Site: http://www.eglin.af.mil/
CSS: http://www.eglin.af.mil/misc/publicmain.css
The only errors I'm getting on validation are:
a single image which is has > instead of />
I've requested the content maintainer fix the entry.
This site presentation was based on one in OSWD, Go Flexible 2
(http://www.oswd.org/design/information/id/2885). It met the needs of a
LOT of links, couple of short stories, "box of such-and-such content",
quick short statements that are separate from other text. The prior site
had some "fly-out" menus (suckerfish type) and people either liked them
or HATED them. The decision was to do away with them altogether.
I have modified the CSS not only to meet site needs but changed some
class wording, for example, "middle-column" to "innerColumn".
I'd also like some advice on:
A) how hard would it be to turn this from an "ice" site to a "jello"
site. Note that I one of the options is to use a "full" inner column
rather than break the column into a left and right side.
Could it be "jello" if there were no innerColumn-right and
innerColumn-left?
B) should I take the CSS and pull like items together. For example:
Each of the class with "title-standard" as part of the class has
this CSS:
margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; padding: 0.2em 0;
Should I have these in one entry with this margin/padding (and anything
else that is the same for all the similar classes)?
.innerColumn-title-standard, .rightColumn-title-standard {
margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; padding: 0.2em 0; }
That would reduce the size of the CSS considerably -- but it is a lot of
work to do if this community doesn't see the benefit.
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I've also debated about the "wordiness" of some of the classes. And if I
were the only one maintaining the site ...
But in reality, I will do LITTLE maintenance of the content of
the site. Most entries will be loaded via server side includes allowing
the content provider to know little HTML other than to follow a simple
"do this" and "magic happens". No, there is no CMS or web-based form
involved.
The classes have to be self-explanatory as far as what will
happen in presentation.
Lynda Peach
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