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I am 24Started using computers = 18 months agoHTML/XHTML = 1 year agoCSS = 6 months agoDone a tiny bit of Javascript but not enough really say I have learnt it, I spent a couple of weeks playing around with it but then found it is mostly a waste, and I would be better learning a server-side language first such as PHP, same again I have done a couple of weeks playing around with it but then have been so busy I have not had chance to properly get stuck into it now I am doing SEO work for a few sites. But as soon as I get some spare time I will get stuck into learning some more PHP.

Sound mate. :)That site also has a lot of other good CSS tutorials too, its a very handy site to know as is A List Apart if you plan on doing lots of CSS work and like to have your sites st5andards compliant.

Here is a nice tutorial on how to do it. http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/tutorial0916.htm

Hey thanks mate!It was a quick job so I am pleased. I basically took the CSS from a wordpress theme I'm building now edited it a bit and this turned out.You know that you always should design for the target audience?Well that's exactly what I did, a big picture there, white behind the text...basically what a computing professor would want from what our professor told us  PS I would have done a diagonal background...seems that I forgot about it, too late know anyways because I already handed in the CD.Edit Oh I totally forgot to validate also.1 error in the XHTML 1.0 Transitional! code - this is great without even checking the job out :)This is the CSS Validator...what the ###### is wrong with it?? 

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Your XHTML has to be valid before you can validate you CSS.

Site Name: The name has nothing to do with the websiteSite Description: A website for a school project. I hope I get a 10 Site Owner/Developer: Me  Site Address: loop44Extra Comments: I will change it on Friday because then is the final examination so no use to keep it afterwards...so from then I will probably make it a blog.

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Very nice work mate. I think the header image is too large though.I also prefer fluid designs myself as the make the most of the space given as on my computer it seems very thin. As it is a fixed width though and I see so much of your background, I think making the background with some dual tone diagonal lines would look better I like that look myself.But great work mate well done.

Site Name: Nukleus (Not Nukleuz)Site Description: A website for an upcoming music producerSite Owner/Developer: MeSite Address:http://nukleus-uk.atspace.com/Extra Comments:Any comments welcome

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Looks good, but I dont like frames, it has a horizontal scroll bar for window smaller than 1024x768 also you have not used a doctype.You have not put values for your alt attribute and have widths and height for your images when there is no need that should be set by its real value not with html, if you want the image smaller crop it in an image editor if it is the right size then there is no need to set the width and height, it does make your coding non-valid and is extra code for no reason.But looks good matey.

I have an idea. I will make the site far better and you can stop attacking me over it ok?

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Nobody is attacking you dude.This is a reveiw section though and the site you posted had nothing to reveiw so the replys you got you must have been expecting surly.

Thats the site i've been working on for 2 minutes I forgot to mention that im coding it but not publishing it yet check it in a few days

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Why would you post it on here then?

I think i'll stick with iframes.This is offtopic dwe should talk about sites. BTW yours is very impressive.

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Cheers matey.

No.But if you have you menu and header in include files that works well. PHP IncludeSSI Includeor you can use CSS to emulate fames.Emulate frames tutorialEDIT and by the look of it your blog entrys too

Yes but that is not possible without like re writing html so that it will crash if it has errors. Lets face it the best we can do is dream of it.

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New browsers do near enough.New browsers already have problems reading poor coding and that will become more and more noticeable as newer versions come out and standards change more and more.All they would need to do is get rid of quirks mode and then people would have to code page properly or the page would not work properly.XHTML is more strick than HTML so this forces better coding too.

a couple of things I disagree with on those sites are that only 2 of like 50 pages my iframe has links two have scroll bars

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If that is your only reason for using them you can use scrollable divs which work much better.Scrollable div tutorialAs you say for your site none of them issues really matter anyways, but you asked why frames are not a good idea so I gave you some info on why, but yes these reasons are aimed at pro sites.

There are so many reasons why frames are not a good idea here are a few articles that explain why.They do have there uses but 99.9% of the time they are used when there is just no need and there are better ways.Article 1Article 2

Na it aint that much of an issue really it only effects people who use Firefox and also have the Adblock extension too so I carnt see it effecting to many people.Even then it will only effect you if you want to go on the advertise page.Yeah it is cos your importing a file with the word advert in it so there is not a lot you can really do about it.

strange your having the problem with the advertise page, first i have heard of it. it might be because of the host im on, once its finalised then ill think about paying hosting.

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Infact after looking at it again in a few diffrent browsers the advertise page dont work at all in Firefox middle part is just empty and then you carnt select any other page after.Works fine in IE and Opera.EDITI know why now it is the adblock extension on Firefox that is blocking the whole file that is suppossed to go in the iframe.

Something is not working right matey after going on the advertise page I carnt go back to any other page.Parts of your site relys on javascript which is a bad idea as it is said 10% of people have it turned off.I also hate frames for many reasons and you have used iframes in the site.But yeah it is pretty cool looking site mate.

