Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:00:05 -0500 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD design proposal Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050723083133.029968d0@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <42E22F21.5020606@freebsd.org> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20050722180855.085fd9f0@209.152.117.178> <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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At 06:50 7/23/2005, Emily Boyd, wrote: >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. How so? >> Some other comments and considerations: >>=20 >> I did a quick scan of the HTML on PostgreSQL.org. There were a=20 >> number of errors that hopefully would not be duplicated on >> FreeBSD.org: >>=20 >> http://tinyurl.com/bmgrg or: >>=20 >>=20 ><http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Temp/PostgreSQL.org-HTML-Validation-R= e>sults.htm> > >PostgreSQL.org is valid XHTML, or at least was when it was handed over >to the website maintainers back in January :) At least the home page is. There are a number of other pages that are not. >> During a link check of PostgreSQL.org I found a number of=20 >> improperly terminated URLs. The web server software is=20 >> 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. Then it is not a standards compliant content management system. Hopefully, something better will be used on FreeBSD.org. >> The mockups have a good overall color scheme--good work! As=20 >> 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: >>=20 ><http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2005-March/thread.html= #2079> Mr. Keil's point (and mine) hasn't been addressed: At 06:12 7/23/2005, Fabian Keil, wrote: >I checked http://www.postgresql.org/ and it has a fixed 800px layout. > >I would prefer a layout which takes advantages of the whole screen. >If you visit http://www.postgresql.org/ on a big screen, half >the space is wasted. > >Fabian If the site will be similar to PostgreSQL.org, then browsers with widths less than 800 pixels will have to do quite a bit of back and forth scrolling. >The images necessary to produce the FreeBSD design are minimal (10-15KB >maximum for the homepage), and images would not be used for headings. Sounds good. > >Emily To save space in my previous email, I didn't list the points made at: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/web-design-principles/ Would you please address these, especially the points on=20 navigation, meta tags, and site map? =20 Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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