My site, what does it need?

[sitewonders +]

Hi all.

Magic Classifieds - Magic Freeads - Buy and Sell Magic

Still in development and will be adding a US installation too.

Any suggestions? Obviously very simple.

Many Thanks

Gary

[seymourjames +]

A little thing. Where you have the bookmark it, you may wish to center it ( I am using american spelling - ouch!)

<div class="block" style="margin-top:15px;">
<p align="center"><a class="share" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v= .....

This should do it. The openX code needs to display in those adblocks. I am no expert on openX but I know Mike has used it. Perhaps he will be able to say how the openX code should be used. The banner width is 200px (have you got the right size in there).

You also need to go into admin and set your templates for the switcher up or deactivate the template switcher so it does not show (presuming you do not want to have multiple colors).

[bowers01 +]

Did you take the menu tabs away or is that an error?
I personally dont think people are going to want their address shown on the website, but thats my opinion.
Other than that it looks really good.
Nick

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

I think the overall appeal of your site is very good. The template from Template codes looks very professional as are all of Template Codes templates.

I will say that as a web designer with over a dozen years of experience, that I along with most web designers believe that you should avoid horizontal scrolling which you have to do with your web site because of the overall width of the pages. According to the latest published statistics of people accessing the web 43% have a monitor resolution of 1024 X 768 or less (A 17" 4:3 monitor). These 43% of internet users will have to horizontally scroll to access your right column menu items and ads.

I also ran into an issue when I did scroll horizontally with your header. See the attached image. The top right hand corner doesn't render properly beyond the original window display. I refreshed my display after scrolling to see if it was just a rendering glitch, but it did not resolve the issue.

I am not trying to be critical, however I thought that you should be aware of these statistics.

[MrGForce +]

My only suggestion is this. Don't know what you have the table width set at in the layout file, but when I bring your site up in a 1024x768 screen, almost the entire right menu is cut off unless I toggle to the right. My way of thinking, unless you need to set your main table at a particular width, is to set the main table width to either 100% or something near that, and then adjust the menu tables accordingly, thus giving the center as much as possible. That way, no matter what someone's resolution is set at, your site won't be cut off on the right. Just my opinion.

[sitewonders +]

Guys,

Thanks for the replies. On my laptop it displays fine so I didnt notice that problem.

I havent modified the template width. So It should be set as its default width?

Gary

[seymourjames +]

The tabs have been changed and the css has not been adjusted for that logo at a quick glance.

Also something definitive from WC3 -

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

Some people with little ones may need to scroll but it is in my opinion a small price to pay. It also depends if you are intelligent enough to set your browser resolution correctly. I think the statistics speak for themselves as they are not opinions but facts made by the definitive body which overseas the internet.

[sitewonders +]

Originally Posted by seymourjames

The tabs have been changed and the css has not been adjusted for that logo at a quick glance.

What tabs?

And why would I need to change the css for the logo? I replaced the existing logo graphic with mine, the same dimensions.

Gary

[sitewonders +]

Bookmark has been centrally alligned (thank you)

Gary

[sitewonders +]

What would be the best option to fix the width situation?

Many Thanks

Gary