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Jodi Falk Aug 26, 2006

Fantastic !!!!!!! I want to go back now and really enjoy it again.

ArtHeart Aug 26, 2006

Hi Ya Hunny,

Please don't think I'm being critical...cause I'm not trying to be.  I think your site is beautiful and I just want to be helpful!

I see that the page contents have been enclosed and are now centered.  Excellent!

With regards to the text size:

Your site has a set size for windows and text. Not even the function "make text bigger", which most browsers have, works with it. So for people with large monitors your text becomes tiny and almost unreadable.

The text for your website has been created as a graphic.  That means its actually a square picture, created in a photo editing program. Then the picture of the text was inserted into the code of the site.   As mentioned, this makes the text incredibly hard to see on monitors set to a high resolution.  It also makes it impossible for the viewer to adjust, and squinty eyes folks like me will have a hard time reading it.   The other downsides to having your text in graphic form are these:
1.  The text will always appear just a wee bit fuzzy.
2.  You will never be noticed by the search engines.  They send out little spider robots that search 'text' ... but not pictures.  They use the text they read to help rank sites in the search engines.  By having a completely graphical site, you don't give the spiders anything to search.

I would suggest:  Remove the graphics that have the text in them.  (Not the ones that say 'Golly Gee come and See' or  'Fondly Diane Lundgren' on your bio page, but rather the ones with the paragraphs of important information.  Then I would retype those into the code of the site,  using a generic font that everyone will have on their computers, like  Times,  Verdana, Tahoma or sans serif.    If you use a fancy font that a viewer doesn't have, their browser will automatically convert it into something close that they do have, but it might not necessarily be readable.  By having regular text, your viewers can adust the font size for their reading comfort,  spiders can search your site, and the text will be sharp and clear.

Hope this helps you out!

Bear hugs,
nancy t

Dilu Aug 27, 2006

I think I understand Nancy.....thanks.....

what are spiders?

I am going to have to study what you said to figure it all out....but thanks~!!  You know more about it in your little pinky toe than i can ever hope to pounded into my brain.....