I'm not sure whether or not this is a troll, but I'll bite. No, not a troll, I've been around these lists for a while, and a few wild arguments stemming from both my ego, and some other programmer's arrogance. > > If you're going to ask for people's opinions on your work, I would try to > keep the negativity in a list to zero.
If a flame on you pops up, you sometimes fight fire with fire. There are a lot of things that get mixed up. Like maybe a personal reply instead of reply all, that everyone else missed, or didn't see another thread in which the argument started. I'm relatively new to this list and > the tirades that you've gone on have been childish at best. You haven't been on lists long enough then to have seen some real flame warts...no offense. Doing that and > then turning around and asking for useful feedback (if you're genuinely > looking for it) is not going to yield much. It does from those who I trust as not going to go into rants, such as I have, but mine are usually in response, and yes they do get nasty at times. > > Now that that's over.. > > I couldn't get to your oDesk profile, got an empty page. That *could* be > caused by the dead zones that I'm hitting atm, but I gave up after a few > tries. It's there, and it's a starter portfolio for other freelance sites looking for work. > > I then went to your website and here's what I can see from a glance. This > isn't meant to be harsh or slag you personally, but learn what you're doing > before you attempt to create a company to help others. If you *do* know what > you're doing, use your site to showcase that. Nobody will hire someone with > a business site like your current site: It's in a design phase, and I'm asking the local experts to critique it, and even be harsh. > > * You have a bloated, 50+MB gif serving your page contents. That's just bad > for obvious reasons It was meant as more of a commercial to show a little more umph in my site presentation, and I'm working on reducing the size through several different means. . > * There's no DOCTYPE declaration in your HTML. > * You have <div>s mixed in pre-<body> > * You don't have a <head> container Working on it buddy. > * You have embedded music. Not only is this a bad design choice from a UX > perspective, but it's also causing the client to load more I know this, and I'm trying to reduce it, but show something that's appealing. . > * You have *no* SEO Not yet, and the graphic has no text for the web crawlers to parse, which I'm aware of, as well as no meta tags > * You have commented out HTML This is the design phase, and that will be removed. > * You don't have any design sense (not a personal attack, I don't have any > either). I kind of like my designs, and they're being refined through these conversations. > > My suggestions: > * Take courses (free or paid) on web development. Udacity has a few good > ones. I like w3schools.com, and I know that it's a rough draft, and so should my critics. > * Apply your learnings to your site. Showcase what you can do and what you > know and what you can do. > * Look for a designer partner, someone who can make your work visually > appealing. The visuals are the first impression (after initial load times). I like to work alone, and his is an attempt to get others in the OS community to comment. > > > Now having said all of that, if this is a troll, I feel rather foolish. Only trolling for fish under the bridge...clients -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list