Owner: Dae Powell
Editor used: AceHTML Freeware
Comments from developer: My web site undergoes design changes regularly. It is maintained daily with something new for my readers to try or to think about. I do my own graphic work using PaintShop Pro X from Corel. I've learned HTML and CSS from these articles, other web pages, and from Virtual University (vu.org). I'm always looking for better ways to communicate through my site. I welcome ANY criticism, positive or negative. Thanks.
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Page size: 404210 bytes
Download speed: 83.96 seconds on a 56K Modem
Comments from Jennifer Kyrnin: I like how this design starts. The static background with the page name is perfect for letting people know where they are. And the flowers in the headers of each column are pretty. But if you scroll all the way to the bottom it's as if Dae forgot her design. The advertising images are very glaring and ugly and they spill out of the column like they were added as an afterthought. Now, I don't recommend building your design around your ads, but ads that don't fit in your design should be avoided. And while having them at the bottom means that fewer people will see them, those people who do get to that part of the page will be disappointed that the page design was sacrificed for ads.
I would then take a look at the font you're using for the headlines. The title headline is readable, but once you get much smaller than that, the shadow and colors make it completely illegible. And since they are images they don't get larger when I resize my browser window. They also don't change size when I click your font sizer script. This is frustrating, as I cannot read the headlines in the right column at all.
URL: http://www.shoestringgenealogy.com/
