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OldTimer
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http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com
My first attempts, way back in 2002, were build in MS-Publisher. I wasn’t very satisfied, both with the content, nor by the way that it displayed. Like many others, I found that at 68, I cannot cope with html, so I was glad to find a “pensioner friendly” web builder. Alas! The publishers have now withdrawn the program from sale!
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Jedi
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For me I think you need to change your size of text on most pages, some of it is just too small.
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The_Mole
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I think the site is well formatted but has too many colour backgrounds which don't blend well together. Blue, yellow, brown and green all vie for attention on the first page. That is the only thing that I have noticed that really stands out.
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homersaysdoh
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Try using Microsoft Frontpage, alhough it does not seem that popular its very easy to use and understand. I have tried to teach myself HTML and have also used Dreamweaver but like most people time is a real premium and I have found Frontpage so simple and better than the packages that hosting companies give you. A cheap and good book to help is "Frontpage in easy steps" about a tenner
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emailuser
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A good html web author will bring up the same dialog boxes as a point-n-click web author when you click on a html tag and at the end of the day theres really very little difference .
Remember the scene in the matrix where the guy says he doesnt even seen the numbers anymore as all he sees is a blonde or brunette ..... well ..... its the same sort of thing :-)
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OldTimer
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Thanks to cw2004; to The_Mole and to homersaysdoh for their comments so far. The comment about the size of text may be a valid one but at present it is something that I am reluctant to do anything about. When I had a 14” crt monitor, using Windows Millennium, I could adjust the resolution to four or five different settings. Since I changed to having 2 x 14” flat screens (premium on space) and upgrading to Windows xp home edition, I can only change the resolution between 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768.
If you take a look at this page you should, according to my 14” monitors, see that the width of the table only just fit the width of the screen. This avoids the need to keep using the slider all the time, which is preferable for genealogical research. So … can you tell me: Is there any way around this?
As for the different colour backgrounds. I’ll experiment a bit with it. Although I think it doesn’t really matter to those who would normally use this site. It’s the research details that they are looking for.
Hmm, MS-Frontpage – As I said, I cannot cope with html. That’s why I chose a program that works like a dtp program. When I want to upload my file to the server, I click on the relevant button and the program starts by converting my file to html, then automatically uploads the file or changed thereof to the server.
Sorry emailuser, you lost me there.
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Gary_Bongo
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Hi,
Here's my opinion.
As a few people have said already the colours do not add anything to the site.
Underlining text makes them look like links.
I understand that you have alot of information which makes good navigation tricky, but I'd have another look at it.
As for the text size complaints, use the VIEW textsize option from the browser menu.
All in all not bad and alot of good content, but I hate the colours.
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greysts
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I started my family research about 6 months ago and if someone had produced a web site like yours for the Essex/Suffolk area they would have earnt my undying gratitude.
I tend to agree with you about the colours, it doesn't really matter to the serious researcher. You've clearly spent many happy hours in local record offices!
I can see where you're going with your timelines but the one thing I don't see anywhere on the site is your actual family tree (unless I've missed it somehow). Which software do you use to actually record your data and display your tree?
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OldTimer
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I'm really not sure how to display my family tree. Perhaps if you contact me off forum here we could continue this conversation.
As for the amount of colour in my website, webuser.co.uk isn't exactly plain, is it.
Edited by OldTimer (Sat Sep 23 2006 01:43 AM)
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Gary_Bongo
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Quote: "As for the amount of colour in my website, webuser.co.uk isn't exactly plain, is it."
No it's not but then again it's a completely diffent type of web site. So many people have mentioned the colours, are they all wrong? You posted the site here for feedback, don't see the point if you don't take up people opinions.
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emailuser
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Quote:
You posted the site here for feedback, don't see the point if you don't take up people opinions.
Using your own guidelines that must also mean that if people say he should have a yellow website with pink polka dots then he must automatically do it without question .
Or in other words - most webmasters dont mind making changes - but the webmaster needs to agree with the suggestion being made .
Edited by TheFatControlleR (Mon Sep 25 2006 05:11 PM)
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OldTimer
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Quote:
Quote: "So many people have mentioned the colours, are they all wrong?”
Well, two out of six people who actually replied saying that they didn’t like the colours, is not really a majority opinion, is it.
I’ve said that I’m reluctant to change them. But that is not because I think that I’m right and your not – its because it’s such a vast job to do so. With some 375 pages and over 5000 hyperlinks, and remember: A vast number of the link buttons would all need to be re-worked. It’d take a lo-o-o-o-o-ong time. This website has taken me over four years to develop.
You mentioned that I should take another look at the links – but you didn’t give us a clue as to why. What do you think is wrong with them? They all seem to work! Well, they do for me, anyway.
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TheFatControlleR
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Quote:
... I’ve said that I’m reluctant to change them. But that is not because I think that I’m right and your not – its because it’s such a vast job to do so. With some 375 pages and over 5000 hyperlinks, and remember: A vast number of the link buttons would all need to be re-worked. It’d take a lo-o-o-o-o-ong time...
Three words; Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). I'd seriously recommend you use them when your reluctance to change dissipates. 
And, for the record, IMO the colours do jar, I'd suggest you use tints, and some colour coordination.
Incidentally, if you are so reluctant to make changes why ask for comments!
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Gary_Bongo
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Just had another longer look at the site. The links do work well, once I'd looked more closely. I also understand that changing all the pages colours would be a big job and at the end of the day it's a minor thing and personal preference.
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OldTimer
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Thanks to all those who commented on my website.
When I said that I was reluctant to change the colour scheme, etc., it didn't mean that I wouldn't change it. My reluctance was that I would prefer to spend my time transcribing more Parish Records and include them in my website than to spend the same time changing the colours on every page.
You will notice that most of my website HAS now been changed and in a few days time the records of Baptisms at Kilmersdon, Somerset during 1813 to 1838 will be added.
I hope that people can read this. On my computer the ends of the lines are covered up by Google adverts etc.
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