my first commercial site!

[mashakos]

That doesn't mean i'm a n00b though :p . I worked on mostly gaming sites and a few flash technical demos - just for fun scripting stuff. Never did anything for an engineering company before :eek:
I'm designing my first commercial site, and I'm stuck with the design of the front page. Some parts are still not fully operational like the dynamic swf content loading but on the whole I'm satisfied with the scripting and can handle it on my own.
The front page is required to display news, monthly highlights and a section with a slideshow of company photos. I wanted what you think about the design and layout.

I'd appreciate it if you could check out the site and give me some input:

Hvtech test site (http://www.harvard.tc/taher)

Does anybody know of a way to check (through javascript) if a window is maximized or not? that would be really useful...

[mashakos]

I've got two days till final submission. Any thoughts? :p

[anti-tween]

umm..nuke the intro.

[mashakos]

you mean the transition at the beginning? why does it take too long or is it just too ugly?

i figured out a way to hide scrollbars when the window is maximized and display them when the window is in restore mode:


// put onResize="checkscroll()" onLoad="checkscroll()" in body

function checkscroll()
{
if(document.body.offsetWidth < screen.width)
document.body.scroll="yes"
else
document.body.scroll="no"
}


This works fine in IE, but doesn't in netscape. i'll figure it out...

[anti-tween]

Intros in general are horrible. They provide no functionality and actually block people from entering a site. It's kinda like going to a store to buy a gallon of milk except before you walk in some guy stands in front of you, blocking your way and for no apparent reason starts dancing to some generic techno music. And quite honestly, no respectable designer / developer likes them...