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Hey Guys - you`ve convinced me :)  I`ve scaled down the text size so that it isn`t painfully large now, but it is still bigger than normal which is what I`m going for.  Craig, you are absolutely right about CSS font sizes, although (and you may already be aware of this) you`ll find you have a lot more control if you use `em` for the measurement.  1 em is equal to 100% of the default font size set in the browser. So you can make smaller size text by using less than one (say 0.8em for 80% of the default font size) or a larger size by using larger than 1 (say 1.2 em for 120% of the default font size).  Also, you are mostly correct regarding % - but it is actually the percentage of the parent element.  So if you have a <div> that is 800px wide, you could have a <p> within that that is set to 50% width and it would be 400px wide - even if the browser window is 1000px wide.

I`m still working on improving the copy on the website according to your suggestions (which are very helpful, by the way) - I will hopefully be able to get to it soon, but I`m busy this weekend with weddings and church and family reunions... you know how it goes!

My accountant friend met with me this afternoon to help me get my books set up properly which was a huge help so things are moving along nicely.

Thanks again for all your help.  I`ll post again once I get the content updated - if you don`t mind taking another look at it then, I`d be very appreciative of that!





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Yes, you can use the em and ex sizes, BUT!....they still are *relative* to your default font size. That`s where the "small" or "medium" works best, even though they`re not ordinarily an option in some of the dropdown boxes. From there, a 1-em space is relative to "small," not relative to 100% or 12-pt. Additionally, 90% of "small" is different than 90% of 100% of a size relative to the screen.

Font size looks better.  Now you have some color issues with the copy.  The site has a nice color theme but there is no theory to how you use color, especially with the text.

Almost all of it is red.  This is hard on the eyes.  But think for a moment what red is for?  Red is a color for emphasis, strength and "look here!"  The problem is the same as with using all larger, bold fonts - that the site looks difficult and uneasy.

My recommendation is to change the paragraphs to black text and keep red in the bold first line.  And keep blue as your headline color.

Hey Guys, sorry for the slow response - I`ve been knee-deep in self-promotion the last several days - starting to see some good stuff happen, so that`s good news!  I think that I will have to re-visit these ideas again early September as I`m away on vacation next week and the next few days are packed for me already.

However, I just wanted to thank you again for your tremendous help and encouragement!  I`m going to be making use of it for sure (as soon as I can) and I`ll be back again to contribute to this amazing community and probably draw on it some more too.

Sincerely,

Condredge



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checking out the site.  i think i`d want a bit more in depth detail about what i`d get for the price. The price seems a bit high to me, unless I`m reading it wrong. Is it 3 hours time per month.

I think a before and after of websites would get the point across more than text. I`m thinking of the `webpages that suck` site and others like that where they show before and after designs along with an explanation about why the changes are more pleasing. But I`m also coming from an engineering background where managers simply want to know 1) what are the changes, 2) how does that impact my bottom line, 3) what`s the time frame for implementation.


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