u"
line 308 column 85 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 309 column 71 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 310 column 86 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 312 column 85 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 313 column 44 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 313 column 51 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&url"
line 314 column 94 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 316 column 97 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 317 column 54 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&output"
line 317 column 67 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&bkmk"
line 317 column 105 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&title"
line 22 column 1 - Warning: <table> attribute "width" has invalid value "770px"
line 24 column 24 - Warning: <table> proprietary attribute "background"
line 42 column 6 - Warning: <td> attribute "bgcolor" had invalid value "006699" and has been replaced
line 66 column 27 - Warning: <font> proprietary attribute "colo"
line 72 column 74 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 73 column 62 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 141 column 18 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 153 column 1 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 167 column 18 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 179 column 1 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 193 column 18 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 205 column 1 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 219 column 18 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 231 column 1 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 299 column 36 - Warning: <a> attribute "href" lacks value
line 301 column 98 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 302 column 115 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 303 column 106 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 304 column 127 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 305 column 153 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 306 column 139 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 307 column 97 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 308 column 110 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 309 column 96 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 310 column 111 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 311 column 115 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 312 column 110 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 313 column 106 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 314 column 119 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 315 column 96 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 316 column 122 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 317 column 130 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 319 column 37 - Warning: <a> attribute "href" lacks value
line 52 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>

**gator2007** · 04-07-2007, 11:11 AM

Thank you for the review, i will address those thing when i get the chance.
Anyone else?

**MJM_RDS** · 04-07-2007, 11:56 AM

Well the images for the ads aren't loading here and it consumed so much space since it displayed the alt text, that the proper text one the web page was one to two words a row which made it hard to read. Think of min-width or something because that was awful.
I've been to Gainesvill, enjoyed my time there.
I have to personally admit though that I hate seeing things like this:

Quote:

This site is best viewed with Firefox browser @1024X768!

Otherwise it uses tables which I don't like, but meh, some do...
I think three columns would be better than four and possibly ad some more info to your topics because just listing "catch phrases" isn't enough info to make me click the link. Like what contents are we to expect, a little teaser intro, know what I mean? I think it isn't clear that this is a forum at all. I thought it was an index site at first.
I find it very irritating that the blue bar which has the Fx caption isn't as wide as the image.
Agreed on fixing your errors before adjusting anything.

**gator2007** · 04-07-2007, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJM_RDS

Well the images for the ads aren't loading here and it consumed so much space since it displayed the alt text, that the proper text one the web page was one to two words a row which made it hard to read. Think of min-width or something because that was awful.
I've been to Gainesvill, enjoyed my time there.
I have to personally admit though that I hate seeing things like this:Otherwise it uses tables which I don't like, but meh, some do...
I think three columns would be better than four and possibly ad some more info to your topics because just listing "catch phrases" isn't enough info to make me click the link. Like what contents are we to expect, a little teaser intro, know what I mean? I think it isn't clear that this is a forum at all. I thought it was an index site at first.
I find it very irritating that the blue bar which has the Fx caption isn't as wide as the image.
Agreed on fixing your errors before adjusting anything.

Thanks, i like tables eh eh... I will be working on the issues.

**WallStreet** · 04-07-2007, 02:36 PM

The way you list the pictures in front for the categories is very nice. I think the header does not 100% match the the body of the site. Maybe a header/image with more white in it could work. Also, the header along with the blue bar are noticeably wider than the rest of the site.

**brilile54** · 04-09-2007, 01:24 AM

could use some livening up with colors