Can't seem to get the hang of Satellite TV?

[sat-aid]

A new company has been formed, by a former EchoStar ATR, called Sat-Aid Workshops (http://www.sat-aid.com ). This company is like a travelling road show for satellite equipment, giving demonstrations on how to hook up dual-tuner and high definition receivers to a wide variety of equipment.
If you or someone you know is having problems, visit the web site for more details.

[Danny R]

Always amazes me that for any specific product, a supporting industry teaching you how to use such product often forms.

I wish you luck in your new enterprise, but I have a feeling you are advertising in the wrong venue. Most of the users of this forum are on the more advanced end of the scale and thus would seem to be the opposite from the clientele you are probably seeking.

[sat-aid]

Yes, I know. Most of the posters in this forum seem to know what they're doing, however I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers out there, just trying to get a handle on it. We just need to get the word out.

Michael Fox
Satellite Consultant
www.sat-aid.com

[SimpleSimon]

You might do better if you'd test your web pages better than E* tests their receivers. :rolleyes:

[sat-aid]

Done. Thanks for the heads up.

[SimpleSimon]

It's still bad. Try viewing your home page in a small window - you'll see all sorts of text overlays and such. I'm sure there's other stuff, too.

IMO, you're doing way too much <span> and not enough hard layout <table>.

Suggestion: Do NOT hard-code column widths except for the borders.

[sat-aid]

It should be better now, although I'm still not using tables. I have to do it this way for the animation to work. Thank you again for the constructive criticism.

[cdru]

You'd still be better off using tables. This will allow the text to flow around properly and not overlap other text. Or use frames. You have a relatively simple site layout and I think you are making it harder then it has to be. As Simon pointed out, using CSS to position things absolutely on the screen is going to lead to strange effects. If you want suggestions, PM me.

You can make it look right for one resolution, but anyone who uses something else is going to look weird. I'm dealing with this very thing with a client of mine. They think that a screen is like a piece of paper or marketing brochure, always one size and when you put something someplace, it will always stay there. Except the web isn't one size.

Also, why do you have your CSS information in a javascript? Any browser that doesn't support CSS should ignore it. Any any broswer that does support it will support everything you are trying to do with CSS so just include it. That way if someone has javascript turned off the page doesn't fall apart.

[SimpleSimon]

Tables and Spans and CSS can all corexist nicely.

It's an interesting animation technique - but you should be able to run it all inside of a single table cell.

I avoid frames - both classic and IFrame. Just a matter of style, tho. Back in the early days I did a page with 9 frames, all with what was heavy JScript (at the time). Cross-communication, too - tough stuff. Bummer - just went looking for that site, it's gone. :(