James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > Carl Lowenstein wrote: >>.. >> Comment on the general state of the web site as seen by the casual viewer. >> >> I just went there to verify the date of the next InstallFest. I find >> that the default font size is awfully small. I am looking at the page >> in a window about 12" wide on a 1280x1024 18" LCD monitor. The actual >> information on the Installfest page is in a box about 2.5" wide by 2" >> high. Almost everything else is blank. >> >.. > Hey that's one I know how to fix by customizing the css. Gimme a > day-or-so to get a rountuit.
OK, I've made a simple-minded change that makes the text in the event info-table a bit larger. That can be easily re-tweaked according to further feedback. ..BUT.. 1) minor situation: the event pages are a little different now than before the last Plone update, which may be why it caught your eye. The table is new, and whereas before, the "standard details" (when, where, etc) were interlaced with the more free-form fields named "description" and "body". Now, if there is _no_ description and body, the page looks a bit funny with only that details-table sitting off to the right side. I propose we consider some boilerplate for installfest event-announcements for the (emboldened) description, and the usual reminder to come early, and .. <what?> I've put in something as a starting-point. Lets hear some suggestions for improvements on the shorter description/subtitle field, as well as the more free-form body text. TODO: revise existing pages on installfests -- about, tips, etc, and maybe add it as the boilerplate "Event URL" (which displays as a link "More information about this event…"). Be sure to add a map. Maybe also a contact for special CD requests? 2) I'd like to pose one more general question: ==> Is the fontsize everywhere too small? <== It seems so to me, and if there is any consensus on that, I have some specific changes in mind I'd like to try -- based on the fact that many websites have preset fontsizes that are solving browser problems of the prior decade. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
