Hello all-

I finished my first website, and was wondering if anybody could give me some tips/pointers/comments/whatever on it. I know the design is simple, but I didn't want to try anything to fancy for a first round. Once I find some free time, I am thinking of making the .gif on the home page into a Flash sideshow, but I need to do some reading on that.

P.S. I got confused when Zymic said that File Hosts aren't allowed. I didn't know if that meant you can't host any files that users can download, or if they just didn't want you creating a website that was just purely files for download and no actual design. I know I have files for users to download on my site, if they are in violation of anything as far as the Terms of Service go, let me know and I shall remove them immedietly.

Clear Sky Simulations

Thanks.

What .gif? Don't see anything but white background and black text.

It's pretty annoying that when I click a link, the text goes white and I can't read the catagory I'm in. I have no idea what it's about, so I'm not going to comment on that part. There isn't much of design, so I can hardly comment on anyting

What browser are you using? There should definetly be more to it then that . I'll look into it. If possible, could you take a screenie of what you see and post a link?

Same... I only see a white background. Using Firefox 3.

Ok, I am running Internet Expolorer, and things are working just fine for me. This is really weird, I'm not sure what would make an HTML page run in one browser, but not the other. Does anybody have any ideas?

This is what you should be seeing.

Its the way that the images are coded for call, it appears that if you use a typical OS browser that it can understand the variances in code, but when you got one of the third party browsers they are finicky about how they read code.
Go figure the new programmers for these supposed hot new wave browsers can't adapt to fight their way out of paper bags, I guess that is what happens when shortcut programmers these days care about their own specialty style and not conventional.

Site looks nice though, I do a bit of FS X on occasion from KMSN, and when my brother comes up from Georgia we usually rent a Warrior from 3 Lakes Aviation and do 3 - 4 hour flight around SW Wisconsin.

Ok, thanks for the tip. Do you happen to know what the fix is though? Or have any suggestions?

Well, I managed to get all of the pages except Downloads to work. For some reason, the .html page works fine on my computer, but it is changed somehow when I upload it via FTP. Some of the code is different, which causes errors. I think the file might not be overwriting or something. But I have tried everything, I have no idea why this is happening.

I believe I definitely know the appropriate fix: Like me, you'll have to learn proper code terminology and implementation of the proper code (I was led to the facet of "get rid of the WISIWIG (What Is Seen Is What Is Given) and learn the proper method), or, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) to provide for a more professionally desired outcome.
I've downloaded the following alternative browser(s) (which incidentally are editors/code creators, for the lack of a better term at the moment after being referred to them):
Amaya and Kompozer

It is in these programs split screens that I noticed a variance in the image (<img>) call when I was briefly skimming through the programs for familiarization (I'll read and get to perusing for myself a little later) by opening my web and others and viewing the source code(s).



A little more personally added info:
I've known for years the absolute difference between WISIWIG and properly writing, but . . . I, like so many, want it now and get it done as quickly as possible (and of the conscionable - desiring to go back and clean up their coded mess to make it properly function(al) in any browser - but life occurs and the best laid plans of mice and men . . . ) and I realize (generally) that for the typical Joe there is only one web browser - IE. The big thing here is that recently over the last 5 years there has been the enormous advent of the children (borne of computer literacy) taking the reigns of computing and creating all kinds of wondrous computer encodings (these children are the kids of dad's and mom's that had to learn computers to remain viable in the transition of the Computer Technical Revolution that occurred in the last quarter of the 20th century). It is no doubt that with such children the possibility is ever greater that even more potentially awesome (en)codings will be presented. (Look at Jack's pinned "Age Poll") The presentment of 14-21 year olds is the majority of the polled members and these people are very familiar, almost naturally (really scary), with (en)codings. Don't get me wrong here - It is a wondrous thing that they are absorbed in this knowledge and share it within a briefness of the forum(s) thread(s) for you and me. Thanks for your posting Ferrari308guy.

Thanks for the post. I managed to solve the problem by tweaking with the HTML a little. It should now work in all browsers...I hope.

Working now. Simple but nice layout.

Thanks. Like I said in the first post, the .gif (now that you can see it ) might become a flash slideshow. I am also considering making new navigation buttons.

Ferrari