You do also have a fair amount of CSS warnings too.But my main dislike is that on 800x600 res it has a horizontal scrollbar.But good work niceone matey.

HiYou want us to look at your CSS but you have not gave us a link to your site.Also you want to know how to do liquid design but have not said how many columns you want.Anyways here are a few tutorials on some liquid CSS layouts.Holy Grail 3 col2 colGlish CSS LayoutsOther useful CSS resourcesA List Apart CSS Layout tips and tricksMax DesignsA List Apart CSSW3schools CSS

i try not to use tables for page layout, i only use them if i really have to for some content to make it look neat and tidy...if i need things side by side.i was wondering why you said i didn't usee css based layout..i'd thought it was obvious if you looked at the code :)

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I know like I said it shows just how well I really looked at your coding, I looked seen the table tags for the nav and closed it pretty much I think.Like I say you should setup navs as lists not with tables it works so much better and is semantically correct too.If you make a list and use the display: inline; property for either you ol or your ul it then displays it in a line then just set your margins for your ol or your ul to position them as you wish.There is another way to if you make your list and use the float left property for you list that does the same thing sort of both ways have there advantages and disadvantages not that I can remember them at the min.

i dont know strict xhtml, just the way i've gone about things smile.gif

Na I dint mean swich to XHTML strict just HTML strict you only have a few errors and it would be dead easy to do.Just add the strict doc type.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

Then run it through the validator to find the faults.Any your not sure on just ask thats the joys of using these forums if you need some help there is always someone who knows how to help you out.

it is mostly css based...its done with divs, linked to a stylesheet.

So you have, shows how well I looked at your coding. I just saw the table for your menu and assumed it was a table layout. You can setup your menu as a list this is how menus should be done really as they are just a list of links.Here are some good tutorials on menus.List of diffrent menus

I've tried to make it so it works in all size browsers...but i might change it so its a fixed layout.

I have just took a quick peek at your CSS and yeah I se what you have done. It is cos you have used percentages for you margin in the main div.This is how you should make a 2 col layout that has a fixed width for the left col and liquid design for the main div.2 Col Layout FluidAs for the comment about more content I carnt help ya they thats all down to you matey, I am sure you will think of something that your happy with adding.Hope that has helkped you a little.

It dont like to be resized matey. I would have used a strict doctype myself too.I would also have done it with a CSS layout it would have been easy enough as the layout is simple enough.I would also try and find something else you can add so there is more content on the site as at the min as you say it is basicly just a page linking to your pics gallary and forum.I am no designer but I think it lacks a colour sceme too, there seems to be a bit of red here bit of blue there bit of green for that bit and some grey and white for some others.Also the white on the black contrast is a bit much on the eyes I think.Hope that has gave you some ideas.

No you carnt it still dont expand the div as needed then.Here take a look at the exaple I made to show ya.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"><html><head><title>See</title><style>#look {     height: 200px;     width: 200px;     border: medium double #f00;     overflow:visible;}</style></head><body><div id="look">noigfnbonods dnfousirvn nerovnoelsnvubn rnvoiuneilnvoiur ntbnornbol neroiunvoirtngob iotrnbonrtb nbirtnmobirtnobir rntoibnrtnb bntrbnortfnob brtnibnortb tgnibtrnbofntob booinbotnrobnt botnboitlb noigfnbonods dnfousirvn nerovnoelsnvubn rnvoiuneilnvoiur ntbnornbol neroiunvoirtngob iotrnbonrtb nbirtnmobirtnobir rntoibnrtnb bntrbnortfnob brtnibnortb tgnibtrnbofntob booinbotnrobnt botnboitlb noigfnbonods dnfousirvn nerovnoelsnvubn rnvoiuneilnvoiur ntbnornbol neroiunvoirtngob iotrnbonrtb nbirtnmobirtnobir rntoibnrtnb bntrbnortfnob brtnibnortb tgnibtrnbofntob booinbotnrobnt botnboitlb noigfnbonods dnfousirvn nerovnoelsnvubn rnvoiuneilnvoiur ntbnornbol neroiunvoirtngob iotrnbonrtb nbirtnmobirtnobir rntoibnrtnb bntrbnortfnob brtnibnortb tgnibtrnbofntob booinbotnrobnt botnboitlb </div></body></html>

My pleasure matey.

Yeah I know but I normally make the adjustments I wanted without noticing till I see the message after submitting like I did with the one above.I should take my time a bit more I suppose but you know how it is.

The problem is you have given the bgmenu a set height.This is ok in IE as you say cos it will expand as needed but it shouldnt thats why Firefox and other browsers dont.Thats what min-height is for but IE does not recognise this so you carnt use that either.But I would just remove the set height for bg menu and it will size to fit the content and thats it.