Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:50:57 +1000 From: Emily Boyd <soc-emily@freebsd.org> To: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD design proposal Message-ID: <42E22F21.5020606@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20050722180855.085fd9f0@209.152.117.178> References: <20050722153420.GI21388@freebsdmall.com> <42E10467.3050109@freebsd.org> <20050722152333.GG594@gothic.blackend.org> <20050722152830.GH594@gothic.blackend.org> <20050722153420.GI21388@freebsdmall.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20050722180855.085fd9f0@209.152.117.178>
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W.D., > Are these templates going to be user friendly? That is, since > different individuals are responsible for updating different > sections, can they do so easily, unencumbered by the formatting > method? Yes. > Some other comments and considerations: > > I did a quick scan of the HTML on PostgreSQL.org. There were a > number of errors that hopefully would not be duplicated on > FreeBSD.org: > > http://tinyurl.com/bmgrg or: > > <http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Temp/PostgreSQL.org-HTML-Validation-Results.htm>; PostgreSQL.org is valid XHTML, or at least was when it was handed over to the website maintainers back in January :) > During a link check of PostgreSQL.org I found a number of > improperly terminated URLs. The web server software is > smart enough to redirect, but this does take a little > extra time and CPU cycles: That was thanks to a limitation of the CMS that PostgreSQL.org uses, which could not handle some of the URLs if they had the / on the end. > The mockups have a good overall color scheme--good work! As > mentioned previously, if FreeBSD decides to implement a logo > in addition to the mascot, will there need to be a drastic > change in the format? Hopefully the changes wouldn't need to be too drastic, but I'm prepared to rework the design once a new logo is decided on. > PostgreSQL.org is 'graphics heavy'. By this I mean that there > are a number of places where HTML text could be used in place > of graphics. There are a number of reasons for this, such as: > automatic sizing in various sized browser windows, and better > search engine placement. More discussion here: > <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2005-March/thread.html#2079>; The images necessary to produce the FreeBSD design are minimal (10-15KB maximum for the homepage), and images would not be used for headings. Emily
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