Need help streamlining html code Options

[johnsmith]

i've been working on my new website, which i've decided to amp up ... however, there's some slight problems in the html

check out my site and see if you can help me out with some stuff ... any ideas would be appreciated!



www.johnnywinter.org



... i figure i'm going to have to do a total overhaul of the design, because i want to give it more of a rockstar type feel to the thing, which would mean a better front page with an integrated music player and some killer photos ... along with better page designs.

the main problem i'm having thus far is on the <a href="www.johnnywinter.org/home.html">www.johnnywinter.org/home.html</a href> page, being that there is a slight space in between the "welcome" section and the image as well as the store i've setup ... if you check out the site you'll see what i mean. as well, there is a slight difference in the consistency between the rest of the site and <a href="www.johnnywinter.org/links.html">www.johnnywinter.org/links.html</a href>

thanks a bunch yall!!

[Frederiek]

On your home page you have

CODE

<TR>
        <TD>
            <IMG SRC="images/2.jpg" WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=14 ALT=""></p>
            </div></TD>
    </TR>

Change that to

CODE

<TR>
    <TD><IMG SRC="images/2.jpg" WIDTH=700 HEIGHT=14 ALT=""></TD>
</TR>

You also might want to pass your pages through the validator. And make better use of CSS.

Personally, I don't think the index page provides any meaningful use, but to enter the site. You might want to reconsider its use. And think about providing a way for visitors to stop the sound.

[Darin McGrew]

I'd get rid of the content-free entry page. And "click to enter" isn't a very big step up from "click here". The link to home.html opens a new window; don't do that! The resume is "currently under construction"; you should deactivate the link (better yet, remove it from the site toolbar) until the page has real content.

[johnsmith]

some good ideas, thanks! i think i may leave the front page, as i have some more ideas of what to do with it and improvements ... right now, i think the main thing is fixing that gap in home.html page when viewed in internet explorer or safari

[pandy]

What gap do you mean? BTW you have a bunch of JavaScript errors. One fires every time the page receives focus. I noticed because I clicked back and forth between IE and FF trying to find he gap. AJAX gone crazy, I believe.

[johnsmith]

thanks Frederiek ... just used the code, and the page looks fine now!


i guess, the other thing is that the links.html page seems incongruent with the rest of the site, in that it is off by just a smidgen.

other than that, i think i'm going to try and put a small music player in place of the store window pane on home.html ... as well, i think i want to put a scrolling box maybe at the bottom of the page, or right below the menubar which can be used for putting in news by the date ... something similar to: <a href="http://www.thedrummerkc.com/events/">http://www.thedrummerkc.com/events/</a href>


any ideas there?

[pandy]

No. I'm still trying to find the gap.

[johnsmith]

ok, alright, i fixed the gap pandy ... ;-)

any ideas for the newsbar or music box?

[johnsmith]

hey everybody ... i've been working on a replacement page for my index page ...

check it out:

http://www.johnnywinter.org/hometest.html

...


there's a few things which I like a lot better about this page, but I'm having some slight problems with the playlist for the mp3 player. it's in flash, which i think looks a lot better than simply the "embed" player which uses whatever player the person happens to have, ie: quicktime.

so, i was wonering if anyone has any idea on how to impliment a playlist?

i've been trying to figure it out, but have no idea on how to get it to work as of yet ...