Re: [OT] Website styling

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

Alex Monaghan wrote:

> As long as it's plain black text on a white background, maybe a frame
or 2
> for a menu then I'm happy :-)

No frames. Frames are evil. Anything a frame can do, server side includes,
iframes, and/or positioned DIVs can do.

> Seriously, a lot will depend on your intended audience, a simple
design will
> (hopefully) load quicker, whereas a dynamic site will be dependant on
the
> complexity of the underlying database / php code. If your ISP's server
is up
> to the job, then there probably will be little difference, but if the
site
> traffic increases or the traffic on another of the ISP's client's
using the
> same shared server as you, then the added overhead of the dynamic site
could
> slow things down. If your audience is dialup then this may not be
noticed,
> but having broadband I do seem to notice that some busy dynamic sites
build
> content slowly.

Yeah, some its like being back on dialup

> The site I'm currently working on has a simple top, mid left, mid
centre,
> mid right and bottom frames with a menu in the left & right frame,
to
> display a welcome page with menus, then hides the bottom and either of
the
> left / right frames to display sub menu & content.

And you cant directly link to anything on it, makes it hard for people to
share
links to your pages, or be found by search engines.




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