My New Website - Critique Please

[lightningad]

Thanks Nicole, appreciate the help.

now if only i could figure a way to do image pop-ups in iWeb!!!

[NicoleAlaine]

Did you do your website yourself or hire someone? I can see that you didn't use Wordpress, etc. and that you have at least some reference to W3Schools in your code. That is where I learned all of my coding, so I am somewhat familiar with their tools. Here is one tutorial that might be helpful, thought I have never done pop-ups so I don't know if there are any other steps involved. Since iWeb is proprietary it may be you have to be using Apple software?

http://iwebunlimited.com/iweb-tips/iweb-tip-6-pop-up-windows-in-iweb/

[lightningad]

Hi Nicole, I did it all myself using iWeb. I have been trying various options for the pop-ups but haven't found one that does exactly what i need...yet! The link you gave looks very promising.

As for the coding, i've never learned any. I did try Dreamweaver a few years back but i just couldnt take to it. I like iWeb because its pretty simple unless you want to do something thats different from the supplied templates. I have been using it for a few years now on my wifes website, which we decided long ago would need to look unique, so i figured out ways to make it look different from the standard iweb templates. You can do quite a lot using HTML snippets.

I've just carried that notion over to my own site....and unfrtunately Apple have ceased to develop the software any more, so i will have to start learning new software once this becomes too outdated.

adam

[NicoleAlaine]

I love your wife's cake toppers, they are super creative and cute. I wish you the best with the iWeb, I had never heard of it until your post. I hope you are able to still use it after they stop supporting it, at least long enough to learn a new system. I am using Wordpress with Woocommerce for my site. The basic Wordpress site does blogs and general pages, and the Woocommerce allows you to add products and a shopping cart linked to Paypal. It has worked pretty well for me so far, but I may want to change later. My only beef with Wordpress is that it is not intended for ecommerce without added plugins, so sometimes all the different pieces don't interact well, especially around big Wordpress updates. But so far I have been really happy with it and it is totally free. You also don't need any special knowledge which is nice.