peterska2.co.uk - please review

[peterska2]

Hi everybody. :)

I've been working really hard on my site over the last few weeks, and in Mid April have practically relaunched.

I've restyled, tweaked, modded, modded, and modded some more.

It literally is a completely different site than it was even as recently as the beginning of April '06.

I appreciate all feedback, coz the more I can improve it, the better.

Thanks.


[edit]lol, I forgot the link!

Here it is www.peterska2.co.uk

[Paul M]

Users visited/posted today are missing their counts, is that deliberate (in which case why ?) or have you managed to break them .....

[peterska2]

Thats delibarate as the counts and names never add up right on my site due to the amount of tweaks to the whats going on area.

[Paul M]

Translation: You broke them :p

[peterska2]

No, actually I hard coded some names into there for my Bots and things so they needed to add a couple to the total of the number, so it was just as easy to remove the number than fight with it too much and break the php

[Freesteyelz]

As I've stated in another thread I love the color scheme you've chosen. It's so often we see sites using the common colors as they are easier to work with so props on stepping outside the box. Clean use of the drop shadow. I like the fact you've removed the cellspacng as it suits well with your layout. I did that in a prior forum design and it too was well received. Your Calendar flows nicely. :)

Since IE and Firefox renders padding differently may I suggest that you use nowrap="nowrap" for your login box so that the "User Name" column does not wrap in Firefox. I'm curious to see how the postbit will render on resolutions 800px in width? Since your site is wrapped down to the Footer what if you place the Header/Logo in the wrap too?

Hmm. Sorry I didn't give you any technical feedback. I'm still looking...

Props to you once again! :classic:

[peterska2]

The postbit does get a bit out on 800 widths, but there are no plans to change that as most people now use 1024*768 as a minimum.

The login box is specified to nowrap="nowrap" anyway. I haven't figured out the random wrapping it does there.

[Freesteyelz]

I think here:


<td class="smallfont">User Name</td>


I haven't checked thoroughly but did you define the width for that column?

[Boofo]

I think here:


<td class="smallfont">User Name</td>


I haven't checked thoroughly but did you define the width for that column?

I've tried the nowrap there on my site and it still wraps. Wierd. ;)

[Roms]

As I've stated in another thread I love the color scheme you've chosen. It's so often we see sites using the common colors as they are easier to work with so props on stepping outside the box. Clean use of the drop shadow. I like the fact you've removed the cellspacng as it suits well with your layout. I did that in a prior forum design and it too was well received.

Not to discredit peterska2's effort in any way.. Just so you know, it is a premade style... ;)

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[Freesteyelz]

Yes, I saw that Infantrymen when I viewed it before she posted this thread. :)

I've tried the nowrap there on my site and it still wraps. Wierd.


A different layout but same principle applies. Only one "nowrap" is required if the width of the column is defined; <div> tags and <td> tags render differently. The reason is that the use of Table tags were not originally designed for layouts. Though, people use it because it is easier to work with. I'm confident that using only CSS you can achieve everything that Table layouts can.

On IE and Firefox I did this:


<td class="smallfont" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="navbar_username">User Name</label></td>


And it worked for your site, Boofo. :) If it doesn't then slip in a width attribute.

Actually with CSS you can get the rendering of height, padding and spacing nearly identical with IE and Firefox. It depends on the technique applied.

[Boofo]

Not to discredit peterska2's effort in any way.. Just so you know, it is a premade style... ;)

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Thank you for clarifying that. I was wondering what that meant when I read it on her site. ;)

(I couldn't help myself, sorry. ;))

[Boofo]

Yes, I saw that Infantrymen when I viewed it before she posted this thread. :)




A different layout but same principle applies. Only one "nowrap" is required if the width of the column is defined; <div> tags and <td> tags render differently. The reason is that the use of Table tags were not originally designed for layouts. Though, people use it because it is easier to work with. I'm confident that using only CSS you can achieve everything that Table layouts can.

On IE and Firefox I did this:


<td class="smallfont" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="navbar_username">User Name</label></td>


And it worked for your site, Boofo. :) If it doesn't then slip in a width attribute.

Actually with CSS you can get the rendering of height, padding and spacing nearly identical with IE and Firefox. It depends on the technique applied.

