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Date:      Sat, 05 Mar 2005 01:34:04 +0100
From:      "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
To:        Joel Dahl <joel@automatvapen.se>
Cc:        www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Today's Work
Message-ID:  <1109982844.3926.152.camel@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <1109962769.485.19.camel@dude.automatvapen.se>
References:  <1109957682.3926.125.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1109962769.485.19.camel@dude.automatvapen.se>

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On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:59 +0100, Joel Dahl wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 18:34 +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
> >  o	Removed the left navigation column and put
> > 	contents in a `dropdown' menu up top. This
> > 	menu could be fixed up to look a bit nicer...
> > 	Ideas?
> 
> Personally, I don't like dropdown menus, since they makes it harder to
> find the information you're looking for.  This menu also seems to have a
> few slight problems in the latest version of firefox, for example this
> funny behavior:
> http://www.automatvapen.se/ss/badthingie.png

The good thing about the formatting of the site is that with a few small
changes to the CSS, the dropdown menu becomes an organized list. I know
that some are very against themes (skins, if you will), but this is a
classic example of where we really can (easily) please everyone.

> >  o	Moved news and press to the bottom of the
> > 	main content. The main content could use a
> > 	change.
> 
> Why move news to the bottom?  News is important, and it shows that the
> project is alive.

Because lots of content above it will be moved / removed. This will then
move the news up. This is done with regard to Simon Nielsen's www work.

> >  o	Made two separate color themes for the site.
> > 	More themes can be made styling the site in
> > 	pretty much any way imaginable.
> 
> Nice.  The version that your link points to is just too "blue" for my
> sensitive eyes.

Feel free to make other color combi suggestions as well!

> --
> Joel

--Devon



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