New theme - see any gremlins?

**Collectors-info** · 02-01-2007, 01:45 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Hi, congratulations on getting IE7 to work. Lol.
Like the site. All the colours look good together, & has that earthy feel. (If that�s the right phrase). Not sure if the scroll bar may look better in a slightly darker colour.

Good luck.

**SChajin** · 02-01-2007, 01:54 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

A job well done, I too love the colors......I do agree with Chris, have some fun with the scroll bars...Kick it up a notch!

**Windameer Farm** · 02-01-2007, 02:10 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Hello,

Nice Job on your site. Great pictures, you have a good eye.
only thing i saw in explorer is i have a bottom scroll, it's not a bad on just can't see all you page on the right. ( can see about half the scroll bar that inside your page.

you have done a good Job , keep up the good work.

Jolen

**leoni_v** · 02-01-2007, 03:11 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Originally posted by Collectors-info

Hi, congratulations on getting IE7 to work. Lol.
Like the site. All the colours look good together, & has that earthy feel. (If that�s the right phrase). Not sure if the scroll bar may look better in a slightly darker colour.

Good luck.

Thanks!! Haha, the scrollbars ... I run windowblinds so my scrollbars are naturally a darker color already, I didn't even thing of it for the site! I'll give it a look.

**leoni_v** · 02-01-2007, 03:12 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Originally posted by SChajin

A job well done, I too love the colors......I do agree with Chris, have some fun with the scroll bars...Kick it up a notch!

I'm so glad you think the colors are ok. I've been worried about having a dark background as some people think that's not good design.

Yep, I'm convinced - I'll color the scrollbars <grin>.

**leoni_v** · 02-01-2007, 03:15 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Originally posted by Windameer Farm

Hello,

Nice Job on your site. Great pictures, you have a good eye.
only thing i saw in explorer is i have a bottom scroll, it's not a bad on just can't see all you page on the right. ( can see about half the scroll bar that inside your page.

you have done a good Job , keep up the good work.

Jolen

Ooh, I'll see if I can do anything about that ... do you know what resolution your screen is at? Possibly it's because my content are are 955 pixels wide and if your screen is 800x600 it won't fit without scrolling.

Glad you like my pictures, thanks for the compliment!

**leoni_v** · 02-01-2007, 03:46 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Ok, the inner scrollbar should have some 'earthy' colors now in IE5 and higher. Unfortunately the scrollbar element color is not supported by other browsers so Firefox users such as myself will have to make do with the normal windows colors (or use Stardock's brilliant Windowblinds).

As for smaller screen resolutions ... any opinions on how far one has to be backward-compatible? I mean, in the good old days, computers had 640x480 screens and could show only 16 colors! That was still the case in 1997 (in Africa). Ooh, where did my 10 years go?

Anyway, I'll have a look at making it fit 800x600 - which will be a major re-coding of the css so it may take a while...

**Bethers** · 02-01-2007, 07:57 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

I'm one of the original naysayers of a dark background BUT you have given proof that if done correctly, it can work and work wonderfully.

(All you others out there - don't get mad when I tell you to get rid of your black background LOL)

The colors are beautiful. It's a wonderful change of pace to have someone say they're a designer - and the site reflects it! You do good work - and I got lost looking at your photopraphy. I love the hand-drawn image of the bird - all those wonderful colors jumping right off the page.

Excellent job of presenting yourself.

Now, for what I don't like. I hate the iframe being used to see your whole page. I would rather you let the entire page scroll down, than make me scroll down within it. I'm against the use of iframes in this manner for entire pages. And this, in my manner detracts from the site. To be honest, I tried to scroll the pages - and couldn't in the traditional manner - so didn't see anything on them.

Iframes like this are great for putting in a long privacy policy, etc - and others might like the page this way. They are bad for the se's and how they'll rank your pages - and it's possible that they might call up the iframe without the rest of the page in a search.

The average person will not find that scroll bar and will never see the rest of your pages.

The other comment - is I never saw any contact page. So, if people want to get your design services, how do they do so?

**Bethers** · 02-01-2007, 08:00 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Personally, I don't think the 800 resolution is going to be as much an issue. I find it to be about 10% of the people who visit my sites. And it will continue to lessen (thank God). But if you want everyone to see it the same - then, yes, that's the resolution to go for.

As posted above, I think you'll have more people miss much more of your page with the use of your iframes on every page, than by the current resolution.

**leoni_v** · 02-01-2007, 08:28 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Originally posted by Bethers

Personally, I don't think the 800 resolution is going to be as much an issue. I find it to be about 10% of the people who visit my sites. And it will continue to lessen (thank God). But if you want everyone to see it the same - then, yes, that's the resolution to go for.

As posted above, I think you'll have more people miss much more of your page with the use of your iframes on every page, than by the current resolution.

Wow, thanks for the wonderful compliments and comments! Funnily enough, I am actually not using a single iframe. It's merely a div with overflow:auto.

But I will certainly consider what you said. It's a left-over from when I had a really complicated bunch of 'background' pictures that had to stay in exactly the same place. Now I'm using a single background picture and you've made me realize there's no reason to continue that way...

There's a link called 'Graphic Design' on the sidebar that gives my e-mail address ... I'll rename it, thanks for the suggestion!

As for the 800x600 issue ... I'm now wrestling with alternate stylesheets and php and stuff, who knows where it'll end up... <grin>

**Bethers** · 02-01-2007, 09:11 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Like I said - I love your work - and I want everyone who comes to the page to find it.

LOL about the contact info being on the Graphic Design page. I wouldn't have been looking there for it - BUT - this is a point of not realizing or thinking to scroll down within the page. I didn't - so didn't see it. And on your pages, this is especially so - because I am see the footer/copyright - which makes me think I'm seeing the whole page.

:)

**wiggytuftuk** · 02-01-2007, 11:49 PM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

Hi Leoni,
Firstly may i say that your site looks really great and your work is truly lovely.I would be well happy if you would consider designing a logo for my site,keep up the great work.
regards

**Charles Shaw** · 02-02-2007, 02:00 AM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

This site and its contents © Leoni Venter 2006
I am seeing the above overlaying the second paragraph on your homepage, above it is an orange line.

Really like the way you have arranged your site. Have not had time to peruse it all, but what I have seen so far is very well done.

Saludos,
Charles

**Bethers** · 02-02-2007, 02:48 AM

Re: New theme - see any gremlins?

There you go - Charles' post is proof that people won't know to use the interior scroll bar! And that from someone who has built websites.

New theme - see any gremlins?

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