critique my implementation of your advice

[Robin Clark]

newly revised main page for spay neuter website....

I've done my best to remain faithful to your advice. The HTML and CSS validates at the w3c validator. No more yucky tables. I replaced the navigation buttons with CSS. I've done the web optimization analysis and it is much better, but the logo on the left is still too big. I don't know how to make it smaller.

I've used the color scheme suggested by mindlesslemming. I think that it is beautiful, but I'm not sure I've applied the colors in the best way possible.

I'm still struggling with the layout positioning using CSS, that's what I've spent most of my time on and I'm still not satisfied. I want to be able to use the same style sheet for all of the pages. The way it is now, the main content portion of the sight is constrained to a certain height.

I think that the bottom "footer" is too blah, but I don't know how to jazz it up or if it needs to be jazzed up.

I look forward to receiving your input. The advice that you gave me previously was right on the mark.

[mindlessLemming]

Re: critique my implementation of your advice

Originally posted by Robin Clark
newly revised main page for spay neuter website....

I've used the color scheme suggested by mindlesslemming. I think that it is beautiful, but I'm not sure I've applied the colors in the best way possible.

I'd have to agree with that.....

First up, your doctype is incomplete. Have a look at the sticky thread in the top of "general web building" (or it may even be in xml or html/css)
to see what a valid doctype is.
I'm taking a closer look at your style sheet now.
I'll upload a new one for you to try out in about 30 minutes.

*edit: too busy, will get around to it tonight (about 5 hours from now)
Andrew

[me']

Not enough contrast background->text. People might not be able to read it. Try swapping out the text colour for a white and the background for a darker blue, or lighten up the background and use black as a text colour.

Remember: you don't have to use all the colours from a colour scheme

[shlagish]

Re: critique my implementation of your advice

Originally posted by Robin Clark
I think that the bottom "footer" is too blah, but I don't know how to jazz it up or if it needs to be jazzed up.

I'm not sure what you mean, but maybe seperating the footer from the rest of the page with a simple <hr> would do the trick (maybe orange?).
and/or simple italicize the telepone number and adress, just to give it a "contact information" look. Maybe even using another color...

[ronaldb66]

Color use

If I may suggest something:
Steer clear of dark backgrounds. Most people rather read dark text on a sufficiently light background, it's easier to the eyes.
You could create a very light shade of both the brown and greyish-blue color, and use those as background colors; for text colors, use either the accompanying dark version, or for a nice contrast, use brown-on-blue and blue-on-brown (the blue might even need a darkened version for the text color).
The dark versions can also be used for highlights, such as borders and headers.