hi. - splash page!

short words in typography are so 2005,
Merhaba, Hi in Turkish!
use that. typographicaly more hip anno 2009

Unfortunately for a practice/display of your html/css markup skills...it leaves a lot to be desired; basic errors have been made.

I also think typographically this fails...

Its the sort of "design" that is extremely hard to pull off. Only truely experienced typographers tend to build entire layouts based solely off type.

With almost any sort of creative medium, my personal opinion is - typography not only makes or breaks a design, but is also the hardest discipline to master.

http://tinyurl.com/9gd4cz - Have a look at there comments and try to sort them out.

Originally Posted by jm I'm not angry I guess I was just wondering were you got your inspiration. Ah well

offtopic:
Just a question but you do know it is "where" not "were" right? Because I see the same mistake on flockey.

ontopic:
Also as others said the markup is not that great, you should definitely work on that jamesy before you out looking for clients.

it's not so bad...but i suggest maybe trying it out in PS first then imitating it with HTML afterwards

For something this simple I don't think wasting time in PS is necessary.

Originally Posted by Sahil For something this simple I don't think wasting time in PS is necessary.

In that case it will probably not get improved.

Originally Posted by enigma In that case it will probably not get improved.

Agreed

Originally Posted by phractured offtopic: ontopic: Also as others said the markup is not that great, you should definitely work on that jamesy before you out looking for clients.

This isn't a permanent portfolio. It's a quick splash page to cater for the domain, and considering I have a number of current, new and returning clients, the majority of the work being print and design, I don't think that the markup quality within this has any influence on my search for employment.

Originally Posted by Leo it's not so bad...but i suggest maybe trying it out in PS first then imitating it with HTML afterwards

I'm currently in the process of designing a much more interesting graphical design for the splash page within photoshop. This was really a test of my markup skills.

Originally Posted by Jamesy i've decided that it's about time i start brushing up on my coding. i find html easy... scan through the source, and give me some feedback on what i can improve. is there any problems with the code? could it be made more efficient? could it be more compatible? i wanna know!

The HTML markup is awful, to understate the problem. I get the impression from comments later in the topic that you're not going to really take in any serious replies, so why waste time outlining the numerous problems with your markup except to say that they're there and they're bad.

Please, please, please if you're serious about learning how to mark up a HTML document then go back to the textbooks (or websites) and take a big refresher course. I'm sure we (the community) would be more than willing to discuss this type of thing (something this site's lacking!) if you're willing to have your work picked to pieces.