On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:31:44 -0300 begin "Federico Voges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > 1.- Too many frames = less screen space (I'm using 1280x1024 and the > space for the "real content" is about 800x600). I don't like frames, > but I don't mind if they are used in a very clever way (really tough to > accomplish, though). :) You can have the look of frames without frames with CSS. > > 2.- I don't like (at all) the top navigation graphics (font and size). > > 3.- I like the left nav bar. > > Finally, have you considered using PHP (or any other script language)?? > You can do a lot of stuff in an easy way (even generate new layouts in > plain HTML). > > I can help with the HTML stuff. You can even convert all the articles > to a pseudo XML markup and convert them on the fly. See: > http://www.shadowsun.com.ar/~fvoges/misc/xml/test.xml, > http://www.shadowsun.com.ar/~fvoges/misc/xml/xml2html.php3 and > http://www.shadowsun.com.ar/~fvoges/misc/xml/xml2html.phps) > > This would solve the issue noted by David Bandel (the use of CSS). You > can implement a simple (but powerfull) markup so editors/authors can > create acrticles without the need to learn HTML. > > Answering the question of Net Llama, to every HTML tag you have to add > CLASS='whatever': > > > <TABLE CLASS='sample' BORDER=0 WIDTH='90%' CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=5> some of this markup needs to be added to the table.sample stuff in the .css file. > <TR CLASS='odd'> > <TD>Something here></TD> > </TR> > <TR CLASS='even'> > <TD>Something else here></TD> > </TR> > </TABLE> > > With this sample css: > TABLE.sample { > background-color: #FFFFFF; > border: 1pt solid black; > } > TR.odd { > background-color: #DDDDDD; > } > TR.even { > background-color: #AAAAAA; > } > > This will render a white table with the cells with a single black line > border. The first row with a light gray bg and the second with a darker > gray. Look at my source code (http://www.pananix.com/ -- follow the products page and make the screen small enough to scroll -- watch Tux stay in the frame. > > > If you want some help with this, just let me know. I have experience > with big sites (ie: www.aunmas.com) using PHP, databases and css. Oh, > BTW you can generate dynamic stylesheets tailored to specific browsers > (ie: the "border:" CSS property won't work on NS 4). and there are others that will only work in Netscape 6 (my use of the copyright at the bottom of every page is not visible in IE5, Netscape 4, (don't know about Kongi), etc. but you're way out of my league -- I'm just an amateur. I use Perl when I need to access a database (use DBI followed by: use DBD::Pg). > > > On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:42:19 -0800 (PST), Net Llama wrote: > > >Fellow Pengiuns, > >The SxS editors are in the process of reworking the layout & design of > >the SxS site to make it more usable for everyone. Here's out latest > >proof of concept: > >http://hunley.homeip.net/sxs/parent.html > > > >Please provide feedback, whether negative or positive. If you don't > >like any of it, SAY SO! If you love all of it, tell us! If you think > >the fonts are good or bad, let us know. If you think the images are > >too big, small, pretty, ugly, stinky or otherwise, please tell us. If > >you've got questions, please ask, i swear no one will yell at you. :) > > > >Remember, the SxS is your site, and without feedback from the people > >who use it, we can't improve upon it! We want to make it as useful and > >attractive as possible. > > Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
