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    • CommentAuthoranoopbal
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2008
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    I made a new website and had a couple of questions?

    1) Does the length of the page really matters in people choosig to read or not? My website is article based and I usually ad d a few pictures or images to each othem. But these images makes the pages seems too long.

    So I don't know if should lower the font size, make other changes to keep the article short or it doesnt really matter?

    2) Also I had a question about my backgorun. I have a slighly black background and slighlty white text. But I now get the feeling it could strain peoples eyes when they read articles.

    Hope it is ok to post a link. If it is not, pls delete it.

    This is recent article I wrote:
    http://www.exercisebiology.com/Nutrition/Beginner/How-do-you-know-if-you-are-healthy.html

    Thanks a ton!
    • CommentAuthorgogogob
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2008
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    Your web site looks very nice, I think your design is ace!
    Allow me to make these suggestions:-
    It doesn't matter if articles are long - if they interest people I think it is better to keep everything on one page.
    Contrast can be a problem, and I would suggest using white on a dark background like yours. (black on white is best for ergonomic clarity)
    It is good to use a large font-size text; remember that, on the web, space is not restricted. (it's even infinite!)
    A good rule is not to put more than about eighty characters on a line, and add to the line-spacing, to improve readability.
    Finally, I would suggest that you make your page about 960/1000 pixels wide, to accomodate small viewports.
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    • CommentAuthoranoopbal
    • CommentTimeJun 29th 2008
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    Thanks a lot for the feedback. I think I can improve a lot though.

    about the page width? If we make the page that sizee, will browsers which are smaller see it? I thooguh there is always a standard valuse to use.
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