GOod morning,
I have done a form on a site:
http://www.sliszlaw.com
in FF the text fields show meshed, but in safari they show with a space.
How do I fix this?
Thanks
Julie
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Hi Julie
First question - did the client ask for a ‘splash page’?
From once being popular they are now derided as being nothing more than a barrier to the real content of a site. Especially when there is little content of any SEO worth there.
As to the form - I have noticed that on a number of your sites you use that layout for your form.
You will get a far neater layout if you create your form table as a 2 column table with your descriptors (name, email etc) in the first column and your fields in the second.
People read naturally left to right, new line then left to right so your form scans badly.
Also doing it the 2 col way will help you align fields better and you can set the table to shrink to fit (height wise)
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Yes he did… I agree with you, but he did request it. He found a skin that he loved and wanted that look.
A few of them I do. a different look from the 2 column… and I saw it on one of FWs new templates and liked it
I actually have the form there now in a table (same design though) but I am still seeing the difference of FF and Safari.
Julie
On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:39 PM, DeltaDave wrote:
Hi Julie
First question - did the client ask for a ‘splash page’?
From once being popular they are now derided as being nothing more than a barrier to the real content of a site. Especially when there is little content of any SEO worth there.
As to the form - I have noticed that on a number of your sites you use that layout for your form.
You will get a far neater layout if you create your form table as a 2 column table with your descriptors (name, email etc) in the first column and your fields in the second.
People read naturally left to right, new line then left to right so your form scans badly.
Also doing it the 2 col way will help you align fields better and you can set the table to shrink to fit (height wise)
David
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I haven’t yet looked in FF - just really making a general observation.
As to the splash page you really should point out it’s SEO uselessness to him in it’s current form.
There is absolutely no reason that the ‘home’ page of his site couldn’t have that look and still contain all the info that the current second page has now.
D
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I have - but I will repeat it again now that it is up.
I got him not to use the skin because of the flash.
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I haven’t yet looked in FF - just really making a general observation.
As to the splash page you really should point out it’s SEO uselessness to him in it’s current form.
There is absolutely no reason that the ‘home’ page of his site couldn’t have that look and still contain all the info that the current second page has now.
D
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I figured it out… had to step away.
I kept the same look - but I relocated where in the contact us table text fields etc. should go.
Thank you so much.
I agree Dave about the splash page - but he likes it… maybe in a few weeks with input I can throw that in.
Julie
On Feb 17, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Julie Maxwell Allen wrote:
I have - but I will repeat it again now that it is up.
I got him not to use the skin because of the flash.
On Feb 17, 2011, at 2:58 PM, DeltaDave wrote:
I haven’t yet looked in FF - just really making a general observation.
As to the splash page you really should point out it’s SEO uselessness to him in it’s current form.
There is absolutely no reason that the ‘home’ page of his site couldn’t have that look and still contain all the info that the current second page has now.
D
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To me that doesn’t look much better (iPad)
I still think it makes far more sense to have the descriptor and the relevant field in adjacent cells.
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Thank you.
I will change it around.
J
On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:04 PM, DeltaDave wrote:
To me that doesn’t look much better (iPad)
I still think it makes far more sense to have the descriptor and the relevant field in adjacent cells.
D
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BTW the spelling of Laffeyette in your Footer is incorrect.
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Something else
Your font - Penultimate Light - isn’t going to work as a body text font. Everywhere you have used it (apart from as graphic text) is not going to display for most visitors as they wont have it. Also it just isn’t suitable in that context. And your text in general is set too large.
You will need to specify an alternate font in your Font Set so that those folk wont see their default font displayed (probably Times)
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I thought that was what caxton was for - so people can see it
I do appreciate the input
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Something else
Your font - Penultimate Light - isn’t going to work as a body text font. Everywhere you have used it (apart from as graphic text) is not going to display for most visitors as they wont have it. Also it just isn’t suitable in that context. And your text in general is set too large.
You will need to specify an alternate font in your Font Set so that those folk wont see their default font displayed (probably Times)
D
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Its funny I changed it in the masters a while ago and it did not change it there - humm why would that be?
J
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BTW the spelling of Laffeyette in your Footer is incorrect.
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Caxton is not working for me - I only see my default browser font.
Your Body3 style is set at 18px - style48 which you use for your headers is 34px (headers should really be an H1 style)
I am saying that that particular font is not particularly readable for a full paragraph of text as your body3 style.
I also think that the rollover colours in your Navigation don’t stand out very well against the red background and that ‘Practice Areas’ would look better on 1 line?
D
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Gotcha. Ok.
I made the menu smaller… Richard felt it was too small but I can defiantly change the body 3
And I will play with the rollover colors.
If Caxton is not working for you… Is it working for others? And is there more I can do to get it to work for all?
Thank you
J
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Caxton is not working for me - I only see my default browser font.
Your Body3 style is set at 18px - style48 which you use for your headers is 34px (headers should really be an H1 style)
I am saying that that particular font is not particularly readable for a full paragraph of text as your body3 style.
I also think that the rollover colours in your Navigation don’t stand out very well against the red background and that ‘Practice Areas’ would look better on 1 line?
D
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If Caxton is not working for you… Is it working for others?
I doubt it as it doesn’t work in any of my Mac browsers or IE8 - I have never used it so cant advise why it doesn’t work.
I didn’t say the menu was too big I just suggested that ‘Practice Areas’ should be on 1 line.
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Dave,
I apologize. That was the only way I thought of to get it on one line. Thats why I said what I did .
do you have anyother ideas how to do that without making it smaller?
If it doesnt work in those three… what is the point of it? and is there an alternate (then making the headers etc graphic boxes) to using odd fonts.
Thank you
J
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If Caxton is not working for you… Is it working for others?
I doubt it as it doesn’t work in any of my Mac browsers or IE8 - I have never used it so cant advise why it doesn’t work.
I didn’t say the menu was too big I just suggested that ‘Practice Areas’ should be on 1 line.
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If it doesnt work in those three… what is the point of it?
Julie I don’t know whether or not it is your implementation of it that is at fault or not.
Probably worth starting a new thread about it.
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Thank you I will.
I dont know either. I do really appreciate your help and your opinions. Trust me I do,
Julie
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If it doesnt work in those three… what is the point of it?
Julie I don’t know whether or not it is your implementation of it that is at fault or not.
Probably worth starting a new thread about it.
D
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