doofgoblin
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please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:02 AM
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heyas,
so the last time I came close to launching the new version of doofgoblin.com ya'll were kindly firm enough to steer me away from frames. I re-did the new design without the frames and added some css tweaks and I think I'm ready to launch it now.
would you mind playing around on it for a few and letting me know if anything jumps out at you as being wrong or problematic?
it's here: uh, testing.
on the images page, you should see photo info/credits appear as you hover. same goes for the discography page. workin for you?
oh yeah, by comparison, this is the current site.
many thanks!
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:13 AM
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just 3 things:
1. The doctype is missing - it should be the first element. There are several doctypes, but I think for your situation, this one will work just fine:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
2. Within the body, you begin with a font tag, but do not close it. The easiest thing to do, is put a </font> at the end of your body section. Ideally, you'd want to use a <div> with CSS style elements, but you'll be fine w/ the font tag
3. the image needs an alt="" attribute added - so you take this:
<img src="http://doofgoblin.ivdt.net/demokit/headbanner.jpg">
and make it this:
<img src="http://doofgoblin.ivdt.net/demokit/headbanner.jpg" alt="doofgoblin" />
all images should have an alt="" attribute, you can leave the contents blank.
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Fixing those 3 items on all your pages should fix most, if not all the errors I'm seeing. Try it out then post back, and I can check it again.
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(((stereofect)))
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:16 AM
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Looks great to me. Links and all worked fine.
I use IEv6 (DSL connection) on a Win98 machine, so no problem here.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
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doofgoblin
Joined: 01/21/02
Location: charlottesville, va
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 9:20 AM
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Thanks man.
A few questions though:
the doctype code...does that come after the first <html> tag? can I just cut/paste what you put there, or is that ! in there for comment?
and, when you typed:
Quote:<img src="http://doofgoblin.ivdt.net/demokit/headbanner.jpg" alt="doofgoblin" />
is that final slash something I should include? or again, is that just to comment in your post?
thanks!! I'm so code unsavvy!
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 10:01 AM
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doctype is THE first element - it sets the stage for what kind of document it is
yes, the trailing slash should be there - it doesn't have to be - but that's how xHTML is now down.
html slightly mutated to xhtml - the basic difference, is when you have a tag that is a single element - meaning, no ending tag, it will need an end slash to 'close it off'
so this <br> becomes this <br />
and <p> should always have an end tag </p>
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 10:40 AM
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wicked. okay, I've made the edits that you've suggested.
thanks again!
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 10:54 AM
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I'd just get rid of the font tags on all your pages - and put this in the <style> section:
body {font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px
}
also - you should have a <head></head> in there - starting after <html> and ending before <body>
right now your font tag is opening, with a p tag inside, which causes an xhtml validation error.
next - this page: http://doofgoblin.ivdt.net/t_discog.html
has a <div id="links"> near the top - but no end </div> on the page
actually - that's on a few pages
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Friday, October 6, 2006 at 11:21 AM
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cool cool, have made those changes!
I'm beginning to feel so clean...
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Multi-Panel
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RE: please help test my site
Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 2:05 AM
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i love it. great & simple.. especially like the discography page. 
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A Bit Crusher
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RE: please help test my site
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11:13 AM
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Works good over here....
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A Bit Crusher
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RE: please help test my site
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11:17 AM
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Oh...I'm currently on WIN XP PRO & IE...eh...don't know what the exact version is...but it must be one of the latest, I guess....
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11:33 AM
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thanks dudes.
I'm getting ready to switch it on. Just been holding out until I finish encoding/uploading a couple of new video clips from my last show. I'd like to you know, launch it with some new content and all!
tomorrow's the day I think.
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Sonic Wallpaper
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RE: please help test my site
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 12:49 PM
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<style type="text/css">
</style>
the above code needs to be inside of the head - see below for the general structure of an html doc:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
</style>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 1:34 PM
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thanks Gideon! done.
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Monday, October 16, 2006 at 6:57 AM
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okay, the new site is live.
thanks for your help!
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mr_cocktail_1
Joined: 10/23/06
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RE: please help test my site
Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 11:27 AM
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(((stereofect))) wrote:Looks great to me. Links and all worked fine. I use IEv6 (DSL connection) on a Win98 machine, so no problem here.
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Danny K
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RE: please help test my site
Sunday, October 29, 2006 at 11:36 AM
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Its a shame Win98 hasn't got any full stops.
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doofgoblin
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RE: please help test my site
Monday, October 30, 2006 at 5:16 AM
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yeah mr. cocktail (and stereofect), win 98!
my main production machine is xp pro, but I still use my old 466 desktop running win 98 for multitracking. It's the same machine I've had forever, it was my second upgrade. very sturdy and reliable, no problems no matter how much I've beaten on it (and dropped it, and spilled on it) over the past 8 years
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