website poll!

[kaydeefalls]

Since I'm completely overhauling my fic/icon website, I want to be as user-friendly as possible (well, within my personal aesthetic tastes, that is). Take two seconds to tick a few boxes and I will be eternally grateful, and also my site will be prettier.

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Comments

[semielliptical]

I prefer white background/black text, but will happily read other light/dark combos as long as there is enough contrast. I often force different styles on dark background/light text pages, or give up and don't read if I can't do that.

When you use css, you can create a site is readable without the css, even if it doesn't look as nice.

[newredshoes]

Mostly I just like being criminally insane. Also, you should make liberal use of the <blink> tag.

Also also! Would love to hang out, but am vaguely sick, and, to confirm your thoughts, in solo mode after a weeklong guest. I will get back to you, though!

[msilverstar]

Largish text, with lots of contrast, because my eyes suddenly went all middle-aged on me!

[acari.livejournal.com]

I voted black text on white, but as long as the background isn't glowing or blinking (which pretty much makes me back away instantly) I just hit Opera's magic button and ignore any unfortunate formating.

I really like having wordcount or size noted somewhere. I prefer wordcount.

[dreamflower]

Genre.

[uluviel.livejournal.com]

For compatibility, it's always best to test your CSS in several browsers. IE, particularly, has crappy CSS support. Firefox is pretty good and Opera is excellent.

Making things work both IE and standard-compliant browsers will make you tear your hair out though. The best way to go about it is: 1. Accept that a part of your visitors might see the website slightly askew or 2. Detect user's browser and apply a style sheet customized for that browser.

I love having fun with multiple style sheets. The homepage of fourhobbits.net (http://www.fourhobbits.net) will load a different style sheet everytime the page is loaded, and on nightfall.fourhobbits.net (http://nightfall.fourhobbits.net) users can select a style at the top and it'll stay with them as they surf the various pages. They're not "pure" CSS though, I still use tables.

[strawberryelfsp.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "genre" too. That way people know if they're going into fluff or angst or death or whatnot.

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

Have you seen grrliz's post on e-accessibility (http://grrliz.livejournal.com/599801.html)? It was where I started out re-designing my work's webpage. Especially the colour contrast check (http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html).

I prefer to have 'warnings' rather than ratings for fic. A list of the things that a fic would be rated for: particular kinks, violence. Also spoilers/setting.