Doesn't work on my site if I use the user name phrase. It still wraps. :(

EDIT: It works, I was doing the wrong skin it seems. Thank you, sir. ;)

[Roms]

Thank you for clarifying that. I was wondering what that meant when I read it on her site. ;)

(I couldn't help myself, sorry. ;))

The reason I said that was the fact that in his statement he makes it sound like it was her idea... but what ever. ie: "As I've stated in another thread I love the color scheme you've chosen. It's so often we see sites using the common colors as they are easier to work with so props on stepping outside the box"

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz
Yes, I saw that Infantrymen when I viewed it before she posted this thread.


Not sure why you posted that then... If you had seen it before you think you would have known and not wrote that...

[Boofo]

The reason I said that was the fact that in his statement he makes it sound like it was her idea... but what ever. ie: "As I've stated in another thread I love the color scheme you've chosen. It's so often we see sites using the common colors as they are easier to work with so props on stepping outside the box"



Not sure why you posted that then...

Just messing with you, Infantrymen. ;)

Don't shoot!

[Freesteyelz]

Hehe, Boofo. Glad it worked. :)

Not sure why you posted that then... If you had seen it before you think you would have know and not wrote that...

I think it was appropriately commented. Looking back I wouldn't have changed a thing. :)

[Chris M]

Looks to be quite a nice site - I've registered so you'll have to put up with me there too :D

Chris

[Boofo]

Looks to be quite a nice site - I've registered so you'll have to put up with me there too :D

Chris

But that won't last very long, Kerry-Anne. He'll get bored and disappear. So there is a bright side. ;)

[Chris M]

You know me too well :p

Chris

[smacklan]

Very nice Kerry-Anne...some great little tweaks that make it different from a lot of sites I visit...well done :)

Looks to be quite a nice site - I've registered so you'll have to put up with me there too :D

Chris

Time to tighten up the .htaccess file...the troublemakers are slipping past :p (j/k Chris ;))

[Boofo]

Time to tighten up the .htaccess file...the troublemakers are slipping past :p (j/k Chris ;))

But it's true! It's true! :cross-eyed:

[peterska2]

I think here:


<td class="smallfont">User Name</td>


I haven't checked thoroughly but did you define the width for that column?

I tweaked it some more and stopped the break in there.

Not to discredit peterska2's effort in any way.. Just so you know, it is a premade style... ;)

(Professional Style Package Copyright ?2003 - 2005 vBulletin.nl (http://www.vbulletin.nl/) )

Technically, the base of it is a premade style. It's that heavily modified that it is practically a new one. But I always liked the colors of this one and so after a break of approx 10 months without using it, I decided to go back to it again.

I was using the default one in the interim period as I hadn't had chance to sort out something else.

The reason I said that was the fact that in his statement he makes it sound like it was her idea... but what ever. ie: "As I've stated in another thread I love the color scheme you've chosen. It's so often we see sites using the common colors as they are easier to work with so props on stepping outside the box"


Just coz it's a commercial style (no longer available for purchase) doesn't mean that I didn't select it for the colors. Why do you do a style? For something that looks good that you like. If you see a commercial one somewhere that you like, do you purchase it or rip it? Personally, I purchase it.

Looks to be quite a nice site - I've registered so you'll have to put up with me there too :D

Chris

Thanks :)

Very nice Kerry-Anne...some great little tweaks that make it different from a lot of sites I visit...well done :)


Cheers, it's been hard work getting it how it is now, but I think it is pretty much where I want it to be now.

[Roms]

I tweaked it some more and stopped the break in there.



Technically, the base of it is a premade style. It's that heavily modified that it is practically a new one. But I always liked the colors of this one and so after a break of approx 10 months without using it, I decided to go back to it again.

I was using the default one in the interim period as I hadn't had chance to sort out something else.



Just coz it's a commercial style (no longer available for purchase) doesn't mean that I didn't select it for the colors. Why do you do a style? For something that looks good that you like. If you see a commercial one somewhere that you like, do you purchase it or rip it? Personally, I purchase it.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great site and I can see you've done a lot of work on making it your own. I was only trying to point out that it was a premade style because I didn't think he realized it (I found out otherwise didn't I... :rolleyes: ). Again, it's a lovely site and I've always liked that style. The improvments you've added are nice. :)