Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
After a lot of prompting from my son, Iwan, I have finally got around to giving my website a bit of a makeover. I realise I'm risking a little after the problems I had with it in the last week (the message form works now!), but I do hope this will be worth it. I've tried to give the site a more modern and fresh look, without affecting the content too much. Good job! Thanks to the CSS work you've done last year it was not that hard, wasn't it? Urs ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
Urs Koenig (QL) wrote: After a lot of prompting from my son, Iwan, I have finally got around to giving my website a bit of a makeover. I realise I'm risking a little after the problems I had with it in the last week (the message form works now!), but I do hope this will be worth it. I've tried to give the site a more modern and fresh look, without affecting the content too much. Good job! Thank you :-) Thanks to the CSS work you've done last year it was not that hard, wasn't it? Urs No. The style sheet changes let me change a lot of things very quickly. Meaning I can spend more time on the QL contents, less on the maintenance of appearance etc. The only niggling bit is that Firefox browsers seem to ignore the font setting (sans-serif fonts specified but it always uses Times New Roman). I made a conscious decision to keep the HTML as simple as I could, apart from a small bit of php for the message form, plus mostly small pictures to try to make sure pages are quick loading. The grey strips etc are just table backings, for example (amazing what you can achieve in HTML layouts with just simple tables!). Like I said before, it was pressure from my son which made me do this. He helped me a lot with the design to try to update the boring old fashioned look, as he put it. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
Evening Dilwyn, No. The style sheet changes let me change a lot of things very quickly. Meaning I can spend more time on the QL contents, less on the maintenance of appearance etc. That's the entire raisin d'etre of CSS. You can easily change the entire website look and feel without affecting the content! The only niggling bit is that Firefox browsers seem to ignore the font setting (sans-serif fonts specified but it always uses Times New Roman). This might be because you have it configured to use a TNR font instead of the one on the page or specified in the style sheet? (amazing what you can achieve in HTML layouts with just simple tables!). And even better what you can achieve without tables and with a little more CSS. Check out the CSS Zen Garden for a load of ideas. http://www.csszengarden.com/ Like I said before, it was pressure from my son which made me do this. Not that I'm getting old, you understand (50 in April 2010) but I remember when he was born! Cheers, Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
In message ef82e175c89a439699868514e6b5f...@d3hkh9x94, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk writes BTW Malcolm, I seem to get 2 copies of your emails to the list Dilwyn Jones Yes, maybe I just somehow clicked the mouse button twice ... Hopefully, this one comes through only once ... as a certain French Cafe owner is reputed as saying. I'm sure he'd find a way to blame the daft British airmen... ;-) -- Malcolm Cadman Still two...but I notice that the TO: copy is going to ql-users AT q-v-d DOT com and the Cc: to ql-users AT lists DOT q-v-d DOT com So...somewhere along the line a second copy is being generated to a second and different email address. Time to ask Bruce if there is any way the list can generate two separate copies of the original email if you are convinced you are only sending one, Malcolm? Is there any chance you might be accidentally subscribed twice in any way? Perhaps Bruce could look at this? Dilwyn Jones Hi Dilwyn, I think that it was that I sent by Group Reply, rather than just Reply on recent occasions. Hence the TO and CC that you have noticed. However, separately from that, I always receive 2 copies of all emails from this list, to two different email addresses - my default and the ql one. So, maybe it is because I am somehow registered with the server, twice. -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
In message 4c0c2ce4.1070...@firshman.co.uk, Tony Firshman t...@firshman.co.uk writes Malcolm Cadman wrote, on 6/Jun/10 22:21 | Jun6: Yes, maybe I just somehow clicked the mouse button twice ... Hopefully, this one comes through only once ... as a certain French Cafe owner is reputed as saying. Twice here (8-(# Tony ... And Dilwyn's reply came back twice, too . :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[Ql-Users] Website makeover
After a lot of prompting from my son, Iwan, I have finally got around to giving my website a bit of a makeover. I realise I'm risking a little after the problems I had with it in the last week (the message form works now!), but I do hope this will be worth it. I've tried to give the site a more modern and fresh look, without affecting the content too much. The search engine seems to work well, at the cost of a bit of advertising during the search results. Give the new website a go at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/index.html or http://dilwyn.me.uk/index.html and don't forget to tell me if you spot anything going wrong! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
In message 1f82ae2a35be4247ac6efcb7ba510...@d3hkh9x94, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk writes After a lot of prompting from my son, Iwan, I have finally got around to giving my website a bit of a makeover. I realise I'm risking a little after the problems I had with it in the last week (the message form works now!), but I do hope this will be worth it. I've tried to give the site a more modern and fresh look, without affecting the content too much. The search engine seems to work well, at the cost of a bit of advertising during the search results. Give the new website a go at http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/index.html or http://dilwyn.me.uk/index.html and don't forget to tell me if you spot anything going wrong! Dilwyn Jones Hi Dilwyn, A nice, clean look - with the grey, white and black. Easy to navigate to a page, although a link back to the home page could be more prominent; as the main menu choice is only on the home page. Pity about the ads, on the web ring page - I guess that is the price of it being hosted by someone else ... ? The pages all seem to load very quickly now ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
Malcolm Cadman wrote: A nice, clean look - with the grey, white and black. Easy to navigate to a page, although a link back to the home page could be more prominent; as the main menu choice is only on the home page. OK, I'll look at that over the next few days. Thanks. Pity about the ads, on the web ring page - I guess that is the price of it being hosted by someone else ... ? At least it (almost) made R ich a millionaire... :-) The pages all seem to load very quickly now ... :-) I hadn't really noticed. I kept the HTML fairly simple and small graphics where possible. BTW Malcolm, I seem to get 2 copies of your emails to the list Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Website makeover
Malcolm Cadman wrote, on 6/Jun/10 22:21 | Jun6: Yes, maybe I just somehow clicked the mouse button twice ... Hopefully, this one comes through only once ... as a certain French Cafe owner is reputed as saying. Twice here (8-(# Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
