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Old 03-28-2008, 05:55 PM
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So this is my intro to the forums. What a cool postive place!

So I'm a few months into my site and would love your feedback. This is my first site (Thanks SBI and Lisa*[more on that later]) and would love to get your impressions.

http://www.barbados-travel-secrets.com/

Please ignore the structure, since i haven't set up the Tierrs yet, I post everything as Tier 2's and plan to drop them down to Tierr3's as they're all indexed.

*Funny thing is, I found SBI through Lisa's flat tummy site a year ago, but didn't sign up until late in 2007. Best decision I ever make. Loving the process.

Anyhow, thanks for the feedback folks. Look forward to getting to know some of you.
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Old 03-28-2008, 08:04 PM
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WOW! I love your site. It makes me want to pack my bags and leave right away! That drink on the homepage looks so tasty!

One thing I noticed right away is your spacing with your paragraphs. Seems to be a little too much. I think it would look better if you tightened that up a bit.

I also love the fact you put in some of your own videos. What a nice touch... especially for a travel site. Are you going to put an "About Me" page up to tell people more about you? That would be nice. Or maybe I missed it?

Very cool hover effect on your sidebar links!

Nice job.
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Old 03-28-2008, 09:00 PM
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Lisa, thanks so much for the for the feedback. Glad you like the site:-)

I compared my spacing to your spacing just now and see what you mean. I'm not sure how to fix it though. I'm using Kompozer to build my pages so I should be able to figure it out.

It's easy to get tunnel vision and miss things like this, so much thanks, I doubt I would have ever seen the funny spacing.

Oh, I have an about me page, but it's on the navbar at the bottom. I think I'll also put it on the left navbar since you have to scroll pretty far down to find it. (Plus, I read your blog about monetizing your "About me" page, so I'll definitely get on that when I hit the monetizing stage).

Thanks. Thanks. Thanks.
p.s. When you do find time to sleep?
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Heyy Great site.. Serious, Great site..
lot of info, content and links..

I'll visit you one of these days over at Barbados...

Im trying to finish one kind of like yours about Las Vegas..

Just havent finished but you can see it and give me your opinion if youd like..

www.bestfinecomputers.com/myvegastoday

PD.. I think Im gonna have to check out SBI

Thanks..
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Old 03-31-2008, 08:30 AM
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Im trying to finish one kind of like yours about Las Vegas..

Just havent finished but you can see it and give me your opinion if youd like..

www.bestfinecomputers.com/myvegastoday

PD.. I think Im gonna have to check out SBI

Thanks..
Bestfin1,

Please start a new thread if you want people to review your site. That way it doesn't distract from people reviewing rohan's. It could get confusing so let's keep the thread on topic. Thanks.
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Ohhhh take me to Barbados!

Your look and feel is really nice, that drink does look good. Nice work.
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Thanks for the feedback folks! Much appreciated.
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Nice site. I like the colors scheme and the layout. I don't know much about Kompozer and if you want to fix the spacing of the paragraphs, look at your CSS file. There, the selector p has the following:

#content p {padding:9px 0px;}

It's the padding on the top that is causing the extra space between paragraphs. If you want to change it, play with the numbers less than 9px for a smaller space. I would even recommend that you place a value on the left and right padding.

CSS and padding goes like this:

#content p {padding: Ti Li Bi Ri;}
where i=px, em, %, etc and T=top, L=Left, B=bottom, R=right


=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=|=| =|=|=|=|=

padding all:
sets the padding on all sides:
#content p {padding: 9px;}
#content p {padding: 9px 9px 9px 9px;}
#content p {padding-top: 9px; padding-left: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-right: 9px;}

padding top:
#content p {padding: 9px 0 0 0;}
#content p {padding-top: 9px;}

padding left:
#content p {padding: 0 9px 0 0;}
#content p {padding-left: 9px;}

padding bottom:
#content p {padding: 0 0 9px 0;}
#content p {padding-bottom: 9px;}

padding right:
#content p {padding: 0 0 0 9px;}
#content p {padding-right: 9px;}

Shorthand CSS padding places equal padding on left and right sides where you can specify padding values for the top and bottom sides individually. It is notated as such.
#content p {Ti Li Bi;}
#content p {padding: 9px 18px 5px;}

9px is the padding for top side. 18px is the padding for left and right sides. 5px is the padding for the bottom side.
Hope this helps.
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Old 04-01-2008, 09:54 PM
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WOW YDK!!

Thanks a million. I'll digest what you wrote and take a look tonight. Man, I really appreciate your taking the time to help me out.
Thanks sooo much!!
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It looks pretty good, but something about the layout looks off. Maybe fit the buttons better?
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I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "fit the buttons"
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