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MrVestek · 22-03-2006 12:12pm #1

I've just recently added google ads and a google search bar to my site. The search is only on the main page at the minute as I just added it quickly to test out, will edit the rest of the site later. Anyways just wondering if the positioning looks right to you guys or do you sugest changes I could make in the placing of both the ads and the search?

*edit*

Might help if I actually include the URL, heh.

http://www.stevetrek.com

ButtermilkJack · 22-03-2006 12:53pm

I haven't got a comment on the positioning of the Google bits (sorry!), but can I just suggest you change the blue-on-black colour scheme.

It's really sore on the eyes!

MrVestek · 22-03-2006 8:24pm

It's fine for me any anyone else who's looked at the site... sometimes the fault is the user's if the screen's brightness is set too low.

Seth Brundle · 22-03-2006 9:41pm

You should have a big pop up window telling users to adjust their system properly!

dahamsta · 22-03-2006 9:58pm

Better off with a 1600x1200 interstitial, with the relevant information in the bottom-right corner.

MrVestek · 22-03-2006 10:23pm

Ken Shabby wrote:

Better off with a 1600x1200 interstitial, with the relevant information in the bottom-right corner.

Come again?

jmcc · 23-03-2006 4:43am

Ken Shabby wrote:

Better off with a 1600x1200 interstitial, with the relevant information in the bottom-right corner.

That would be the Romulan technique?

Regards...jmcc

MrVestek · 23-03-2006 10:00am

I wasn't asking about the design of my site's colours... simply if the positioning of the search bar and ads were ok...

Apparently nobody can answer such a simple question.

Seth Brundle · 23-03-2006 10:08am

The adverts look IMO odd as they are all different sizes.
I guess the searchbar would be better off elsewhere as it is one of the first things you see on the site, whereas I presume some content woul be better off there. Maybe move it to the left between the menu & adverts

pburns · 25-03-2006 1:50pm

Hi,
The ads are of diffferent sizes as previously mentioned & this looks a little untidy. I think these would look better centered in the table rather than left-aligned

I'd maybe put the Google Search between the nav & ads on the left.

Hope this helps.

MrVestek · 25-03-2006 10:25pm

The ads are all different sizes? They should be, the ads are all the same size on all of the pages, the only place they're a different size is on the blog, that's all. Can you give me an example of different sized ads?

(The layout of the site isn't very uniform anymore as I've been messing about with different ad/google search layouts).

Gordon · 25-03-2006 10:39pm

On this 800x600 monitor (with badly set brightness) you don't see any of the welcome blurb unless you scroll down. What's with the 3 empty form input areas on the top left? I would attach a screenshot but I don't think attachments are working.

Serbian · 26-03-2006 1:12am

Gordon wrote:

On this 800x600 monitor (with badly set brightness) you don't see any of the welcome blurb unless you scroll down. What's with the 3 empty form input areas on the top left? I would attach a screenshot but I don't think attachments are working.

That is really odd alright. You need to remove the <input> code at the top of the html:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  [b]<input>
  <input><input>[/b]
  ...

MrVestek · 26-03-2006 1:56am

Wow that is quite odd... no idea why they're there. Probably something I forgot to remove when shifting the ads about in the code or on a form or something...

Will tidy up everthing during the week, cheers lads.

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