From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 18:31:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B29616A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:31:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsdmall.com (ns1.freebsdmall.com [69.50.233.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E019D43D1D for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:31:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from murray@freebsdmall.com) Received: by mail.freebsdmall.com (Postfix, from userid 2074) id 2C66C1CC5A; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:42:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:42:32 -0800 From: Murray Stokely To: cathartik Message-ID: <20050121184232.GA3081@freebsdmall.com> References: <5556ce405012108263d284761@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5556ce405012108263d284761@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/0E451F7D X-GPG-Key-Fingerprint: E2CA 411D DD44 53FD BB4B 3CB5 B4D7 10A2 0E45 1F7D cc: FreeBSD-www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Modernize website with CSS X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:31:02 -0000 On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 11:26:26AM -0500, cathartik wrote: > Hi there > I read that freebsd.org should be recoded for html4 and css. What i > would like to do, is code it in XHTML1.0 Strict with CSS2.0, maybe > with a new more professional layout that will be easily readible using > a text based web browser. > > Is there anyone i could contact to discuss this? I am very interested > in doing this. The best way to go forward is : 1. Post incremental patches that remove formatting HTML commands (, etc..) and replace it with structural tags (
, etc..) and CSS properties. You can post such patches to this mailing list. 2. In parallel, you can start experimenting with different layouts or color schemes. The work in #1 should make it to make presentational changes without large diffs to the SGML/HTML. When you think you've got something, again just post it here. Some of the complaints about the main page are the orange navigation boxes on either side (the color is ugly, and there are too many links so it is hard to find the important stuff). Whenever you have an idea, suggestion, or complaint but don't have time to fix it yourself with a patch, just post here with the details. - Murray