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hi, Im graduating college soon, I have my portfolio site up with CMSMS.  If anyone wants to give suggestions and such let me know.  The content is somewaht a work in progress.  My school is having a career fair thing for fall internships, i have a couple of companies i really want to work for.  Wish me luck.  maybe i can get the CSS menu working in IE before then.  thanks

http://www.wareriver.com

Josh

It's not viewing right in IE 6.0. Things are overlapping and other things are scrunched together. You may want to try to view it on a friend's computer so you can fix it.

Looks really good. Clean and professional, definatly projects a good image of yourself.

Only a few little things, I find that the news on the left looks a little squashed to the side, maybe it needs a bit of padding on the left.
The news drops off the bottom at the left, would be better (IMHO) if the footer could be kept flush to the bottom of the page rather than just the main content.
Im not keen on the numbers on the menu entries.
I think the breadcrumbs should be formatted a little different to the main text, just so they are easeir to identify.
Finally, look at sprinkling a few thumbnails in your portfolio where you list your work.

HTML Validation found 40 errors...
some times fixing the first few will make all the rest ok...
maybe the reason the menu is not working in IE?...

ok, i checked it out, i got rid of most of them, the rest i cant since it is JS from my tracking script.  I just copied what it said.  so, now its down to 8.  Also, thanks, i got the overlapping of the breadcrumbs on the menu gone. 

The menu still no work in ie

Like the design, I would get rid of the extra CMS elements like the Top^ link...will make it look like your own build rather than just another template.  Other than than the simplist are always the best.

Menu dosnt work in IE7 Beta 3, not a big prob as its not the final release, but using IE6, 7 and Moz at work it is clear that Microsoft is getting it right this time with IE7.

have you tried deleting all calls for #menuwrapper in the CSS?.....

no, what is the menuwrapper?

     

          it's in the template just above the {menu....}

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Testing as Example a domain of the show off:


http://www.wareriver.com&nbsp; Firefox AddOn 10 Warnings

Validator 1ß Errors

Below are the results of checking this document for XML well-formedness and validity.

  1. Error Line 24 column 47: document type does not allow element "a" here; assuming missing "object" start-tag .

      onclick="window.open(this.href);return(false);">

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  2. Error Line 34 column 17: an attribute value specification must be an attribute value literal unless SHORTTAG YES is specified .

     

      The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element.

      One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "" or "") inside an inline element (such as "", "", or "").

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  4. Error Line 43 column 97: document type does not allow element "link" here .

      ...r.com/stylesheet.php?templateid=11" />

      The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed).

      One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error).

      ✉
  5. Error Line 46 column 101: document type does not allow element "link" here .

      .../wareriver.com/index.php?page=home" />

      ✉
  6. Error Line 48 column 83: document type does not allow element "link" here .

      ...areriver.com/index.php?page=Resume" />

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  7. Error Line 52 column 228: document type does not allow element "link" here .

      ...01number=20&cntnt01returnid=15" />

      ✉
  8. Error Line 52 column 235: end tag for "object" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified .

      ...r=20&cntnt01returnid=15" />

      You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

      ✉
  9. Info Line 23 column 0: start tag was here .

     

      The value of an attribute contained something that is not allowed by the specified syntax for that type of attribute. For instance, the “selected” attribute must be either minimized as “selected” or spelled out in full as “selected="selected"”; the variant “selected=""” is not allowed.

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  11. Error Line 201 column 150: value of attribute "align" cannot be ""; must be one of "left", "center", "right" .

      ...1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="" summary="">

      The value of the attribute is defined to be one of a list of possible values but in the document it contained something that is not allowed for that type of attribute. For instance, the “selected” attribute must be either minimized as “selected” or spelled out in full as “selected="selected"”; a value like “selected="true"” is not allowed.

all that stuff is for the website tracking stuff.  Its something i cant change, but my code is working fine.

Josh

Fixed IE menu thing?

no, i havent yet.  I guess i was going to try a flash menu, but i cant find a menu that can be dynamically changed.

josh

hmm, ok, ive just decided turn give ie users text links.  The if IE tag works for that.  You had your examples of it in the head, but i decided to move it to the content, now it actually displays the text links only for IE users.  But for some reason, it still wont display the js menu. 

As for the flash menu, does anyone have a good tutorial or plug in on how to make one dynamically, like the css menus?

The news sure is in a weird place. Are you sure you even NEED a news section? If you do I'd suggest to make an extra menuitem. On the homepage you have used a slideshow in flash which is ok, however whene the animation is finished it's just a blank screen. I would say it's better to either loop the whole animation or let it end in a background image. I like your photographs btw