Opinions please

[madcampbell]

I see, I had a play with the site and it is difficult to edit as you say.

The purple is the bit with the red arrows not the tabs

As said if you can't change ignore all my comments

Mark

[MattF]

i don't think that can be helped, it uses CCS coding, which because it being free won't allow you to edit, you can also see this sort of stuff using different browsers

It's a business website. At the end of the day, it shouldn't be hosted on a free? provider where one can't even alter the basics. Not being able to edit the stylesheets is pretty basic. Plus, you can only see 'this sort of thing' using different browsers when something is wrong. If it was done correctly, that wouldn't be an issue.

I'd personally get yourself a paid host Alan. You wouldn't shove a crappy advert in the local newspaper. This website may be the first thing people see regarding your business. The effort you put into the website reflects upon your business.


p.s: Regarding the Flash. Disable javascript in your browser config and you'll see what I mean. Pretty much whatever you see is Flash based.

[MattF]

I'd personally get yourself a paid host Alan. You wouldn't shove a crappy advert in the local newspaper. This website may be the first thing people see regarding your business. The effort you put into the website reflects upon your business.

I'll rephrase that slightly. Realised it could be construed in a different manner to how I meant it to sound. Wasn't trying to say that the website looks crappy, first off. It doesn't. How I did mean it is that if you do advertise in the local paper(?), you will have probably specified exactly how you want the advert to appear. With the website, you're having a lot of the appearance forced on you, rather than deciding how you want it to appear.

[fatfires]

I'll rephrase that slightly. Realised it could be construed in a different manner to how I meant it to sound. Wasn't trying to say that the website looks crappy, first off. It doesn't. How I did mean it is that if you do advertise in the local paper(?), you will have probably specified exactly how you want the advert to appear. With the website, you're having a lot of the appearance forced on you, rather than deciding how you want it to appear.

Is this Matt choosing his words with care??

[MattF]

Is this Matt choosing his words with care??

Indeed. My first post was very poorly phrased and could have been taken the completely wrong way with how it was worded.

[MattF]

Is this Matt choosing his words with care??

Indeed. My first post was very poorly phrased and could have been taken the completely wrong way with how it was worded.

[Bibs]

Indeed. My first post was very poorly phrased and could have been taken the completely wrong way with how it was worded.

Knew it was there deep down

[MattF]

Knew it was there deep down

Don't you try making people think I have a good natured side woman. It's not true.

[mousey]

It's a business website. At the end of the day, it shouldn't be hosted on a free? provider where one can't even alter the basics. Not being able to edit the stylesheets is pretty basic. Plus, you can only see 'this sort of thing' using different browsers when something is wrong. If it was done correctly, that wouldn't be an issue.

I'd personally get yourself a paid host Alan. You wouldn't shove a crappy advert in the local newspaper. This website may be the first thing people see regarding your business. The effort you put into the website reflects upon your business.


p.s: Regarding the Flash. Disable javascript in your browser config and you'll see what I mean. Pretty much whatever you see is Flash based.

yes i hear you, obviously because the site is hosted for free you have very little scope for change. I haven't experienced any sort of free hosting webbuilders, but they must use a CMS? As for the style sheet thing, modern browsers all have uneven levels of implementation of the CSS standards which means they are very buggy. You have to use a multitude of style sheets to work with different browsers, if not, it can cause all sorts of postion and layout strucutre issues.

[Bibs]

Don't you try making people think I have a good natured side woman. It's not true.

Some of us privalidged ones know you do

[tintin]

I have had a few little plays with tweeking it, and i think i've gone about as far as i can with it.
Thanks to everybody for the help, i really do appreciate it.

Thanks for the clarification Matt, but ....No i dont advertise anywhere else at present.
Basically i have been sub-contracting for the past 8 years, then at xmas it all dried up and i've had to find my own work since (not easy when you have been working over twenty miles from home for the past 5 years, as you have no local client base!)
So since xmas i've probably worked about an average of 3 days a week!
Fortunately we have just about managed financially, but there is no money for advertising or the like. So for the time being it's just building a base from friends and family.
(hence the thought of a free website being too good to turn down)
Im gratefull for all your input though, and hope i can use your skills and knowledge when i come to doing a proper site from 'scratch'


Thanks
Alan

[Bibs]

I have had a few little plays with tweeking it, and i think i've gone about as far as i can with it.
Thanks to everybody for the help, i really do appreciate it.

Thanks for the clarification Matt, but ....No i dont advertise anywhere else at present.
Basically i have been sub-contracting for the past 8 years, then at xmas it all dried up and i've had to find my own work since (not easy when you have been working over twenty miles from home for the past 5 years, as you have no local client base!)
So since xmas i've probably worked about an average of 3 days a week!
Fortunately we have just about managed financially, but there is no money for advertising or the like. So for the time being it's just building a base from friends and family.
(hence the thought of a free website being too good to turn down)
Im gratefull for all your input though, and hope i can use your skills and knowledge when i come to doing a proper site from 'scratch'


Thanks
Alan

Had a look since your original post - an you can't please everyone, but I like it an the changes you made Good for you an good luck to you

[MattF]

You have to use a multitude of style sheets to work with different browsers, if not, it can cause all sorts of postion and layout strucutre issues.

All the standards compliant browsers will work fine with a single, well written stylesheet. Only I.E requires the hacks to display things correctly.

[MattF]

Some of us privalidged ones know you do

Those are just vicious rumours. Honest.

Basically i have been sub-contracting for the past 8 years, then at xmas it all dried up and i've had to find my own work since (not easy when you have been working over twenty miles from home for the past 5 years, as you have no local client base!)
So since xmas i've probably worked about an average of 3 days a week!
Fortunately we have just about managed financially, but there is no money for advertising or the like. So for the time being it's just building a base from friends and family.

That's a crapper. It'll pick up eventually though.

[tintin]

Cheers Matt and Bibs.

Alan