Looking for feedback (finally finished *sigh*)

[allahverdi]

Hi there, wow, almost 3 months i didn't write something. Now will try to write something =)

I just finished my blog: http://www.creative-boy.com

It's new and still working on design, but i would love to have your feedback.

Thanks =)

[Nile]

It's a good start, ofcourse better than mine. I still need to get my site worked out. *sigh*

[tfit]

Mr. Timesaver, I was wondering where you were all these time and now I have seen the result :).
Ok, now the critic: Assume it's late, I am tired and I just want to surf the net for a bit: the links more and comments are difficult to see - at least for me. You can save yourself some typing with relative paths, you haven't yet included meta tags and why is the iframe outside the body?
What program did you use for burninfav? Looks nice!

[TheJoshMan]

Very nice! I like it.

My only two suggestions would be to make better use of the large footer by populating it a little more rather than just having one column of information.

I would also probably put something else next to the ads to unify the space management between the top sidebar and the bottom two.

(or you could make the ads larger, whichever suits you best)

[allahverdi]

Hey thanks.

Nyne, i don't know if you seen it, i'm working on them, gonna add flickr group pool on bottom, that's why it is big.
About sidebar, ads will be in 2 coloumns. Working on them atm too =)

Mr.Timesaver n2, idk what's up with iframe, going to delete it. I even don't know how it appeared there :(
Metatags, oh yeah, will add them right now.

Thanks all for feedbacks

* IFrame fixed
* Meta tags added
* Ads on 2 coloumns

[allahverdi]

Hm, wha you mean by what program? how i made logo? with Illustrator.

[allahverdi]

Oh, and i want to move to new hosting. Anyone know good one?

[Medyman]

Oh, and i want to move to new hosting. Anyone know good one?
I host all of my personal projects with 1and1 or A small orange. Well, I used to. I mainly use MediaTemple (dv) now but that's a bit expensive for most.

As to your site...
I like it! That's DarkZen, right? I like the small enhancements -- the search bar, moving recent posts etc...

As mentioned in these forums, I like the Function social networking icons. However, I'm not sure if they fit with this aesthetic. I like the original, default icons with this theme a bit more.

I especially like the Burnin'fav icons. Very well done. For what it's worth, my favorite would have to be the burn't one (http://creative-boy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/17.png).

Keep it up!

[Twey]

List of common errors (http://dynamicdrive.com/forums/showpost.php?p=158839&postcount=1337). Read it. Apply it. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, wrong Content-Type, 2.1, no backup font families, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5. The design seems somewhat cluttered — perhaps that's mostly due to the pixel-sized layout using only about half of my wide laptop screen.

A Small Orange is good.

[allahverdi]

About theme. Yeah it is DarkZen. But currently i'm working on new design. I just put it like starting stage. New icons is for my own new theme.

[allahverdi]

Atm, validating it. But need help on errors. Can someone help? errors are here (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcreative-boy.com%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.606)
Thanks =)

[tfit]

I saw that before, but aren't you a bit overzealous with your div's?
Anyway; this can't be right;

<div id="contentarea">
</html>


<div id="body2"> isn't closed


<div id="page">
<div id="mainarea">
<div id="contentarea">
</html>


<div class="post">

<div class="posttop">
this need a complete redesign; get rid of so many div's :D

What toolchain are you using to build your pages?

[allahverdi]

Not my theme :P

Stil working on my own theme...

Thanks, Mr.Timesaver #2 :D

[tfit]

this is how I would analyze your page:


\document{html}
\begin{body}
\begindiv{header}[]
\enddiv{header}

\begindiv{body}[lcolumn]
\section{icon set}
\include{image}[]
\lipsum
\include{feed}[]
\endsection{icon set}

\section{creative characters}
\include{image}[]
\lipsum
\include{feed}[]
\endsection{creative characters}

\section{burnn'fav}
\include{image}[]
\lipsum
\include{feed}[]
\endsection{burnin'fav}

\section{n}
\include{image}[]
\lipsum
\include{feed}[]
\endsection{n}

\enddiv{body}

\begindiv{sidebar}[rcolumn]
\section{search}
\endsection{search}
\section{advertisement}[]
\endsection{advertisement}
\section{pages}[]
\lipsum
\endsection{pages}
\section{friends}[]
\lipsum
\endsection{friends}[]
\section{categories}
\lipsum
\endsection{categories}
\enddiv{sidebar}

\begindiv{footer}[]
\enddiv{footer
\end{body}
\end{document}}
I'm sorry it is this long. Ok, sections are div's, lipsum is your text, brackets indicate your style sheet identifier

[allahverdi]

Hm. I need an advice. Do i need to make fixed divs or with %?

//wish you will understand me =)

[Snookerman]

Do you refer to the size of the containers or the position?

[tfit]

Hm. I need an advice. Do i need to make fixed divs or with %?

//wish you will understand me =)

Percentage; body and advertising.
Why haven't you implemented my suggested changes!! Your pages still doesn't validate. But i see you have been busy :)

[Twey]

Depends how you define 'fixed'. The best way to do it, generally, is to give things a width as a percentage and a 'fixed' min-width in ems. Pixels, however, should not be used.