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TinW, A friend has a much larger site than mine and he uses Drupal (CMS) to manage his files. He is now considering getting rid of it and returning to simple html because of the inconveniences to Drupal. He warned me that even choosing and testing a CMS can take a real tole on time and effort. I appreciate your suggestions but I am reluctant to venture into something that dramatic at this time.

cityPaul, Thanks for pointing out that print button issue. I had no idea. I don't use a smartphone but I should pay closer attention to how my website looks on one.

TinW, I appreciate your attention and comments. I will try to look into the things you pointed out and see if I can make some positive changes. I'd be the first to admit that I am weak in managing and organizing. The task is further complicated by the variety of material on my website. I might need several categories of miscellaneous items.

My website is jacquesgauvin.com Attached is my front page index file. index.html

Actually it would also help if someone could show me how to control printing borders is a CSS file. I have tried a number of ways that do not work. Thanks! (see jacquesgauvin.net)

I'm trying to test the printout of my webpage and fine tune it without wasting trees. Can I set up my print button to print a PDF? Thanks!

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TimW, I'm trying to keep a balance between theology and website building. It occasionally seems like I'm losing on both fronts. But I must keep trying.

here is th style part of my page: <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: grey; color:#FDD017; margin-left:7px; } h1 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; color:#FDD017;} h2 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; color:#52A488;} h3 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:17pt; color:#FDD017;} p {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:14pt; line-height:150%; max-width: 850px;} a:link {color:#FFFF00;} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {color:#D4A017;} /* visited link */ a:hover {color:#FDD017;} /* hover link */ a:active {color:#C1CDC1;} /* selected link */ #box1 { background-color:#800000; max-width:830px; border: 2px solid #FDD017; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; padding: 30px; } @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) { body {background-color:#800000; color:#FDD017; margin-left:7px; overflow-wrap:break-word;} h1 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; color:#FDD017;} h2 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; color:#52A488;} h3 {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:17pt; color:#FDD017;} p {font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:14pt; line-height:150%; max-width: 850px;} a:link {color:#FFFF00;} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {color:#D4A017;} /* visited link */ a:hover {color:#FDD017;} /* hover link */ a:active {color:#C1CDC1;} /* selected link */ } </style>

Can someone tell me why this print.css does not yield black text on a white background. Thanks! @media print { .noPrint { display: none; } p {color: #000000;} h1 {color: #000000;} h2 {color: #000000;} h3 {color: #000000;} a:link {color: #000000;} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {color: #000000;} /* visited link */ a:hover {color: #000000;} a:active {color: #000000;} .box1 { background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; } }

Fisicx, Sorry about the confusion. I'll get back to this in a minute. Thanks for the advice. I changed all my anchors to simple anchors in all my directories. I thought it was a good idea to use "target blank" when I discovered this neat feature but now that you point it out I agree with you, it would make for a bad experience for someone who was checking many items. About the confusion, when I post on social networks I usually link them directly to a poem not to my home page. These poems used to have no link to my website so I created a header that links to my website's home page and to key points, directories, on my website. I thought it was a good idea, the best I could do at the time. I will look into what you advised more closely and see what I can come up with. Thanks for your time and input.

I frequently post a website page on social network sites. The back button will not get them to my site. Therefor I created a header that will take them to my website. Is this not a good idea?

That java script on my pages is part of Google's internal website search engine. It is to search my pages. I looked into Google analytics and am testing it before implementing. I got rid of the special colours in my poetry section. Your advice sounded good. I thought I had my site mobile friendly. It tested well. I will look into it again once I get some other issues resolved. Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

Thanks dap & fisicix! That Google java script has me confused too. I thought I was making my pages visible to Google search but it seems like overkill to me. Can I simply remove it and still be found by search engines?

Hi, my name is Jacques Gauvin. I have one website, www.jacquesgauvin.com which I started around 1994. It is primarily a religious website with the modest goal of trying to free and save as many people as I possibly can through truth as revealed in the Bible which is the word of God and of Jesus. My ways may strike some as being unorthodox. Through this site, TWDF, I am hoping to get occasional help in resolving some website issues that seem to continuously pop up. I do not know if I will be able to help anyone with web design, I am a writer more than a website designer. However if you have any questions about religion I would be glad to share some knowledge.