My website revamped - opinions needed!

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www.dallasdahms.com could not be found, please check the address and try
again???

"DD (Rox)" <roxy@empirerods.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1da5d9b652c0b6989757@news.mweb.co.za...
>A few weeks back there was some animated discussion on one of these
> groups about the way my (then) website wouldn't work in certain browsers
> because of the method of using pop-up windows to display the
> photographs.
>
> Well, ever inventive I decided to re-do the whole dang thing from
> scratch again (even if the previous incarnation was only less than a
> month old). So here now, for the firt time, is the new and hopefully
> improved www.dallasdahms.com which I am pleased to say has no pop up
> windows and, believe it or not, not a single HTML table either! I've
> gone from over 100 html pages to around 13.
>
> I have been steadily teaching myself how to use Dreamweaver and I have
> discovered that the use of layers instead of tables allows for a lot
> more flexibility when it comes to creativity. Unfortunately my technical
> skills are not as finely honed as my creative ones, so there was quite a
> bit I would have liked to have done with this version of the site that I
> just couldn't figure out a workable solution to. For instance, when you
> click on one of the photo catagories I have set a behaviour to pre-load
> all the images on click. It would have been great to show some kind of a
> progress bar and then rather than have the user see then come up bit by
> bit.
>
> I found an extension by Yaromat that claims to offer such a thing, but
> either I'm too stupid to figure it out or it doesn't work (I can't seem
> to use any of the extensions he's created).
>
> Anyway, I've tested the site in four browsers and it seems to work
> pretty well in all of them. Your input into the new design would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> DD
> www.leica.co.za
> www.dallasdahms.com

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Working now, quite like it. I think I detected a horizon that could be
straightened though.

"DD (Rox)" <roxy@empirerods.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1da5d9b652c0b6989757@news.mweb.co.za...
>A few weeks back there was some animated discussion on one of these
> groups about the way my (then) website wouldn't work in certain browsers
> because of the method of using pop-up windows to display the
> photographs.
>
> Well, ever inventive I decided to re-do the whole dang thing from
> scratch again (even if the previous incarnation was only less than a
> month old). So here now, for the firt time, is the new and hopefully
> improved www.dallasdahms.com which I am pleased to say has no pop up
> windows and, believe it or not, not a single HTML table either! I've
> gone from over 100 html pages to around 13.
>
> I have been steadily teaching myself how to use Dreamweaver and I have
> discovered that the use of layers instead of tables allows for a lot
> more flexibility when it comes to creativity. Unfortunately my technical
> skills are not as finely honed as my creative ones, so there was quite a
> bit I would have liked to have done with this version of the site that I
> just couldn't figure out a workable solution to. For instance, when you
> click on one of the photo catagories I have set a behaviour to pre-load
> all the images on click. It would have been great to show some kind of a
> progress bar and then rather than have the user see then come up bit by
> bit.
>
> I found an extension by Yaromat that claims to offer such a thing, but
> either I'm too stupid to figure it out or it doesn't work (I can't seem
> to use any of the extensions he's created).
>
> Anyway, I've tested the site in four browsers and it seems to work
> pretty well in all of them. Your input into the new design would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> DD
> www.leica.co.za
> www.dallasdahms.com

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Very nice work. It's fast and smooth to load and works exactly the same
in IE 6 and Mozilla.

Just one smallish thing. I find the main body text quite difficult to
read from a normal viewing distance. Perhaps if you made the text just
slightly brighter to increase the contrast against the black background.

Otherwise it's a good job. Clean and simple and no nonsense, I like it.

> A few weeks back there was some animated discussion on one of these
> groups about the way my (then) website wouldn't work in certain browsers
> because of the method of using pop-up windows to display the
> photographs.
>
> Well, ever inventive I decided to re-do the whole dang thing from
> scratch again (even if the previous incarnation was only less than a
> month old). So here now, for the firt time, is the new and hopefully
> improved www.dallasdahms.com which I am pleased to say has no pop up
> windows and, believe it or not, not a single HTML table either! I've
> gone from over 100 html pages to around 13.
>
> I have been steadily teaching myself how to use Dreamweaver and I have
> discovered that the use of layers instead of tables allows for a lot
> more flexibility when it comes to creativity. Unfortunately my technical
> skills are not as finely honed as my creative ones, so there was quite a
> bit I would have liked to have done with this version of the site that I
> just couldn't figure out a workable solution to. For instance, when you
> click on one of the photo catagories I have set a behaviour to pre-load
> all the images on click. It would have been great to show some kind of a
> progress bar and then rather than have the user see then come up bit by
> bit.
>
> I found an extension by Yaromat that claims to offer such a thing, but
> either I'm too stupid to figure it out or it doesn't work (I can't seem
> to use any of the extensions he's created).
>
> Anyway, I've tested the site in four browsers and it seems to work
> pretty well in all of them. Your input into the new design would be
> greatly appreciated.
>

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In article <dhgg2k$31ep$1@otis.netspace.net.au>, nospamthanks@nospam.com
says...
> It works for me!? Temporary DNS problem maybe?
>
> > www.dallasdahms.com could not be found, please check the address and try
> > again???
> >
>
I think so, cos my email went down for a while too. Damn Aussies...

--
DD (formerly Roxy)
www.dallasdahms.com

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DD (Rox) wrote:
> A few weeks back there was some animated discussion on one of these
> groups about the way my (then) website wouldn't work in certain browsers
> because of the method of using pop-up windows to display the
> photographs.
>
> Well, ever inventive I decided to re-do the whole dang thing from
> scratch again (even if the previous incarnation was only less than a
> month old). So here now, for the firt time, is the new and hopefully
> improved www.dallasdahms.com which I am pleased to say has no pop up
> windows and, believe it or not, not a single HTML table either! I've
> gone from over 100 html pages to around 13.

> Anyway, I've tested the site in four browsers and it seems to work
> pretty well in all of them. Your input into the new design would be
> greatly appreciated.


simple,
clean,
functional!

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The design's nice, clean & functional: A lot better than many of those OTT
Flash driven sites much beloved by some tog's. Personally I'm not keen on
waiting for the full-size JPEG's to download in the background when I access
the galleries. As your intro' and info' pages are both targeting potential
clients I think your gallery titles should be more targeted (more
professional). 'Other Stuff' doesn't come across well and having a
'Commercial' section with just two clearly personal (to anyone reading the
intro') still lifes in it isn't sending out a great message either: Why
can't images of people, sports, etc. also be 'commercial'?
--
Simon
http://www.pbase.com/stanmore

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"DD (Rox)" <roxy@empirerods.com> wrote in message

> Well, ever inventive I decided to re-do the whole dang thing from
> scratch again (even if the previous incarnation was only less than a
> month old). So here now, for the firt time, is the new and hopefully
> improved www.dallasdahms.com which I am pleased to say has no pop up
> windows and, believe it or not, not a single HTML table either! I've
> gone from over 100 html pages to around 13.

I quite like the graphic style of the site, however dark gray on black
background is /very/ difficult to read.

I like your sports photos the best.

--
Mark

Photos, Ideas & Opinions
http://www.marklauter.com