Please Critique New Look of www.odd-info.com

javawizard

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Sep 17, 2007, 4:11:14 PM9/17/07

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www.odd-info.com - please let me know your thoughts about it. I'm
especially looking for a look that's easy to maintain, does not
interfere with a wide variety of possible content, looks good on all
computers, yet will help as much as possible in bringing people back
to the site. Your thoughts?
- Jeff

Neredbojias

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Sep 17, 2007, 10:56:19 PM9/17/07

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Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:11:14 GMT
javawizard scribed:

I like it - think it's very attractive, but why is there so much space at
the bottom?

--
Neredbojias
Half lies are worth twice as much as whole lies.

Animesh K

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Sep 18, 2007, 2:50:12 PM9/18/07

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Neredbojias wrote:
> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:11:14 GMT
> javawizard scribed:
>
>> www.odd-info.com - please let me know your thoughts about it. I'm
>> especially looking for a look that's easy to maintain, does not
>> interfere with a wide variety of possible content, looks good on all
>> computers, yet will help as much as possible in bringing people back
>> to the site. Your thoughts?
>
> I like it - think it's very attractive, but why is there so much space at
> the bottom?
>

Free counter, perhaps.

G

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Sep 18, 2007, 3:01:01 PM9/18/07

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Animesh K

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Sep 18, 2007, 3:15:53 PM9/18/07

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And then counter would've been added later, No?

G

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Sep 18, 2007, 3:41:01 PM9/18/07

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yep
it was added after this sheet
i mean, really!

Animesh K

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Sep 18, 2007, 7:03:51 PM9/18/07

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G wrote:
> Animesh K wrote:
>> G wrote:
>>> Animesh K wrote:
>>>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>>>> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007
>>>>> 20:11:14 GMT javawizard scribed:
>>>>>
>>>>>> www.odd-info.com - please let me know your thoughts about it. I'm
>>>>>> especially looking for a look that's easy to maintain, does not
>>>>>> interfere with a wide variety of possible content, looks good on
>>>>>> all computers, yet will help as much as possible in bringing
>>>>>> people back to the site. Your thoughts?
>>>>> I like it - think it's very attractive, but why is there so much
>>>>> space at the bottom?
>>>>>
>>>> Free counter, perhaps.
>>> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
>>> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
>>>
>>>
>> And then counter would've been added later, No?
>
> yep
> it was added after this sheet
> i mean, really!
>

Thanks for finding it out. Sorry it was my oversight. Chances are OP
hitted many returns which were not needed.

G

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Sep 19, 2007, 10:15:47 AM9/19/07

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;)

right click > view source
holy moly!

Andy Dingley

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Sep 19, 2007, 1:17:51 PM9/19/07

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On 17 Sep, 21:11, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
> www.odd-info.com- please let me know your thoughts about it.

Welcome to 1999

It's not badly done. At least it's not 1997.

> I'm especially looking for a look that's easy to maintain,

Learn CSS and ditch the layout tables. There's a lot more sheer volume
in that HTML than needs to be, if done efficiently, and that always
hurts when it comes time to change something.

> looks good on all computers,

Lose the <table> layout in favour of something done with floated block
elements (<div> or <li>), and have it be a bit smarter for varying
window sizes (including mobiles) so that the number of columns isn't
rigidly fixed.

> yet will help as much as possible in bringing people back to the site.

It still looks like 1999

You're not Google, you're not Wikipedia, so what are you offering? If
you have Google's content, you can look like crap. If you're not in
that league, you have to look nicer. If you aren't pitching _anything_
that I want and can't get more easily elsewhere, why am I going to
come visit?

If you're touting "cute time-wasters" these days, you really need to
address that small-screen mobile market.

Travis Newbury

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Sep 20, 2007, 6:13:16 AM9/20/07

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On Sep 17, 4:11 pm, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
> www.odd-info.com- please let me know your thoughts about it. I'm

Like the simplicity, hate the look. The background gives me a
headache.

Travis Newbury

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Sep 20, 2007, 6:16:10 AM9/20/07

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On Sep 17, 10:56 pm, Neredbojias <monstersquas...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I like it - think it's very attractive...

My condolences on your recent loss of sight...

Neredbojias

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Sep 20, 2007, 1:11:47 PM9/20/07

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Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:16:10 GMT
Travis Newbury scribed:

> On Sep 17, 10:56 pm, Neredbojias <monstersquas...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I like it - think it's very attractive...
>
> My condolences on your recent loss of sight...

You demure? Have you no artistic aestheticism? All right, the white
background _could_ be a little more subdued as a glare-reducing tactic, but
it isn't any worse than reading text on the typical newsreader.

liamo

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Sep 22, 2007, 12:54:09 AM9/22/07

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On Sep 18, 8:11 am, javawizard <javawiz...@aol.com> wrote:
> www.odd-info.com- please let me know your thoughts about it. I'm

you used front page? bless.

can you code html and css? it would be good to take some time and
learn so you can chop out code thats not needed also might be good for
you to look into hiring a graphic designer to draw up some mockups of
layouts especially if this is a money making enterprise then you can
simply focus on keeping the website up to date.