patrickhaye

Hopefully you can return to fitness/body building as that can help you stay focused, especially when you see results, while if you make changes to your diet, eat foods high in serotonin and stick to a strict routine, all these little things play there part, as you may not require pills, you may be able to beat depression without medication. Even something as simple as joining a MMA/Boxing club (if you're interested in that) being around new people, positive people, it can help, rather then being stuck indoors staring at a computer screen, but I hope you can find a way as not everyone beats depression the same way.

AH ok! I thought It was him as he talks about weights etc!

And if nulldrome looks like he does in his photo, i can imagine few take him serious as why would anyone be depressed when they have big muscular pecs and a nice tan? That is how people react if you tell them you're depressed but visually look healthy.

If someone is actually depressed, truly depressed, they can't be told "just get on with it" as while people are only trying to help, depression is a mental illness which means it controls how you live your life. If it was as simple as just getting on with things, then millions of people wouldn't have to suffer or have their life ruined by the illness. Focus on beating depression first, before you try and find employment and maybe you have to change doctors, as not all doctors understand the illness.

Already looks better. I'm sure if a teenager visits your site, they will relate to that photo, rather then 5 bullies!

If you sign up to https://pixabay.com/ you can download all their images in high res, just be aware these photos are heavily used throughout the Internet as they are popular!

Just to follow on from my reply, when someone lands on your homepage they will see "start here" as part of the navigation which takes them away from the homepage, however your homepage has six articles and two big buttons "learn how to help" and "view our blog". If you remove the "learn how to help" button, moving that to your navigation, while moving your "start here" content to the homepage, there is no confusion for your visitors and the navigation of the site is improved. While you could move your "view our blog" button to your final paragraph of your "start here" content. Anyhow just a few suggestions as we all design sites in a different manner.

I see 5 teens? although I'm heading into town soon to purchase non prescription glasses! Will most visitors to your site be aware 1 in 4 suffer from mental health illness,? I would change the photo to one your visitors can relate to as unless others disagree, that photo looks like a group of bullies. I would move the blog posts away from the homepage, replace that content with a photo of yourself with the paragraphs from "start me", while I would include the main navigation on all pages.

Impressive!

Looking at your homepage, I would change the main photo. Your current image IMO would be more suited to a website for "dealing with bullying". An image similar to this ? https://pixabay.com/en/window-view-sitting-indoors-girl-1081788/ Aside from the main photo, you have kept the layout clean and ts easy to browse. I did notice on the following page the main navigation is missing? minor issue but you may want to correct that. https://www.depressionforteens.com/raise-mental-health-awareness/ I would also consider including an introduction on the homepage, a few paragraphs about you, why you created the website and why helping others with depression is important and if you're comfortable adding a photo of yourself? Just a few suggestions! But good job and you should be pleased with your work so far.

In regards to stock photography, there are many excellent websites which offer high quality (free to use) stock photos, However search for the stock photo you're viewing using google image search and watch as pages and pages appear of that photo used on a variety of websites. This isn't an issue for template or prototypes, however if you take on a client, you have to source original images, paid for stock photos, or if you're into photography (or know a photographer) you can arrange your own stock photos, otherwise you will come across as being cheap, a designer that uses free stock photos to save a few £££. That said, I know of one website which offers high quality, stunning free to use stock photos of a beautiful place in Europe. Very few know about this website (google image search confirms this), shall I share the link? Not a chance!

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I always appreciate it when someone replies and yes I was a tad angry! I've since calmed down :-) Apologies if I was rude. The replies seemed to be fixated on me mentioning bootstrap, however I accept my initial post could have been worded in a clearer manner. I'm not seeking "free" advice, as my experience of web forums are they offer ways of learning rather then a way to obtain free advice from professionals, so maybe I've posted on the wrong type of forum? Anyhow, I've since signed up to php/database forums, as I was having an issue with a php form which I've adjusted to use AJAX (all new to me) and I'm going to attempt a simple job board, which I can control/update as required. If I fail? i'll find a professional!

Cheers, i'll add that to points to consider, however i'm not sure that would apply for my website. I may add a blog, allowing myself and staff to write articles, similar to here http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog The plan for that blog wasn't to leave it open to comments, as it would be more to give advice/tips, rather then open the articles up for discussion.

Why even type this Bootstrap is just the presentation layer. You'll need to add in the dynamic parts that makes it work Some of you have become fixated with me typing bootstrap, but I haven't once stated its anything other then for layout reasons, so if you're going to reply, follow the thread as i've already covered that with another poster who was misunderstood. However, I don't have any passion for learning how to put together a database (which I already mentioned) so no worries about bringing in a professional on that side, but I'll see what further research brings before I speak to a professional on that side.