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ChaseBriscoe.com

Been working on this for the past 5 months off and on. Just went live today. Wanted to get it out before the race season started. Tell me what you think, constructive criticism is welcome. This has been my first website building experience outside of me graduating college. Pretty pleased with it so far.

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Very cool David :tu


Wait, that kid is 14 years old :jd

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Looks good what i can see. Work has blocked some of the images apparently, but not that nice shot on the main page.

:tu:tu

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Very good job. Nice lookin site.:tu

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Good looking site!

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looks good to me:tu

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:tu

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Looks good..just two things David...

1)When I roll over a date nothing happens...I'll assume nothing is on the schedule yet?
2)"Contact Us" there is nothing on that page.


besides that..great job man. :tu

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1) Gotta rollover Friday's which is when the races are lol :tu

2) Working on that...it's taking a little longer than I wanted.

Thanks for the compliments

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Hmmm..Maybe put the days that there are events in bold? Looks like a fun time...

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Fine Job!


:dance:

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I got some weird formatting on the "Chase" page. Bio and Career were mashed over stuff. Same thing at the bottom of the "News" page. I'm using a Firefox variant.

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That's a new one to me. I'll have to take a look at it.

A couple things:

1. Can you guys see the info to the right of the sponsors logos on the "Sponsors" page?

2. Do you guys have a hard time exiting when viewing the single pictures?

Thanks for the feedback guys!

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I ran it through several browsers for testing and didn't find any problems. (Firefox, IE6, IE7, Opera, Iceweasel, SeaMonkey, and Safari)

It could be resolution related. David, what resolution are you using for development? I know that sometimes (since I use a higher resolution) spacing can be an issue if I'm not careful, particularly if I use something like lightbox to display images.
It looks good. The only suggestions I have would be preferential. Mugen's idea of bolding the event dates would help on the calendar. I think you did a good job! I can see the info to the right of the sponsors and exiting a photo isn't a problem.

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I had quite a headache with LigthBox. Do you know where you can find a good template? The "X" that was supposed to be on the displayed picture disappeared when I put all of my stuff into it. Not sure what happened. Ended up going into the Java and just deleting that part of the programming.

My screen resolution is 1280x854

You too had a good idea with the dates, hadn't really ever thought of that. I guess that's because I always know that the races are on Fridays or Saturdays. That's why you user test

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For sure! Users can find problems in 30 seconds after you spent 3 hours trying to find problems.

Let me dig through some of my tools and see if I have any templates on hand or an easier way of doing it. I just moved all that stuff to another hard drive that's packed up, but I'll take a look and let you know what I find. :tu

As far as resolution, I use 1440x900, but I'll test as low as 1024. 1280x854 is usually ok for development though.

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Thank you sir :tu

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Minor spelling thing, in your first entry it should be bear vs bare. Looks like a good start overall.

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What OS do you use? I know some tools are OS specific. I may have one if I can find it, but it is Windows based. If I remember correctly, you don't have to use any code; it gives you a control panel to just add and subtract images. You just cut and paste a few lines of code in the webpage.

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use a MAC OS

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Thank you. Fixed ;)

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Another question. The top image/nav is an image map. How do I make it load faster and work properly on the first rollover? It will delay and then work. Also once it has been rolled over it works really quickly there on after. Any suggestions?

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What's with all this?
<p2>
<b><big>Career Highlights</big></b><br>
<br>
<b><big>2008</big></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Raced with MSCS & Midwest All-Stars<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fi nished 10th out 40 cars in debut race<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fi nished 2nd in his second feature event<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be came youngest driver to win feature event<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in a 410 sprint car. Record was previously<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;held by Jeff Gordon (14 Years Old).<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pa ragon Rookie of the year<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HA RF First Year Driver<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ru nner-Up Sprints Division-Paragon Speedway<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><big>2007</big></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10 races and 5 wins in a 600cc Micro Sprint<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><big>2006</big></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14 Races and 5 wins in a 600cc Micro Sprint<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><big>2002</big></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 races and 1 win in a Quarter Midget<br>
</p2>

<p3>
It messes with my browser.

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Get a new browser lol...j/k. What's it doing to your browser?

Should have done it with tables, not sure why I did it this way. The "&nbsp" is just spaces.

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Nice job. :tu

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In SeaMonkey, "Career Highlights" overlaps the text above. In Konqueror, nothing shows below "Hobbies" except the footer.

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One thing that can help is to preload the image using your CSS. Here is a sample code.

<div style="display:none;">
<img src="images/image1.jpg"><img src="images/image2.jpg">etc...
</div>

By putting it inside the <div>, the image will not display but will be loaded into the background. The makes the resource readily available. Also, it would of made formatting much easier to use tables or a CSS to align text. It's also a little more browser friendly.

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can I just put

<div style = "display:none;">

</div>

around the image and it will preload like what your talking about. Sorry for the questions, but it's been so long since I was using CSS

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Sorry if that was a little complex. I've had that very problem in the past and that was one solution I've used. It's really not a big deal if it just takes a second to load.

I really think Lightbox is one of your better options for displaying the images. There are a few options out there. Some of the ones I know are a little more complex. Probably your best solution is a Windows app (unfortunately). If you can run Windows applications on your Mac, I would suggest checking out Visual Lightbox. I know the frustrations of Windows-only applications as a Linux user. If you need any other help let me know; I'll gladly do what I can to help you out. Even if you just need someone to test something. It's coming along nicely.

Visual Lightbox: http://visuallightbox.com/

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Nicely done. :tu

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Cool !

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#preloadDefaultImages {
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
display: inline;
background-image: url(navhome.jpg);
background-image: url(navchase.jpg);
background-image: url(navnews.jpg);
background-image: url(navschedule.jpg);
background-image: url(navphotos.jpg);
background-image: url(navsponsors.jpg);
background-image: url(navshirts.jpg);
background-image: url(navcontactus.jpg);
}
That's what I ended up doing to preload the rollover images. Seems to work pretty well.

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Nice! :tu That works.

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nice looking site :tu

I'll see if I can find any errors/problems too

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Thanks Jim....let me know what you find and with what browser :tu

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Check it out now and see if that's better.

Schedule

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:tu very cool!

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Thanks man

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It's my font size conflicting with this code:


p { position: absolute;
top: 350px;
left: 275px;
color: white;
font-size: 13px;
width: 300px;}

p1 { position: absolute;
top: 675px;
left: 275px;
color: white;
font-size: 13px;
width: 525px;}

p2{position: absolute;
top: 1200px;
left: 275px;
font-size: 13px;
width: 525px;
color: white;}

p3{position: absolute;
top: 1650px;
left: 285px;
color: white;
size: 18px;}

I have my fonts set bigger for my old eyes and it causes the absolute positioning to be wrong for my screen. I've seen this on a few other sites as well. Now I know what causes it.

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I like it. I think that helps a lot.

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Nice! :tu

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put up a guestbook and tried to fix as many formatting issues as possible. Let me know if you find anything else. Thanks