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I'd be grateful if someone could take the time out to have a look at my website http://www.btinternet.com/~s.p.halley and give my feedback on it.

Thanks

I think the design is very good. The only thing I might look at is maybe reducing the font size and removing some of the blank lines in the box as this will reduce the amount of scrolling the user has to do.

Otherwise... very good site.

Well, even though the page isn't down, the junior's photo page didn't come up a few times. Had to refresh, might be because of your server, my connection is usually good. And you might want to enlarge the box and move the red link graphic into the corner, if you aren't sure of the settings you want to use for it's new placement, use a WYSIWYG program like dreamweaver so you can drag drop and things nice and cleanly. Other than that, nice site. :)

a couple of points...

1. When you click on the juniour members section it opens in a new window - is this really necessary? Alot of people (myself included) view this as annoying and uneccesary...as a general rule unless there is a specific reason or your linking to another web-site I always try to avoid opening links in a new window.
2. The navigation circle thingy on the right - it could be done so much easier in flash and would be a smaller file size plus does it need to be so large? if u reduced it a lil then would leave more room for the main text area.
3. The text area is too small and requires 2 much scrolling i always try where ever possible to avioid making the visitor scroll whenever possible. If you can manage it always try to present all the information on screen without any scroll bars.

well apart form that is a good site - polenty of content easy to nvigate
just a few things need fixing

oh and try to ditch the frontpage....is alot more satisfying when u code your own ;)

v_Ln

ITs pretty good!

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The navigation circle thingy on the right - it could be done so much easier in flash and would be a smaller file size plus does it need to be so large? if u reduced it a lil then would leave more room for the main text area.

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Depends one main thing, resolution of the person viewing. For example, I am running at 1024x728, so for me, it would be nicer to have the thing moved away and the text box enlarged. However, if I was at my normal computer, whose monitor sucks, which I run at one of those win95 resolution, I would probably ask that they stay the same. It's not too big a problem, so pick a standard setting and stick with it.

nice site although i agree ditch frontpage and learn HTML...i would also forget the textarea box and just put the info on the page with the box...adds clutter...but thats personal preference. also is there a reason why u want popups? its usually not the best idea

I like itgood job with the designing

i love cricket, i dont think americans are very familiar with it.

gOoD !!!

i LiKe iT ............

foNt coUld be ReDuced....


Paladin

Thumbs up buddie!

cricket isn't my thing so can't comment on content... design wise, yeah it's good. You might want to consider adding an 'onMouseOut' event onto the javascript for the nav 'globe' thingy though... instead of keeping the link graphic visible. agree with everyone else, ditch frontpage... not every ISP supports frontpage extensions and it is much nicer coding by hand.

As regards the text box and size of graphics... personally I would consider loosing the text box..... or at least making it wider - but that is personal preference. I suspect that you've only tried designing the site at one resolution? you may want to try more resolutions to see how things look. Have you also tested the site on more than one browser? Downloading Netscape and mozilla would be useful in this respect.

the attachment---->little thing you can use(it is a flash file you can edit and use as a flash version of your site)you might want to finish it, i did not have time to do it for you...

just when we're talking about the circle navigation thing...is it really neccesary??
whats wrong with the good old side menu?
compact practical and anyone who has the inteligence to switch on a comp can navigate using it - ok so its not very visually appealing but should that matter too much when it just comes to ur navigation? would leave you alot more space for main content in which u could include more stuff to mnake site look better....

v_Ln

well i thought the red circle looked a bit like a cricket ball so thats why i used it.

a lot of space wasted. good start but needs a little more work.

you might be interested.
i didnt know what cricket was until one of my favorite sites explained it so vehemently.


Coudal

check it out if you have the time




as for the site... a few things i might address

1. make the header for the page a little more prominant. putting it down and to the right, its a little obscured. and will probably be the last thing people will look at.

2. the scrollbar for that little bit of text is superfluous.

3. the two different types of fonts in the scroll box is a little unsettling.

4. i dont allow popup windows during browsing. i figure if they really want me to see it, they would let me see it in that window (or i open it in a new tab)

5. try to maintain some consistency between the pages. lets em flow together a little easier.


hope this helps a little. take em or leave em. its a good start.

I'd suggest getting rid of the iframe and just using a normal page, and stop internal links always opening in new windows. Also, the navigation isn't very obvious and there should be some text navigation for anyone who has JavaScript/images disabled and whilst the page is loading. :)

There's nothing wrong with the content, in fact it's very well written (there were a lot of useful links if you're into cricket), it's just the design that needs tweaking slightly, IMHO.

good idea u have...