* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curt Olson) [2003.09.30 13:57]:
> Andrei Barbu has revamped the flightgear web site layout and made
> quite a few improvements.
<snip/>
> There are a few things I'd like to tweak (mostly because they should
> have been tweaked in the original site long ago) but if people
> generally like the changes, I will make them official and we can go
> from there.
>
> Let me know ...
First of all, thanks, Andrei. The new design looks awesome. I've
wanted to take a stab at redesigning the site for a long time, but
haven't had time, which turned out to be a good thing since you appear
to be better at it than me. :-) Here's MHO:
Pros IMHO:
- Logical navigation
- Nice clean design
- Nice use of CSS
- Overall it brings the site into the 21st century
Cons IMHO:
- No DOCTYPE specification[1]
- Email addresses on each page (spam bait)
- Makes maintaining documentation a pain. For example, the FAQ page is
no longer a self-contained doc. Possible solutions:
o Use frames (never!)
o Use SSI (in faq.html put <!--#include="FlightGear-FAQ.html"-->)
o Update FAQ output procedure to include new design elements (not a
big fan of this one)
My personal preference would be to use SSI in order to make the
documentation updates easy for everyone. If we only use the "include"
SSI directive, it's should cause minimal load on the webserver.
But anyway, the new design looks great, and I'm glad Andrei was able to
step up and knock it outta the park. Great job, Andrei.
[1] http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html
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Cameron Moore
[ You're mind can only absorb what you seek out and endure. ]
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