From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Nov 2 05:19:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA09116 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:19:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (baerenklau.de.freebsd.org [195.185.195.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA09108 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 05:19:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by baerenklau.de.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id OAA02926; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:19:31 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org) Received: (from wosch@localhost) by campa.panke.de.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04454; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:10:29 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from wosch) Message-ID: <19981102091028.C4407@panke.de.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:10:28 +0100 From: Wolfram Schneider To: Marty Cawthon , Wolfram Schneider Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New prototype for the FreeBSD homepage References: <19981028151508.A8115@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Marty Cawthon on Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 03:33:15AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 1998-10-30 03:33:15 +0000, Marty Cawthon wrote: > Guten Tag, Herr Schneider > > COMMENT > I like the looks of this new page. > The layout is easy to follow and find things. > > IDEA FOR CONSIDERATION > Perhaps it is worth testing the new pages using > "http://validator.w3.org" Good idea! I did not test if the new layout confirm to the standard(s). I just checked if it looks good with the common browsers (Netscape 1,2,3,4; lynx, Internet Explorer) and in small or large (1000x800) window size. If you (or someone else) find a HTML bug in the homepage please send the correction to doc@freebsd.org Wolfram > > I was particularly impressed with the idea of "automatically generating > an outline" using the HTML headings. As people rely more on search > engines to find things, having a search engine 'understand' the logical > layout of your web page will become more important for returning > and presenting meaningful "hits" to the searcher. > The validator site has an "automatic outline" creation option to test > the "logical layout" of your web page. > > A reason to validate to the w3 specifications is to support the concept > of Internet Standards that are independent of control by vendors > (specifically Microsoft and Netscape). It seems that Open HTML standards > might be agreeable to many in the FreeBSD community, and one that the > FreeBSD web page might want to explicitly support, perhaps by displaying > the "Validated HTML 4" icon. > > I LIKE THIS IDEA > I am working on redesigning our own web pages to be HTML4 valid. > The new HTML 4 specifications are forcing me to learn style sheets, and > to separate the logical (HTML) markup from the display (style sheet) > markup. > It is extra work, but for my company's pages I have believe it is the > right direction to go. Perhaps also good for FreeBSD... > > This idea is offered for thought. > The new page layout is very handsome, and reflects much thought and work. > > Marty Cawthon > ChipChat > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message