How does this site look please?

[Jwebdesigner]

Could you please take a look at this newly updated website: www.ors-llc.com.

I am aware that it has some detail flaws but for the moment I would like to hear how it shows up in different computer and browser setups to determine whether or not there are any major flaws I must address first.

I am also interested in how quickly (or not) it downloads on your computers.

Thank you for your time... Any constructive comments and input will be appreciated.

Incidently, I am a loyal powweb customer and I appreciate their services and customer service. :)

Best Regards,
JWebdesigner

[Kitchensink108]

I like it. Seems to display well in Firefox 2, and loaded nearly instantly. As you said, there are a lot of details that can be improved and such, so I won't get into that, but overall design looks nice.

Edit: One thing I want to say. A lot of text (like on your homepage) looks a lot better either left-aligned or justified, not centered.

[Jwebdesigner]

Thank you "Kitchensink108." You are right about the centered text. Thank you for pointing that out as it was unintentional. The formatting for the headers leaked over into the main text! It's fixed now. :)

I'll go to work on the details... or any other considerations brought up here.

I am glad to hear that it loads so quickly!

Best Regards,
JWebdesigner

[YvetteKuhns]

I would like to hear how it shows up in different computer and browser setups to determine whether or not there are any major flaws I must address first.

I am also interested in how quickly (or not) it downloads on your computers.

The web page appears on the left instead of being centered. The background does not expand to fit the text vertically. See http://www.ors-llc.com/AboutORS/statementfromchairman.html or http://www.ors-llc.com/Chairman/credentials.html or http://www.ors-llc.com/Prophesies/writevision.html and notice that the text goes beyond the design and even overlaps the bottom links! You can change the text size or the height in the td where the text appears. That would be:

#Textcolumn {position:absolute;
left:240px;
top:252px;
width:640px;
height:728px;
z-index:8}


I am using Firefox 2 and 1024x768 screen resolution. Okay, guys. You will be shocked that I finally moved up from 800x600 in hopes that my eyes will improve. I have actually had eyestrain and headaches since I did this. I should get new eyeglasses. My husband has been complaining and I may have to go back to 800x600 for him. He wears bifocals.

The pages load instantly, but I have a high speed Internet connection, a fast computer and I am close to the PowWeb server. ;)

I personally don't like to read a lot of text in italics. They are difficult to read. Consider putting your STYLE code in an external style sheet. When you edit that CSS file, you can upload that one file and your entire website would be updated.

[Jwebdesigner]

The web page appears on the left instead of being centered.

I have been thinking over that... I read in one manual that some browsers don't support center lineup and I was pensive about trying it... However, since you mention it, I will go ahead and give it a try and see what it does... Just as soon as I get a moment.

The background does not expand to fit the text vertically. See http://www.ors-
llc.com/AboutORS/statementfromchairman.html or http://www.ors-llc.com/Chairman/credentials.html or http://www.ors-llc.com/Prophesies/writevision.html and notice that the text goes beyond the design and even overlaps the bottom links!

I was so afraid of that. I could tell that Firefox and Opera rendered the text bigger than designed and there was that overlap. It looked great in IE but not so in Firefox. So a couple days ago I added another inch and half of background beyond the bottom of the text where it terminated.

You can change the text size or the height in the td where the text appears. That would be:

#Textcolumn {position:absolute;
left:240px;
top:252px;
width:640px;
height:728px;
z-index:8}

That's the easiest way to go. That's what I was wanting to find out before I got to far.

I am using Firefox 2 and 1024x768 screen resolution. Okay, guys. You will be shocked that I finally moved up from 800x600 in hopes that my eyes will improve. I have actually had eyestrain and headaches since I did this. I should get new eyeglasses. My husband has been complaining and I may have to go back to 800x600 for him. He wears bifocals.

The pages load instantly, but I have a high speed Internet connection, a fast computer and I am close to the PowWeb server. ;)

I personally don't like to read a lot of text in italics. They are difficult to read.
Consider putting your STYLE code in an external style sheet.

Yes, I am very much considering it... it would make things a whole lot easier and will even help with the down loading time.


When you edit that CSS file, you can upload that one file and your entire website would be updated.

Thank you for your time

Best Regards,
JWebdesigner

[YvetteKuhns]

I have been thinking over that... I read in one manual that some browsers don't support center lineup and I was pensive about trying it... However, since you mention it, I will go ahead and give it a try and see what it does... Just as soon as I get a moment.


I had to add one extra piece of code to the CSS file to solve that centering problem for various browsers for one of my clients. For the table css, the text alignment wasn't enough. I had to add the margin.

text-align:center;
margin:0px auto;

[Jwebdesigner]

Thank you. I will try that. I preferred to have it centered so now I have information to go armed with!

I meant to mention yesterday that, yes, good idea about the external style sheets. I have been working towards that because I know that it will make things a lot easier - especially as the site grows.

Again thank you for your input. If I have any other questions about your piece of CSS code I will ask... but it seems straightforward enough.

Best Regards,
Jwebdesigner