Website help

[Brian Ellis]

Out of sheer laziness, I've used FrontPage from before Mictosoft took it over until recently. The last site I did with it was http://www.cypenv.org/hybrid/ which I started last year.

FP has become more than dated so I decided to move on with more CSSs and JS work. Over the past few days, I've been experimenting and produced http://www.cypenv.org/hybrid2, which is essentially the same material but with an enormous makeover, from a simple one-page site to a structured one. I chose to start on this as it was one of the simplest, before tackling the big 'uns.

Comments welcomed. Thanks!

[Brian Ellis]

I forgot to mention yesterday that I also wrote this in strict XHTML 1.0 Transitional code.

[Rakido]

why do you hide the latest info with the hover? That makes no sense, if someone misses the hover-link (like i did in the beginning) he will not be able to get the latest news.

And you have some errors in your code, you can check them with validator.w3.org

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks for the comments.

The reason for the hovering is because some pages have up to 3 "appendices" and it would make the page too long if they were visible permanently. Using the same space is a great space saver. I did debate with myself on whether to use mouseover or onclick.

I did check the code but it is poaaible I may have overlooked something. I'll have another look.

[Rakido]

if you have more than one news, you could think about changing the content in a regular intervall. There's an example here -> http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...tentglider.htm

[Brian Ellis]

It's an idea, thanks, but I dislike fixed time insertions. I read fast but others read slow. OK, the example you give has buttons as well. I'll have a think about it. Maybe I'll try buttons instead of links in the LH pane.

OK, I think all XHTML errors have now been eliminated; the most serious was forgetting to close an <img> tag in the dwt file. There still remain a number of incompatibilities with strict XHTML, but are accepted in the transitional. These are mostly legacies from the original website and, most particularly, with the copied US EPA data, presented in graphics form. These are of little consequence with modern browsers, which accept them without baulking. If I have time, I may start going through them. They are things like missing alternative text on graphics, data in the wrong case and outdated tags.

[Brian Ellis]

OK, I've experimentally put the hover link (on the Introduction (home) page only over a passive button, to see your opinion as to whether it is any clearer. If so, I'll do the same for all the orher ones.

[Rakido]

yep, it's clearer visible this way

[Brian Ellis]

Thanks! I've now updated it everywhere along those lines + a few minor tweaks and placed it at its definitive URL at http://www.cypenv.org/hybrid, replacing the old one.