I can't contribute anything on the mac side, but I have to say I like it.
I like the graphic device of using the fine white lines across the page and
down.   Nice effect.  And the transparent effect in the heading looks great
too.  Very smooth. 

I think it's a clever way to use boxes as wide as the whole screen to
overlay one colour over another so it looks like there is a LOT more work in
the different sections than there actually is.   Screen background in the
dark red, then the middle wrapper box overlayed with the olive colour, then
the white lines through it looks like you have a gazillion table cells
there, but in fact there aren't any.

Can you tell us a bit about the design process?  Did the graphic designer
start out with standards compliance in mind or did you take the
sketch/gif/PDF design or whatever and force it into compliance?  How much
does your designer take CSS techniques into account when designing?

The home page must have been a challenge - all those boxes to line up.  How
will you keep them more or less in balance once they start adding content to
it?    Are you having a CMS back end on it?

I know you're looking for html/css comments, but to tell the truth, the site
just looks brilliant in my browsers.  If it was my work I'd be telling
everyone in the world.   

Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of James Silva
Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2004 3:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WSG] New site - looking for feedback

Hi guys,

Just looking for some feedback on our latest job*... Feel free to tear it a
new one :P

Sample homepage:
http://www.gruden.com/dev_sites/blacktown/templates/homepage.htm

Sample content page:
http://www.gruden.com/dev_sites/blacktown/templates/content.htm

CSS is at:
http://www.gruden.com/dev_sites/blacktown/templates/styles/styles_main.css
http://www.gruden.com/dev_sites/blacktown/templates/styles/styles_content.cs
s
http://www.gruden.com/dev_sites/blacktown/templates/styles/styles_homepage.c
ss

(excuse the long URLs, DNS changes haven't come across yet)

Basically, im looking for some design/accessibility/UI comments that I can
pass on to our graphics department. 

Also, could someone run it through the usual Mac browsers for me (and
provide
feedback)? Our little iMac is playing up.

I'd be more than happy to discuss any html/css decisions I made.

*Obviously this is just a quick knockup of the initial design, as the client
wants to see it in HTML form.

Thanks in advance,
____________________________
James Silva
Web Production
Gruden Pty Ltd

Tel:   +61 02 9956 6388
Fax:   +61 02 9956 8433
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web:   http://www.gruden.com
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