Hey check it out: http://www.reefencounters.org
Its a site I did for the local diving shop using CMS made simple. I must say I really love CMSMS and how easy it was to set up and use.
Okinawa Diving Shop
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nice !
header and bg images really work great on your site and the structure is clean and well organized.
and its always good to see valid pages
header and bg images really work great on your site and the structure is clean and well organized.
and its always good to see valid pages

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Very nice looking site. I love the graphics and colors you used.
The only part that bothers me is the "What's Hot!!!" box. The header in it is a little difficult to read with the background graphic. Perhaps if you made it bolder, used a darker color, or lowered it a bit, it would work better.
Nullig
The only part that bothers me is the "What's Hot!!!" box. The header in it is a little difficult to read with the background graphic. Perhaps if you made it bolder, used a darker color, or lowered it a bit, it would work better.
Nullig
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Thanks for the encouragement
Ran the site throught W3C validator only once - 2 errors related to having a div (the news module smarty tag) inside a p. Satisfying actually.
Ross
Yes I agree - it has been bothering me a little too! I will try a darker colour.Nullig wrote: The only part that bothers me is the "What's Hot!!!" box. The header in it is a little difficult to read with the background graphic. Perhaps if you made it bolder, used a darker color, or lowered it a bit, it would work better.
Ran the site throught W3C validator only once - 2 errors related to having a div (the news module smarty tag) inside a p. Satisfying actually.
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oh - and if anyone noticed - i used a random number generator to apply a random style (background image) to the content div so that the pic at the bottom would change each time 

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Nice! The page change is very slick.
Are you using AJAX methods?
What template?
I huess you're an experienced coder?
Are you using AJAX methods?
What template?
I huess you're an experienced coder?
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The template is my own design. I had to make a change to the menu code so that the turtle arm wasn't written over. No AJAX is used as i read that it was bad for seo.
as for the background change really easy!
1. create a user defined smarty tag "random" with the following code:
$start = $params['low'];
$end = $params['high'];
echo rand($start,$end);
2. in the stylesheet create some background styles, i.e:
.background_1 {background-image: url('piccy1.jpg'); .... }
.background_2 {background-image: url('piccy2.jpg'); .... }
.background_3 {background-image: url('piccy3.jpg'); .... }
3. now in the template for the div where you want the backgrounds to change, set the style as follows:
where X is the number of different background styles
i have a few years coding experience but only C for small microprocessor systems, and C++ / C#.NET for windows proggys
as for the background change really easy!
1. create a user defined smarty tag "random" with the following code:
$start = $params['low'];
$end = $params['high'];
echo rand($start,$end);
2. in the stylesheet create some background styles, i.e:
.background_1 {background-image: url('piccy1.jpg'); .... }
.background_2 {background-image: url('piccy2.jpg'); .... }
.background_3 {background-image: url('piccy3.jpg'); .... }
3. now in the template for the div where you want the backgrounds to change, set the style as follows:
where X is the number of different background styles
i have a few years coding experience but only C for small microprocessor systems, and C++ / C#.NET for windows proggys
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Your site is pretty fast too. Did you do anything special to get the good speed?
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nothing special so i thought...
only using divs
all styles in a stylesheet
{content} and the background are the only things that change...
maybe its the server, its a friends' server so there is heaps of bandwidth allocated.
only using divs
all styles in a stylesheet
{content} and the background are the only things that change...
maybe its the server, its a friends' server so there is heaps of bandwidth allocated.