Post by: dolphin on March 08, 2007, 02:40:54 PM
I've been tempted to do this for some time, especially after seeing Frances',Chris',Giantmike's and some others. Reading the recent thread from JCarter nudged me to proceed. It's not the greatest, but it is a labor of love. Let me know what you think...don't hold back...I've got thick skin.
The intro page was not done with iWeb...and not done solely by me...my youngest son who is a whiz at coding did about 80% of it. Hope you like it.
You will also see the name Bill used a lot on the comments page...William is my middle name and what my family and classmates called me. How I got to using Roy is another story. Enjoy!
Class of 61
Post by: jcarter on March 08, 2007, 03:15:25 PM
Congrats on a great site, and having the comments on the last page is nice.
Jane
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 08, 2007, 06:04:07 PM
On the other hand, it may be the Flash on the home page. Source shows not much besides a 443 pixel wide Flash movie "FTest1.swf". NoScript also blocks Flash for me. Is there a reason to have only a Flash movie on the home page? Hopefully that's not where all the nav/link buttons are.
Post by: jcarter on March 08, 2007, 06:08:24 PM
Even the opening music and stuff, which I would say goes a bit too long, but I went to 'skip intro' after a while.
The rest of the site is great.
Jane
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 08, 2007, 06:54:07 PM
First 2 pages loaded reeeeal slow. Looks good though.
High school looks exactly. like mine but for a Thomas Jefferson statue in front.
I had to skip the front page also. It was loading but I have things to do this week.
Gary B
Post by: dolphin on March 08, 2007, 08:22:49 PM
Jim, the INTRO PAGE is the only one with Flash and it does not contain Nav/Link buttons.
Jane, I agree the song is a bit long, however; let it play all the way through at least once. What happens after the song is finished is really neat thanks to my son.
Enjoy!!!
Post by: jcarter on March 08, 2007, 08:40:25 PM
But went back just now, yes that is very clever! That must be some really sophisticated work to do that by hand.
And the whole site, the beginning to the end, is very nice, and very fast on all the browsers that I have here to test it on.
Not a bit o trouble here.
Now that you have inspired me, I will give iWeb a whirl tomorrow.
Thanks,
Jane
Post by: Dick Miller on March 08, 2007, 10:39:34 PM
Post by: dolphin on March 09, 2007, 03:34:59 PM
QUOTE(jcarter @ Mar 8 2007, 09:40 PM) [snapback]121340[/snapback]
Oh, I do admit, I cut off the rest of the song, and went to the pages themselves.
But went back just now, yes that is very clever! That must be some really sophisticated work to do that by hand.
But went back just now, yes that is very clever! That must be some really sophisticated work to do that by hand.
Jane, my son works in IT and he says he would rather code by hand than any other way. He is pretty quick at it. I think it only took him a few days.
Thanks for your kind comments! I think you will like iWeb.
Post by: jcarter on March 09, 2007, 03:41:21 PM
I am just learning HTML and CSS, so at my age, I probably will stick with just that.
Its all such fun to learn!
Jane
Post by: Mrious_be on March 10, 2007, 09:37:41 AM
It runs nice here also and I like the website, simple and clean.
Well done on the job.
Maybe the only thing i would say is that, on the first page (after the intro) you have to scroll down to see the rest of the page and I feel that the first page should be visible in full... but that's my opinion
Well done
Post by: danf63 on March 10, 2007, 09:50:34 AM
Dan
Post by: dolphin on March 10, 2007, 05:03:18 PM
QUOTE(Mrious_be @ Mar 10 2007, 10:37 AM) [snapback]121510[/snapback]
Hello
It runs nice here also and I like the website, simple and clean.
Well done on the job.
Maybe the only thing i would say is that, on the first page (after the intro) you have to scroll down to see the rest of the page and I feel that the first page should be visible in full... but that's my opinion
Well done
It runs nice here also and I like the website, simple and clean.
Well done on the job.
Maybe the only thing i would say is that, on the first page (after the intro) you have to scroll down to see the rest of the page and I feel that the first page should be visible in full... but that's my opinion
Well done
Marcel, what browser were you using? I do not have to scroll in any of the browsers ie, FF, Safari, Netscape or IE.
Post by: jepinto on March 11, 2007, 07:33:27 AM
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(maybe resize the alma mater?)
This is a "specific use" site, and those visiting will have a different view as most of us. They want to hear the music, they'll share with friends the reason to stick through the intro, this is a GOOD site for them. So for your TARGET audience, I say fine!
Post by: dolphin on March 11, 2007, 08:59:00 AM
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Marcel is on a 12" ibook, I'm on a 17" flat CRT (1024x768), and what I see is
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(maybe resize the alma mater?)
This is a "specific use" site, and those visiting will have a different view as most of us. They want to hear the music, they'll share with friends the reason to stick through the intro, this is a GOOD site for them. So for your TARGET audience, I say fine!
[attachment=178:attachment]
[attachment=179:attachment]
(maybe resize the alma mater?)
This is a "specific use" site, and those visiting will have a different view as most of us. They want to hear the music, they'll share with friends the reason to stick through the intro, this is a GOOD site for them. So for your TARGET audience, I say fine!
Jenny, as they say "a picture is worth a thousand words"...thank you...I see what you and Marcel see.
Post by: krissel on March 11, 2007, 09:52:52 PM
I too skipped the song and missed the graphics animation til you mentioned it here and I went back. You might consider some sort of teaser text to keep people from jumping on to the next page and missing it.
