There were many interesting qualities in this website as well as several items that I fault many web publishers being equally at fault with.   The first, and most common, is allocating a margin column generally on the left side for the purpose of paging or cross-link navagation.   In the case of Ricardo's, it is on the right.   A little unusual, but as you will see, matches the underlying wallpaper theme and could very well have been chosen, the design, for that fact, ie, different.

    In an attempt to play "devil's advocate," I will proceed with two versions :   (1)   Using the same type of wallpaper, although modified to give the main body area more width and therefore, decrease the width of the right, navigation column, and (2)   Removal of the right navigation column with a different horizontal arrangement which will provide maximum width to the main body.

    In an effort to be brief and to the point and emphasize the cosmetic differences, Shop LV reserves the right to abbreviate the secondary, or cross-linked pages, eg, Menu Page, Groups Page and Weddings Page.   Ricardo's of Las Vegas has not solicited nor is affiliated with Shop Las Vegas and therefore, Shop LV is under no obligation to be thorough.

    Furthermore, in order to retain the integrity of this lesson of instruction, Shop LV has made a duplicate copy of the various "before" pages which would be subject to change by the actual website without notice to Shop LV and make the validity of the lesson not very good.   Some of the technical hyper-link features, for instance, are not presence either.
 
    Suggestion No. 1 :   please go thru these illustrations in 800 x 600 resolution and then try a high resolution of 1024 x 768, etc. to expose some of the Shop LV enhancements even further.   Thank you.

<BASEFONT FACE="Book Antiqua,Garamond,Arial,Verdana" SIZE=3>

    As you can see, from the above html command, I have chosen to lead off with Book Antiqua font.   This font is a good font for book text; while Garamond is more oriented for sales literature and then if neither of them are available on the viewer's system, Arial or Verdana font.   Now, there is no guarantee that any of these four fonts will be found on every viewer or user that browses your website, but they are fairly standard unless the individual has modified their computer system, ie, deleted the font(s).

    For the sake of this lesson, though, we will stick to the basefonts the webmaster had used which are :   <BASEFONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Sans-serif,sans-serif" SIZE=3>.     In the final "After/Vers 2" illustrations, though, I have taken liberties in this area.     If you are wondering why this is an issue.     It is a bandwidth issue, ie, performance of page down-loading.
 

Version No. 1     Minor change to Layout, ie, wallpaper pattern
Before	After - Version No. 1
Menu       Groups       Weddings	Menu       Groups       Weddings
Version No. 2     Minor changes to Layout & Font Usage, etc.
Yes!     My website needs a facelift!	After - Version No. 2
	Menu       Groups       Weddings
Version No. 3     Complete Changes to Layout, Text, Font Usage, etc.
See 1024 x 768 Screenshots   above.	After - Version No. 3
	Menu       Groups       Weddings
Please keep in mind that the layout for the menu is their idea, and not that of Shop LV.   These illustrations should be considered only a partial and not a complete f@celift™.     Menu Options