Web Making

[Pawl]

I am new at website making (4weeks) and I want to see how people like my new web page. I have done the basic HTML script but all the rest that is Java Script, DHTML, CSS. Most of wich is from this site. so if you want to see it check it out the adress is: http://www.vbptenge.net/paul/paultest.htm . Please send me feedback because I want my site to grow. Also I need ideas for new things to add to my site. Also I would like to boast that I have taught myself how to do all of this without my dad's help, who is a very skilled web designer. Thats how he learned, the only difference is I started at a younger age.

[Twey]

Broken link.

[Pawl]

What does that mean "mad professer" lol........ it's all good.

[Twey]

It means, your link doesn't work.

[Pawl]

Try the link again

[jscheuer1]

It's working now. The page is hard (not impossible) to read, dark background and foreground colors. Apparently it was designed on a fairly high resolution monitor without any thought given to how it would appear on smaller screens, most notably it is so wide that most folks will have horizontal scrollbars. I don't know why it says 'Good Evening' at the top of the page, if that is supposed to read the user's time, it got mine off by about 4 or 5 hours, it is 1:42pm here as I type.

For a first attempt, not so bad really.

I think I like your dad already, why can't he help you? Is this some kind of father/son thing?

[Pawl]

how exactly do i make the text fit on the page i thought that the browser took control of that. I also have a question. You may have noticed that my site has bacground music(i know it is against all the site making rules but i like it), the problem is that it works in Fire Fox and I cant get it to work in Internet Explorer. It states at the bottom of the window that there is an "error on page". Do you know why this is. O, and i just thought of something should I command (pre) in place of (p) and format it to how I like it? By the way i do not use wysiwyg so it is easy for me to make mistakes.

[Pawl]

I have looked at it on quite a few computers (18)
And the screen is very easy to read. can you describe what background you got. Also the "good Evening" part changes from one half orf the day to the other. Past 12:00pm it will say "good evening", then at 12 am it will say "good morning" It is a little out of place. the reason is because this is a work in progress site and
there is supposed to be a clock next to it. I could not get the clock to work.

[Twey]

Aesthetically speaking, I'd just say one thing: don't go over-the-top with repeating backgrounds and big in-your-face text elements et al. Keep it simple and stylish.

I think I like your dad already, why can't he help you? Is this some kind of father/son thing?

It's more satisfying to do it by one's self

And the screen is very easy to read. can you describe what background you got.

No, the blue links against the blue Biro on the dark paper are quite hard to read.
Your Good Morning/Evening script:

<script type="text/javascript">
var d = new Date()
var time = d.getHours()

if (time < 12) 
{
document.write("<b>Good morning</b>")
}
else
{
document.write("<b>Good Evening</b>")
}
</script>

Could be simplified to:

<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(("Good " + ((new Date()).getHours() < 12 ? "morning" : "evening")).bold());
</script>

Although John's right there too; if it were down to me, I'd have 0300 to 1200 as morning, then 1200 to 2100 as evening, and 2100 to 0300 as night.

[Pawl]

That is very true, after I finish something myself I feel this feeling of proudness. My dad tells me that this is the best way to learn by researching it yourself. He did not even know I could Write is Hyper Text Markup Language untill I asked him if I could use his web space. I just decided I wanted to be a true computer nerd so I found W3schools online and within 4 hours I could make a web site that was simple. I am proud of my self. I also have plans to learn every thin like javascript, xhtml, dhtml............. I shall be the master.