Rate my santa homepage

[rickle42]

I just started this tonight for my uncle. Looking for feedback from experienced designers as this is my 2nd site.

http://jonrickless.x10hosting.com/santa.html

[GamingX]

Nice page, what application did you use to create it? And why don't you align the layout towards the centre......

[legendphil]

Nice business!.

anyways it wouldn't be bad if you center it, add snowy effects or red and green everywhere.

[manzoor]

nice layout, Did you made it yourself cuz its so good

You should rearrange the links in order so it will look like a professional one
Change it into

Home -> Biography -> Gallery -> Contact

Just a suggestion

Overall nice site

-------------------------------------------Manz00r

[rickle42]

I didnt use an application, just html and css. I will be using ajax i think so only the big box will change and nothing else will have to reload.
But anyway, good tips --- exeactly what i was looking for. The buttons are kinda funny in that order. and as for centering, ive seen some sites center left and didnt really know what was "the best way" cause i am so new at this. I will definitly put it in the middle.
My uncle apreciates the help too. I really believe that he is the most authentic santa ever. The beard and stach are real, i have more pics to ad to site but i gotta rest now.

[shaunak]

Even i feel you should move it to the center. The simple margin:auto tag should do the trick.

Overall, nice fast loading layout.

[Walrii]

It looks great.

Constructive criticism: On my browser (XP, Firefox) the font is a very plain Times New Roman. I'm not saying you should embed a font or use something cra-razy, but changing it would (at least to me) make it look better.

[rickle42]

thanks for the help guys. Every idea so far in this thread will be done. I was kind of dreading having to center it. I use divs on a pixel basis, i will look into margin:auto and what it does, but i was thinking I was going to have to go into the css and give width and align:center and take out the left:205px, top:15px; stuff. Knowing that i did it this way, is there still an easy fix? Maybe i should go ahead and convert before i do anymore. That will be what i do tomorrow morning i think--all the fixes listed in this thread, again thnks guys.

[dyfuse]

thanks for the help guys. Every idea so far in this thread will be done. I was kind of dreading having to center it. I use divs on a pixel basis, i will look into margin:auto and what it does, but i was thinking I was going to have to go into the css and give width and align:center and take out the left:205px, top:15px; stuff. Knowing that i did it this way, is there still an easy fix? Maybe i should go ahead and convert before i do anymore. That will be what i do tomorrow morning i think--all the fixes listed in this thread, again thnks guys.

Like shaunak pointed out earlier, the CSS tag, margin:auto is probably the best, most effective, and most compatible (with most browsers) method!

As far as I know, there is no tag just called "align" but there is vertical-align and text-align. But believe me, if you try to use text-align to try and center your content you will come across many compatibility issues. It may work in IE but not in FireFox.


Also, the alignment of text on the "home" page is a little off-center. I believe it is to do with your coding of your right border. Take a look at your text to see the slight misalignment:

"Santa is available for the Holiday Season or special occasions year round!
Add a 'special touch' to the present or award being given."

You've done an awesome job. And I like how you've incorporated Ajax into the navigation!
Hope this helps.

[rickle42]

Due to the way i did the css, i dont think that margin:auto would work. So many divs i had pieces here, pieces there. Thank god for google, this piece of css seemed to do the trick...
body{
width: 800px;
height: 1200px;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 0%;
margin-left: -400px;
}
Edit:
i had tried :
body{
margin:auto
}
it did nothing
was it supposed to be :
body{
margin-left:auto }
?
Anyway Im out to go puff-puff at friends now....