On May 7, 2:42 am, Butch61 <Contac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Sorry Sir. You don't get off that easily.
> When you call somebody's work "****" it's offensive no matter how you
> spin it.
> And yeah, I took offense.
If you took offense then then you either need a thicker skin, or you
should just leave now because Usenet is not known for it's politeness
and you are bound to be offended again. Tell me, if you had a
boogger hanging on the side of your nose would you you rather me let
you walk around in public with the boogger on your nose, or would you
rather I tell you about the booger so you can fix it. Well consider
this me telling you that your site has a booger on the side of its
nose.
In the time you took to reply you cold have looked at several sites
from the competition and gained some knowledge.
> > Why are these sites better than yours?
> Actually, I DID check out the competition!
> And my boss and I came up with this design.
> Sorry but I don't have a real creative visual eye for graphic design.
Why are you continually putting yourself down? "I'm not good at
this..", "I don't have a real creative eye.." Listen, all I am doing
is giving you good advice. And all your doing is making excuses.
Feel free to do with it what ever you want.
> And, frankly I kinda like some of the stuff we came up with.
If you like what you did, then by all means ignore everything I said
and continue on the track you are headed. If you want to get better,
then follow my advice. It is pretty.
> The boss has been getting good response for 2 years from the site we
> originally designed which, in our opinion, isn't as good as this one.
> Suffice to say, you aren't a bride in need of a limo service for your
> wedding so you don't know what they want.
Not a bride, but I was in the need for a limo today. It is my
daughter's 18 birthday and we are picking her and some of her friends
up in a limo and headed to Chateau Elan (http://
www.chateauelanatlanta.com/) for dinner.
> And you must have been doing this long enough that you've lost sight
> of how hard it really is.
> I know html and css relatively well, and it's a ***** trying to make
> it work in a variety of browsers.
Someone here (I think Neredbojias) had a very simple flexible width
multi column template that would meet your every need for this site.
You had a header section, a couble of columns and a footer. You could
jump ahead a few steps in your quest if you got that (or google
"flexible width web templates free")
> > Barbs or honesty? If there were malice and I called you a dumb ass,
> > then that would be throwing barbs. I just told you the facts.
> No you didn't. My website being "****" is NOT a fact. It's your
> opinion.
> Again, you can't spin it any other way.
Nope, it looks like ****.
> You provided a solution in your original post and good advice it was.
> If you'd have offered that advice without the editorial comments we
> wouldn't be having this conversation.
I got your attention didn't I? And now it is up to you to decide if
you are going fix your problem, or just complain about it for 3 or 4
more posts.... (I vote for fixing the problem)
>
> > I am expecting another URL in 2 weeks from you.
>
> A worthy challenge.
> Without a doubt I'm smart enough to know that if I can please harsh,
> in-the-know critics like you, my work will be far better.
I am not an in the know critic. Jukka, Adrienne, Dorayme, and a few
of the others here are the "people in the know" I am here for comic
relief, promoting Flash, and telling people the truth about their
sites. I don;'t have a clue how to fix the original problem you asked
about, but THAT is the least of your pages problems.
> But I also
> know that average people don't scrutinize these things as hard as you
> do and will be happy with much less.
Why yes, that is always a good plan. Go with the average opinion...
> Thanks for your advice, and, perhaps you should try to sugar-coat it
> in the future so as not to offend sensitive folks like me.
But then I wouldn't get your attention.
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