[Avenir]

I'm currently in the process of finishing up version 4 of my personal site, and have enough of it hacked together and online to ask for some comentary. Obviously, certain aspects of it (front page image links, portfolio, some photography) aren't going to work at all, they're still being pieced together as I learn more about this crazy new-fangled PHP thing. But, I'd still appreciate any suggestions or comments you all might have. One thing that I need help with is the text on some of the pages... is there a simple, easy way to make it appear consistent across browsers? looks great on my screen on safari, but it's too big on IE or other computers. Just curious. anyway, the site is here:

http://www.avenirex.com/v4

Thanks in advance for the comments.

[clam2000]

A) if my browser is larger then 800? pixels wide then your background image tiles, which looks out of place.
B) those images are large, I see the content and it takes qite a while for me to see the background afterwards, you probably want to think about compressing them
C) on my browser it feels like you are wasting a lot of your space with that top section. I would recommend moving the navigation bar up above the middle of the screen so there is more room for the content.

--will

[Avenir]

Thanks so much for the comments...

Originally posted by clam2000:
[B]A) if my browser is larger then 800? pixels wide then your background image tiles, which looks out of place.

Yeah, I know, have to fix that. it's 1000 pixels actually, and the more I have people test, I realize no one uses 1024x768 that much, or at least they max the browser window if they do.

B) those images are large, I see the content and it takes qite a while for me to see the background afterwards, you probably want to think about compressing them

agreed, roadrunner has spoiled me a bit, but there's still a lag. I'm considering a preload script as well, maybe even for all the bg images on the first page (after the splash)

C) on my browser it feels like you are wasting a lot of your space with that top section. I would recommend moving the navigation bar up above the middle of the screen so there is more room for the content.

really? I kinda liked it I wanted to keep my options open for redesigining the backgroun/top image whenever I posible can, and keep content minimal, simple, towards the bottom. on the portfolio site (not uploaded, sorry), the menu bar is a lot higher though, to leave room for the areas of the site that have much, much more content. you can see an example of that in the imagery > photography or projects section, it's higher up, out of the way. I know what you're saying though, I'll have to play around with it more tonight when i get home.

[Avenir]

I'm bumping this up, the site is finished, and I'd love more comments on what you all think

http://www.avenirex.com

thanks...

[derbs]

It's a nice site. I like the splash screen, even though most people bitch about them... Just one gripe though. The scroller scrolls when you move the mouse over the arrow. It makes it pretty hard to control the scroll, because you have to concentrate on where the mouse is and keep looking at the text to see where it's scrolled to.

Changing it to onclick would do the job

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

Originally posted by Avenir:
I'm bumping this up, the site is finished, and I'd love more comments on what you all think

http://www.avenirex.com

thanks...

Nice easy to navigate. Good work. If you have time, your site seems fairly easy to be made valid (see validator.w3.org), and this would be a +.

[Avenir]

Originally posted by derbs:
Changing it to onclick would do the job

I'm interested in this suggestion, however, when I change the onmouseover to onclick, it just runs straight until you move the mouse out. do you (or anyone) know what the element is that allows it only to run the action when the mouse is clicked down, but stops the action when the clicker is released?

[york28]

Nice site. I like the division in the middle actually, it fills the screen really well on my iBook. I really dig the backgrounds and the transparency on the bottom half.

It is a little image heavy. Tough to tell on the DSL here, but I have a feeling there's going to be some lag on a modem.

And I agree about the arrows, I personally don't like things that activate when I mouse over them. For me it's all about clicking. I don't know too much about javascript, but I think you need to use onblur to make it stop when you release the mouse button.

Good work.

[clam2000]

to have something happen only while the mouse is down try

onMouseDown="start code"
onMouseUp="stop code"

--will