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Old 08-20-2008, 05:32 PM
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Hi everyone!

I'm an ESL teacher and created my this website for English language learning. I am having problems with my forum when using internet explorer. I wanted to view some posts and when I do, the screen view shrinks and I can not scroll down. A friend of mine also said he has problems registering. My forum uses html code from hyperboards.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks so much!

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Old 08-22-2008, 02:58 PM
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I would probably take it out of the wrapper.
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Old 08-22-2008, 05:23 PM
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Hey, overall looks nice. Here are some things I think you can improve it:

1. There is a lot of things moving around on the top (header effect and the Welcome text). I know you have a stop button for the effect in the header (but the colors still change, which is I think is ok). For the "Welcome" text, I would make it stop after 1 or 2 times, if you can.

2. I like the pictures, but I wouldn't use as many, and I would try to make sure they are all aligned.

3. I don't like the vertical text, but this could be just me.

4. Nothing in the text really stands out. I would add some text, so it's not just pictures and links.

5. Instead of having all those links on the home page, I would create different pages. For example,

Header: Learn English to...
Subheader: Meet New People
Add a few pictures
Then talk a little about how this website can help improve english (e.g. American vs British slang) so the person can meet new people, then I would include a link to another page, where you cover that topic in depth.

And the same goes for the rest of the topics.

6. I personally don't like it when websites make sounds when you load or click something. Can you control this or is it embedded in the code for the template?

Good job, though

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I am not a fan of flash introductions, unless they have a point, such as selecting a language for a site. For the most part this may turn away visitors, or they would just click skip intro and won't even see it. Then again this is just my opinion

I find that your home page is rather long and contains a lot different information and images. For example, you provide links for slang, travelling and jobs in various countries. It would be better to separate them into several pages.

I would remove some of the images as they are rather large and can take some time to download. If you would like to use them, move them to separate pages.

Other than that, nice work.
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I am not a fan of flash introductions, unless they have a point, such as selecting a language for a site. For the most part this may turn away visitors, or they would just click skip intro and won't even see it. Then again this is just my opinion
I am guilty of that. I skipped the flash intro. I usually do
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