Hi there! I was hoping I could get some constructive criticisms about my site

Here is the link, fire away!

thank you!

Our online validator reports a number of markup errors:
http://htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/validate.cgi?u...mp;warnings=yes

The missing/misplaced doctype declaration throws browsers into quirks mode.

Why are you trying to use a font that is 22% smaller than my preferred font?

Hey thanks for the feedback. To be honest Darin, I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to HTML. I know very little and I tried to build the site on my own through a wordpress theme. It was tough because I wanted to customize it to my liking and like I said...I'm limited. Is there anything you could point me to that would make me less useless? Ultimately I'd like to become pretty savvy, but right now it is like a foreign language.

Do you have any basic suggestions?

Please see the FAQ entries Where can I learn about HTML? and Where can I learn about CSS?

I'd start with something simpler than a WordPress theme. One step at the time gets you there faster.

Okay I am going to try and digest all of this information, thanks guys! How long does it take you guys to build a decent site from scratch? Just something I'd like to shoot for.

Well I just finished validating the page. I had over 150 errors, and now I have zero. Darin, you mentioned that my font was 22% smaller than your preferred font. I did this in the menu in order to make it fit neatly on the line. I am guessing there is a better way to do this? If you can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks

Ah, I see you set the small font only for div#wrapper and not for div#main.

Good job! Feels nice, huh?

Haha yes it feel good to be able to figure it out on my own. One thing that's been driving me nuts for a while is a stupid glitch with Google AdSense in IE. My ad on the sidebar drops to the bottom. I figured it was due to errors, but now that I have none I'm completely stumped.

Looks like a float drop. Is the ad floated? Does it need to be?

Nope, not floated. But other things are. Try this. Set all 4 margins to 0 in the below rule. You can just as well comment out the whole margin declaration. The add doesn't load when I view the page locally, so I can't be sure, but the Twitter link moves up.

WTF? The page has changed now. Works in IE6 anyway.

I just fixed it, I guess as you were helping me! I took out a twitter widget and that seemed to do the trick. Thanks for your help...it's been an ongoing problem so hopefully it's gone for good

How rude!