beta testers for my site plz :)

http://yann-g.net/alpha/

i'm trying to figure out how to display the utf-8 encoded last.fm rss correctly, if you know, save me some time :)

  On 2/21/2011 at 7:35 PM, yanG said:

http://yann-g.net/alpha/

 

i'm trying to figure out how to display the utf-8 encoded last.fm rss correctly, if you know, save me some time :)

try:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" >

in the head tag

Or:

<?php header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); ?>

Before starting output.

Your webserver isn't telling which character set to use.

worked with the "meta" tag... which is best?

i'd love a screenshot of the pages :)

i've only tested it with firefox under win xp & ubuntu 10...

I prefer a server that sends me the encoding in the headers. But for a browser they both work fine.

Works fine in Gecko- and Webkit-based browsers and IE8. But those aren't the ones you should be worried about. ;)

  On 2/21/2011 at 8:19 PM, Ego said:

I prefer a server that sends me the encoding in the headers. But for a browser they both work fine.

 

Works fine in Gecko- and Webkit-based browsers and IE8. But those aren't the ones you should be worried about. ;)

indeed. @ work we still have IE6 :)

thanks for the info by the way :)

the layout/design kinda sucks...:\ sorry man. no hierarchy, poor type treatment, the works

i'm not asking if you like it or not, i'm asking if it displays all right

not sure if it's displaying properly or not, kind of confusing with the different font sizes

  On 2/21/2011 at 8:04 PM, yanG said:

worked with the "meta" tag... which is best?

 

i'd love a screenshot of the pages :)

 

i've only tested it with firefox under win xp & ubuntu 10...

http://browsershots.org/

  On 2/21/2011 at 9:22 PM, yanG said:

i'm not asking if you like it or not, i'm asking if it displays all right

i'm not saying whether i like it or not—I just don't know whether it displays correctly because it looks like this instead of a well-laid out website

  On 2/21/2011 at 10:27 PM, Haldermaniac said:

not sure if it's displaying properly or not, kind of confusing with the different font sizes

this

  On 2/21/2011 at 10:42 PM, goffer said:

http://browsershots.org/

cool links, thanks!

  On 2/21/2011 at 10:27 PM, Haldermaniac said:

not sure if it's displaying properly or not, kind of confusing with the different font sizes

it's supposed to look more or less like this. is it really confusing?

It is kind of confusing... it looks like a generic pop-up page that I would immediately close. No offense, just being honest.

ok thanks for the input, anyone else?

The whole inclusion of the myspace page seems a touch counter intuitive as well - You've got a big link to the page with an equally big warning telling people essentially not to click it. Either there's a purpose to the link or there isn't, as it stands it seems like you're just padding the site with no real focus.

you should design it more consistent. work on one layout with one font type, color and size and stick to it. I looks like you did design 20 totally separate bits and made one out of it. just copy a page that works well in your eyes and change the design to fit to your content instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.

people expect a certain design from a page as they are used to it. If they don't get it they will be lost and leave the page

I'm curious - have you put this all together my hand yanG or are you using some kind of content management thingy ?

looks like ass

  On 2/22/2011 at 2:59 PM, mcbpete said:

I'm curious - have you put this all together my hand yanG or are you using some kind of content management thingy ?

i coded it myself apart from the javascript. i'm not very happy with the rounded squares and wanted to redisign it. i just wanted to make something quickly. i did hope it would be clear though, and i didn't plan on changing the general layout.

I wouldn't change the general layout. But here are some tips to improve the typography and layout a bit:

- Make it breath a little more, add more whitespace

- Don't use text-align: justify on very small sentences that aren't paragraphs. It will stretch your text for no reason

- Your footer doesn't clear on the music and pictures page

I made some small changes using Firebug and I think this is a lot more clear. I'm not a fan of the menu but I'm no designer so no ideas for that. :)

  On 2/24/2011 at 1:03 AM, Ego said:

I wouldn't change the general layout. But here are some tips to improve the typography and layout a bit:

- Make it breath a little more, add more whitespace

- Don't use text-align: justify on very small sentences that aren't paragraphs. It will stretch your text for no reason

- Your footer doesn't clear on the music and pictures page

 

I made some small changes using Firebug and I think this is a lot more clear. I'm not a fan of the menu but I'm no designer so no ideas for that. :)

 

thanks for taking that time! it might be a good idea