Although there are some good tips in this thread, I'd be more worried about how the user is going to see the addresses, rather than how we structure our filesystems :)Some things that bug me about URIs:
page-name.some-technologyWhy does the user care if it's a php, html, asp or whatever file?
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here's me showing my greeny status again... ;) What do they mean when they
mean when they say that.. :(
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From: Daniel Nitsche [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re:[WSG] Website Directory Structure - Best Practice
Date: 3/19/2006 14:55
subdomains - avoid if possible (this will probably be contentious :))
Yes you are right... using a
Herrod, Lisa wrote:
here's me showing my greeny status again... ;) What do they mean when they
mean when they say that.. :(
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Herrod, Lisa wrote:
here's me showing my greeny status again... ;) What do they mean when they
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Lea de Groot wrote:
* the page-name.some-technology, in implimentation. I tend to end all my
pages in html no matter what I am using server side because a) it says
'webpage' and
Then it adds 5 unnecessary characters to the end of the URI that serve
no real purpose. I don't like including
I think this article pretty much cover it and seems to be the 'best
practice' method.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/urls/
This accommodates eliminating the extension - which would please our
Grandaddy Tim Berners-Lee
http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI
as well as avoids dumping
Lachlan Hunt wrote:
What's flaky about it? Apache MultiViews is the easiest way to not
require file extensions for static files, with the added advantage of
making content negotiation extremely easy to do.
The implementation, I should have said :)
As you pointed out, IE doesn't cache
To play a bit of devil's advocate here...
Lea de Groot wrote:
5 chars doesnt worry me when it is so clearly a usability aid to say
'web page' to the user constantly;
so clearly...any evidence?
to Joe Public who is savvy enough to
look at the URI they are clicking on,
the two things seem
Sydney-based Usability company PTG has made the claim that they can certify
the usability of their websites:
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3005.asp
In an article on the AIMIA website, Craig Errey, manager of PTG, says we're
apparently the first group, worldwide, who can confidently
its got the foetid, rotting stench of marketing ploy all over it.
The front page of their site contains 20 validation errors.
The image link in the left sidebar doesn't have title attributes
(thought that would have been required? or at least best practice for
100% usable site?)
Disabling
Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote:
Sydney-based Usability company PTG has made the claim that they can certify
the usability of their websites:
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3005.asp
In an article on the AIMIA website, Craig Errey, manager of PTG, says we're
apparently the
Hi all, We are an open source based software development company who deal mostly with SME businesses. We write mostly to the standards for CSS2 and deploy with Firefox, Mozilla or Safari. Not having to hack everything for IE has meant we can develop faster and cheaper. We now have a potential
A little OT here, but
1) the client is always right seems a good place to start with a
POTENTIAL client, and
2) Most people use IE and see no earthly reason not to, no matter what
our opinion of it.
Your customers are not web designers and are quite reasonably
uninterested in standards or
Alastair Steel wrote:
We are an open source based software development company who deal mostly
with SME businesses. We write mostly to the standards for CSS2 and
deploy with Firefox, Mozilla or Safari. Not having to hack everything
for IE has meant we can develop faster and cheaper.
Do you
On 20/03/2006, at 2:06 PM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote:
Sydney-based Usability company PTG has made the claim that they can
certify
the usability of their websites:
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3005.asp
User-friendly, that's something different. And in my opinion
On 3/20/06, Steve Olive [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Their page is generated from the Shado CMS built by Straker
Interactive Ltd so I assume getting real WAI validation would be
nearly impossible for their own web site.
Just a quick note: I've played a little with Shado CMS and I'm fairly
certain
Steve Olive wrote:
On 20/03/2006, at 2:06 PM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote:
Sydney-based Usability company PTG has made the claim that they can
certify the usability of their websites:
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3005.asp
I quickly validated their page with HTML Tidy
Reminds me of McDonalds trademarking the '100% Australian Beef' thing...
did you trust them?
At 02:06 PM 20/03/2006, you wrote:
Sydney-based Usability company PTG has made the claim that they can certify
the usability of their websites:
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article3005.asp
In
Disclaimer: my company Gruden, is partnered with PTG. We've enjoyed
working with them for a number of years and I think the results have
been good. Anyway enough of that rubbish.
I don't really know much about Certified Usable so I won't way into
that debate - maybe someone from PTG could jump on
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