Curtis Olson wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Another option (perhaps my favorite at the moment) would be to pull in > CSS and design elements from your google app engine example and roll > them into the current flightgear web page design. We may need to give > up on some of the "app" elements or rewrite them in a way that is > supported by more typical web hosting services. > > Regards, > > Curt.
Was thinking the same thing. That way improvement can be done in steps. First targets would be * valid html * replacing the js menu with css what do you think ? Is the website in git ? pete > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Pete Morgan wrote: > > Heiko Schulz wrote: > > > > I heard Google will rename our planet soon in GoogleEarth....;-) > > > > I admit to Curt in a lot of points here. The only advantage is > there is no advertisement, which makes the current page look > really bad. > > > Adverts can be dropped in where required. However an observation > here is > that my 10 year olde nephew downloaded some backup software as > this was > a featured advert in the main page above the "downlaod flightgear" > section. > > On the other side I like the clear structure of this new > concept, the NOTAM is a great idea! I like that it makes use of a > newer and fresh logo as the current one is from the last century. > > > One of my dislikes is the dropdown navigation. mainly because its > javascript and not search engine friendly. > > Only small things which could maybe improved: > > > > -the visual appearence needs still a little "kick"- maybe This > logo: http://wiki.flightgear.org/images/3/3b/Wiki_logo.png with > more different aircrafts as the A10 as header bar > > > Whilst I like the logo, I dislike it because it contains an efficient > American Killing Machine and makes FlightGear look like a shoot up. > > - a simple, good looking button "2.0.0" with a link straight > link to the Download page > > > The home page needs some more thought imho. > > -I miss the fact that we are OpenSource on the main page. Still > a lot of people thinks we are commercial and all developers are > salaried workers for "FlightGear" which leds to confusion.... > > > Its at the top " /The World's Leading Open Source Flight Simulator" - > but see point above. > / > > > > Is this style and Design of this concept proteced by any > licence? If not We could just take it over and find a place for > the advertisement... > > > Not at all. I am not a designer, merely a developer. In fact a > designer > would be really helpful.. anyone ? Gijs ? > > Or maybe better: make a package of FGFS with the whole Scenery, > sell it for less than 30Dollars for those who doesn't want and > can't to download all stuff. That would probably help against FPS > and keep the page running without advertisement.... > > > That's why I mentioned a while back making a donation/contribution to > FG, which I would go towards Infrastructure costs. > > pete > > > > Cheers > > Heiko > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen > herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > > Try the new software tools for yourself. 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