Posted by M on 06/04/07 03:32

"BTM" <btm@mexus.net> wrote in message
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>
> If you're curious, I'm the one who came up with teh basic "design" of
> the site.

> Often when I'm thinking about what type of website to
> create, I get a mental image or theme to put in, and this one the idea
> of wood stuck to me, as Habitat's main mission is buidling houses...
> so I figured the whole wood/construction motif would be a good look.

Good in concept but overworked on the site IMO. Use SOME texture but maybe
some complementary colours instead of more wood.

Or, consider, contrasting colours -- dark greens perhaps.

I like the menu mouseovers (but see comments below).

>
> You can check out the link here..
>
> http://mypage.siu.edu/mallan/habitat/
>
> Appreciate any suggestions you might have...
>
> Somethings I'm already thinking of changing...
>
> 1. Ditching the frames.

Good idea. At smaller window sizes in Firefox, your menu disappears past the
bottom but has no scrollbars.

"Frames" can be done with CSS. Or put the menu in an iframe.

> Thinking the menu bar on the left takes up too much room, thinking of
> going for a smaller font and reducing the length of the boxes.

Your menu is image files. Using text instead allows users to specify their
own fonts, sizes instead.
Consider using css to provide visual cues of live menu items rather than
javascript.
Lots of people turn javascript off so they would have no visual indicator
that the menu is live.

Otherwise, it looks fine. If you have an artistic side, Google for free
website templates and use one you like as a jumping off point.

M

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