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Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

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pacificblue03
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Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by pacificblue03 »

Hello guys

Can i please have some feedback on my latest website layout and do be honest as when i have completed it i will have it for my web portfolio i am 25% complete so far, link is here http://www.ballinanswweather.com/

Suggestions are accepted

And please i am not changing my Background so please no suggestions on that

Thanks


Antonio.
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Post by beteljuice »

Index page:
  • Typo: Temprature
    No units given for pressure
    Don't understand: Wind Speed(L), Gusts(R)
    Direction has a speed unit: SSEKmh
Subsequent pages:
  • First data cells of tables could do with LH padding or a leading space
That's all for now ;)
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Post by pacificblue03 »

beteljuice wrote:Index page:
  • Typo: Temprature
    No units given for pressure
    Don't understand: Wind Speed(L), Gusts(R)
    Direction has a speed unit: SSEKmh
haha yeah im still working on the cells that is fixed now im adding some more things to the cells now, the windforce will have to go i think as it wont fit in the wind cell.

will fix the pressunit

L / R is left / right ---- to confusing??

i will fix the typo to :P

Thanks

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Post by captzero »

Hi Antonio,

Poor spelling, bad grammar and punctuation errors are killers for most visitors. If you have any text on your Web pages, then you should be reviewing them for spelling and grammatical errors.

New South Whales.... you mean New South Wales, also

Welcome To Ballina Nsw Weather......NSW not Nsw.

Is.... 'Data updated per minute!' supposed to be 'Data updated every minute!'... (I'm only guessing)

Also.... this sentence seems like a lot of waffle... 'The typical forecast day is from 9am to 9am the next day, so if it is after 9am and you wanted to see what last night's minimum temperature was you would have to look at yesterday's weather data'

'Thank you' is two words, not a single word.

Apart from those issues my only other thoughts are... your fonts are too large. Maybe use a smaller font size for the weather data and keep the same size for table headings.

Oh... and those arrows are huge. Re-size them with some html (<img src="fallinglarge.png" width="30" height="30">) or use something like MSpaint or Photoshop to re-size the image file before you upload it.

I hope I am not being overly critical...
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Re: Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by pacificblue03 »

captzero wrote:Hi Antonio,

Poor spelling, bad grammar and punctuation errors are killers for most visitors. If you have any text on your Web pages, then you should be reviewing them for spelling and grammatical errors.

New South Whales.... you mean New South Wales, also

Welcome To Ballina Nsw Weather......NSW not Nsw.

Is.... 'Data updated per minute!' supposed to be 'Data updated every minute!'... (I'm only guessing)

Also.... this sentence seems like a lot of waffle... 'The typical forecast day is from 9am to 9am the next day, so if it is after 9am and you wanted to see what last night's minimum temperature was you would have to look at yesterday's weather data'

'Thank you' is two words, not a single word.

Apart from those issues my only other thoughts are... your fonts are too large. Maybe use a smaller font size for the weather data and keep the same size for table headings.

Oh... and those arrows are huge. Re-size them with some html (<img src="fallinglarge.png" width="30" height="30">) or use something like MSpaint or Photoshop to re-size the image file before you upload it.

I hope I am not being overly critical...
Cheers
haha no not overly critical at all :) and wales haha oops

i like the bigger arrows tho as its for the huge current conds boxes

ill do more touch ups keep checking it out :D

Antonio.
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Re: Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by pacificblue03 »

Ok so i am now after some assistance

http://www.ballinanswweather.com/weatherimages.htm

In the above link i intend to create a (Simple) Css image gallery

how do i go about doing this is it better to just have a larger image upon hover or a pop up window or event like my drop down charts?

Antonio.
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Post by pacificblue03 »

anyone?
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Re: Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by mcrossley »

On your home page you have used the wrong 'degree' symbol on the temperature, wind speeds should be km/h not Kmh. Personally I prefer the values and units to be spaced apart as it makes them more readable, thus 12.3 km/h rather than 12.3km/h.
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mcrossley wrote:On your home page you have used the wrong 'degree' symbol on the temperature, wind speeds should be km/h not Kmh. Personally I prefer the values and units to be spaced apart as it makes them more readable, thus 12.3 km/h rather than 12.3km/h.
will add spaces now :D
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by the way what do you mean wrong degree symbol? that is it isnt it?

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Post by mcrossley »

You have used 'º' instead of '°'.

You still have 'Km/h' rather than 'km/h' which is the recognised abbreviation.
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Post by pacificblue03 »

mcrossley wrote:You have used 'º' instead of '°'.

You still have 'Km/h' rather than 'km/h' which is the recognised abbreviation.
how do i get '°' ?
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Post by pacificblue03 »

can i have some feedback as to why on this page http://www.ballinanswweather.com/weatherimages.htm

i have to use a crap load of </br> tags so my footerbar does not interfear? try it and you will see what i mean, delete all of the brs and tell me why it does what you will see it do.

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Re: Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by beteljuice »

As usual, your <div>s don't add up.

Must try harder Antonio :bash: , and stop expecting instant fixes from half way around the world :lol:
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Re: Complete Website REvamp + Assistance if REq

Post by captzero »

You could place your images in a table.
Dan

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