the site has overlapped lettering. David S. On 10/26/2011 9:22 AM, Jen Baldwin wrote: > Thanks, all, for the feedback - it is greatly appreciated. > > Gail - the AVA7 is the credit for the background pattern. > Ray - not really sure how to fix the formatting for a larger screen... any > suggestions? Pretty new to this, so any assistance would be great. Would you > mind looking at my Summit County, CO site also to see if you have the same > issues? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cosummtp/ > Billie - same to you... would you suggest less graphics, smaller photos > or...? > > I think at times my enthusiasm for the project gets in the way of my common > sense, and I tend to over do it. I've been trying to keep my sites pretty > low key to appeal to the majority of audiences. > > Will fix the type-o right away! My fingers tend to go faster than my brain > sometimes. Proofread all you want, but it always helps to have someone else > look over the work. > > Again, thanks to all for the help. Have a great day! > (We got about 5 inches of snow last night and its still coming, so I'm > settling in for a long day at my computer!) > > ~ Jen > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Billie Walsh<[email protected]> wrote: > >> We need to remember that not everyone has huge high resolution monitors. >> There are still some out there with old CRT monitors. Also think about >> people that use laptops and netbooks. I have a little Ausus netbook that >> I absolutely love but it only has a 9 inch screen. The resolution is >> extremely high for its size but ............... >> >> On 10/26/2011 07:03 AM, Ray Gurganus wrote: >>> A few words of what I intend as constructive criticism... I have have a >>> relatively large screen with a high resolution, but I always have my >> browser >>> sized down to 1/2 the width, so that I can have other windows on the >> other >>> half. With this size, the only thing I see when I open the site is >>> "Colfa". Everything else is off the screen. >>> >>> In the web design world, the phrase "out of sight, out of mind" often >>> applies. It's comparable to a newspaper -- editors try to maximize the >>> impact of what's above the fold on the front page. If the only thing >> there >>> were the newspaper title, it would lose attention of passers by. >>> >>> If a visitor doesn't see something that interests them when they first >> open >>> a site, they're less likely to stay and get something out of it. Here I >>> have to scroll down for what seems like forever, and scroll to the right, >> to >>> get to the actual content links. Some people who come may not get this >> far. >>> >>> Keep in mind your audience, and how you can make it easier and more >>> informative for them. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Jen Baldwin<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>> Colfax County, Nebraska is now up and running... at least the first few >>>> pages! >>>> >>>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~necoltp/index1.html >>>> >>>> All feedback welcome... have a great night! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Jen* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Will you help me fight to end breast cancer forever? Ask me how to make >> a >>>> donation to any of the major, national organizations raising money to >> find >>>> a >>>> cure. Support me as I walk, snowshoe, snowboard, and anything else I can >> do >>>> to end this. I want my daughter to read about it in a history book - not >> in >>>> her medical chart. * >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >>>> in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. >> Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - >> >> _ _... ..._ _ >> _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >