Posted by Ganesh on 10/30/06 00:52

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Ganesh wrote:
>
> > On Oct 29, 6:25 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
> > <a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> >> Ganesh wrote:
> >>> Is everything right about this sample..
> >>
> >>
> >>> I need to make it look great... the text .. the over all feel..
> >>
> >>
> >>> http://www.seashellwebs.com/structure1/structure1.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>> Please suggest tips..
> >>
> >> I can't read your content; it's too small (and
> >> dim). http://k75s.home.att.net/fontsize.html
> >>
> >> pt (points) are for printing. Use percents, 100 of them.
> >> Text: justify is hard to read.
> >> Color contrast is too light.
> >> Why mixing serif and sand-serif fonts?
> >>
> >> font: normal 0.7em/1.4em Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Georgia, sans-serif;
> >>
> >> "normal" is the default, you don't need to assign it. Skip Verdana
> >> (see above page).
> >>
> > i've made the changes
> >
> > am i going right now
>
> Not quite.
>
> .content p {
> margin: 5px;
> padding: 10px;
> font: 80% Tahoma, Arial, Georgia, sans-serif;
> ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>
> Your font for content is still only 80% of everyone's preferred size.
> Use 100%. If it looks too large on your monitor, set your own browser
> default font size a bit smaller.
>
> Georgia is a serif font. Use either:
>
> font: 100% Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
> or
> font: 100% Georgia, Times, serif;
>
> For:
> .content h1 {
> margin: 5px;
> padding: 10px;
> padding-bottom:1px;
> text-align: left; <-- this is the default, not necessary
> border-bottom: thin solid green;
> font: 100% georgia; <-- add a comma and serif
> <-- and assign a size around 175%

I did that.

> color: #993300; <-- no background color assigned
> }
>

You mean it's not good to use colors?

Is csszengarden.com a good example to follow?

Ganesh

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