Fix this

<p class="paracentre"> align="right"><img src="Images/phonecall.gif"
alt="phone call" name="phonecall" align="middle" id="phonecall" />





"malcster2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>
> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the
> spry
> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>
> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>
> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>

Sorry...you asked for it....it looks amatuer at best.....you might consider
a template like
http://www.templatemonster.com/categ...style=&author=


"TC2112" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> The size of the text in the menu bar is difficult for me to read compared
> to the content text.
> A larger contrast to the background color may help a bit, but it's pretty
> small.
> ~900x700 browser viewport, IE7, text-size: medium & FF text-size:"normal"
>
> Take care,
> Tim
>
>
> "malcster2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:g945t8$7jm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>>
>> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
>> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the
>> spry
>> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>>
>> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>>
>> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>>
>
>

Thanks, I just mentioned it because some people visiting the site may not
know how, and for those who do it makes the rest of the text much larger
which means more scrolling and so on , just to be able to read the
menu........... :-)


"zerof" <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote in message
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> TC2112 escreveu:
>> Hello,
>>
>> The size of the text in the menu bar is difficult for me to read compared
>> to the content text.
>> A larger contrast to the background color may help a bit, but it's pretty
>> small.
>> ~900x700 browser viewport, IE7, text-size: medium & FF text-size:"normal"
>>
>> Take care,
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> "malcster2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
>> news:g945t8$7jm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>>>
>>> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
>>> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the
>>> spry
>>> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>>>
>>> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>>>
>>> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>>>
>>
>>
> -----
> CTRL+ and CTRL- on Firefox works as desired!
> -----
> zerof

malcster2 wrote:
> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>
> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the spry
> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>
> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>
> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>

As you are working with pastel coloured backgrounds, I'd be tempted to
make the text black to accentuate and give some contrast..

Changing this...

..maincontent p
{
color:#666666;
text-align:left;
}

To...

..maincontent p
{
color:#000;
text-align:left;
}

I think makes an instant impact.

Also I think that the link color in your top nav is difficult to read -
I'd also change it to #000; - like so...

ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
{
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #FFC469 ;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #000;
text-decoration: none;
}

And the the header test also to #000; and anywhere you see width: 8.2em;
change it to width: 110px;

HTH

--
chin chin
Sinclair

I have to agree with the previously mentioned picture. Also the menu is a
little bit difficult to read. The text is small and dark grey which really
doesn't fit. The dark grey could also be removed from the hover state. That
color just doesn't work for me with the menu.

i agree. it is next on my list to do. the colour that is.

Very clever, Thanks Hunter. I'll add it to my bag of tricks.

--

Walt


"Hunter Elliott" <nospam@gatewaycity.com> wrote in message
news:g94f9d$ji3$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
> "Walt F. Schaefer" <walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote in message
> news:g94cpk$gac$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Then pick colors from the sunset and reduce their brightness and
>> saturation values (HSB color model). You get nice soft, muted tones that
>> are completely harmonious with the sunrise image.
>
> a quick way to create a color palette from an image (and the actual menu
> options will vary depending on the app one uses) is to take the image and
> tile/pixelate it - depending upon the size of the tiling/pixelization you
> do, you'll get varying sizes of color blocks. This is not my site, but
> it's a quick demonstration of what I mean.
> http://www.artistmike.com/article6/C...gAPalette.html
>

And just because browsers can increase text size is no reason to use tiny
text. And I would classify the menu text as tiny, not small. IMO of course.

--

Walt


"TC2112" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:g94hlq$mqk$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Thanks, I just mentioned it because some people visiting the site may not
> know how, and for those who do it makes the rest of the text much larger
> which means more scrolling and so on , just to be able to read the
> menu........... :-)
>
>
> "zerof" <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote in message
> news:g94f2f$j1a$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> TC2112 escreveu:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> The size of the text in the menu bar is difficult for me to read
>>> compared to the content text.
>>> A larger contrast to the background color may help a bit, but it's
>>> pretty small.
>>> ~900x700 browser viewport, IE7, text-size: medium & FF
>>> text-size:"normal"
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> "malcster2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g945t8$7jm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>>>>
>>>> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
>>>> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the
>>>> spry
>>>> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>>>>
>>>> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> -----
>> CTRL+ and CTRL- on Firefox works as desired!
>> -----
>> zerof
>
>

Murray's being too nice. Template Monster blows. You would have to be a very
knowledgeable designer to buy one of their templates (so you could examine
it carefully for flaws). And if you were experienced you wouldn't be
shopping there in the first place.

--

Walt


"tweaked_eye" <nospam@spammersuck.com> wrote in message
news:g94hcf$mgd$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Sorry...you asked for it....it looks amatuer at best.....you might
> consider a template like
> http://www.templatemonster.com/categ...style=&author=
>
>
> "TC2112" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:g94en7$ip6$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> The size of the text in the menu bar is difficult for me to read compared
>> to the content text.
>> A larger contrast to the background color may help a bit, but it's pretty
>> small.
>> ~900x700 browser viewport, IE7, text-size: medium & FF text-size:"normal"
>>
>> Take care,
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> "malcster2" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
>> news:g945t8$7jm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>> hello, i have almost completed this site for a friend.
>>>
>>> i would appreciate any opinions and ideas you may have.
>>> i have a couple of links to finish, and will probably be replacing the
>>> spry
>>> menu with a cssmenu , but apart from that, it is pretty much done.
>>>
>>> so if anyone has any code, or design opinions, please let me know.
>>>
>>> the site is http://www.malcmabe.co.uk/sueindex.html
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hunter Elliott wrote:
> "Walt F. Schaefer" <walt@waltswebworx.com> wrote in message
> news:g94cpk$gac$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Then pick colors from the sunset and reduce their brightness and
>> saturation values (HSB color model). You get nice soft, muted tones that
>> are completely harmonious with the sunrise image.
>
> a quick way to create a color palette from an image (and the actual menu
> options will vary depending on the app one uses) is to take the image and
> tile/pixelate it - depending upon the size of the tiling/pixelization you
> do, you'll get varying sizes of color blocks. This is not my site, but it's
> a quick demonstration of what I mean.
> http://www.artistmike.com/article6/C...gAPalette.html
>
>

The freebies here are quite useful too......

http://www.colorschemer.com/

and

http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

HTH

--
chin chin
Sinclair