Hayward Rotary Website.

[HaywardRotary]

All, ive done some website updates, but its playing up a bit, can a few of you have a look and let me know if its all over the place or OK.

www.mazdarotary.co.uk

ALSO, more customers piccys wanted.

Thanks

Rmaj

Hayward Rotary

www.mazdarotary.co.uk

[yamaster]

pic of my car is gone on the customers car page(orange rx7) every thing else looks good

[Carl]

pic of my car is gone on the customers car page(orange rx7) every thing else looks good

Hi Shane,
I'll look into that.
Regards
Carl

[kev-yorks]

The sites looking good Carl.:Thumbsup!
Kevin

[HaywardRotary]

pic of my car is gone on the customers car page(orange rx7) every thing else looks good

sorry Shane, i used yours as a template!!! my fault mate, will put it back up.

cheers

Rmaj

Hayward Rotary

[Mave]

All, ive done some website updates, but its playing up a bit, can a few of you have a look and let me know if its all over the place or OK.
www.mazdarotary.co.uk

I still get the "install Windows 2000" script (I'm using XP), so I can only see a rubbish text version without hyperlinks :(

[rmagictastic]

I still get the "install Windows 2000" script (I'm using XP), so I can only see a rubbish text version without hyperlinks :(

is anyone else getting this???

Rmaj

[strange_days_uk]

Website looking sweet, XP.

[Mave]

Website looking sweet, XP.

:( Just me then? Can't see the site at home, and it's blocked in work!

[yamaster]

my car pic is up:chat and i can see everything else fine. also on xp

[johnf]

Looks 'squashed' on my screen, about 75% width.

I don't have this with any other site.

John

[chrisJDM]

Looks 'squashed' on my screen, about 75% width.

I don't have this with any other site.

John

Same with mine, its all squashed over to the left, im using Vista and a 1280x800 screen resolution

[chrisJDM]

Carl - shouldnt you get AtomicRex's car on there??

[rmagictastic]

all, please have a look now is it still on the left???

Rmaj

[johnf]

It's in the middle now but still the only site I visit that doesn't fill the screen

John

[rmagictastic]

i know john, im struggling with the autosize, this its the rubbish programme im using!!

rmaj

[lockwood77]

Working fine on IE6, XP at 1280x1024.

Having just looked at the source, I see you're using Publisher and I can feel your pain... Can you not get Carl to invest in something decent for web development!? ;)

You could always try an open source WYSIWYG author like Kompozer: http://kompozer.net/ - should turn out better results than Publisher's hideous HTML!

[rmagictastic]

will have a look at that matey, glad someone feels my pain.

puplisher is dog poo!!

Rmaj

[Bulla]

I can supply you with a copy of Dreamweaver if you PM me.

Publisher is **** for web design.

Bulla

[Mave]

Does anyone know what microsoft office 2000 premium files I need to be able to open the website? I've only got XP on CD-ROm :(

[iaint]

will have a look at that matey, glad someone feels my pain.

puplisher is dog poo!!

Rmaj

There are a number of much better tools out there for doing your web design than either publisher, frontpage or dreamweaver.

All the above produce heavy and inflexible HTML. The M$ products are the worst of the bunch.

For a site with simple layout like the Hayward one basic HTML and CSS skills and a text editor are enough to make it all work.

A decent image editor (Paint Shop Pro/Photoshop) are must (the background 'fade' image on the main site is really quite poor.

Doing a google for tips on website design might be able to give some pointers on making it easier to read and freshening up the look.

Having worked with a few good web designers in the past it's amazing what they can come up with.

Simplifying the look and feel would, in my opinion, seriously improve the usability of the site. Particularly simplifying the background image (it takes away from the content) and simplifying the buttons - they're a bit 1995 :)

Current design trends are leaning towards flat blocks of colour, no 3d effects and simple layouts. It makes the content more accessible.

[Carl]

Thanks everyone for the feedback.
Any help that you can give Nick is much appreciated.
Regards
Carl