Very pretty site, Dan - and (after enabling scripts on the site with Firefox's script blocker) I thought the price slider was very elegant as is the dynamic display of rings for a price range.
Nice to see you're targeting XHTML 1.0 strict... only problem I see is that the ring page, for instance, doesn't currently validate. Otherwise, great stuff! Dave Dan Khan wrote: > Hi, > > Just a quick note to say that after 6 months of effort and some serious > late nights, we released our new PHP5 website last night at > www.1791diamonds.com <http://www.1791diamonds.com/> > Thanks to list member James McGlinn for some helpful advice regarding > performance, and other members for insightful on-list APC/eaccelerator > debate - this has made quite a difference in terms of php speed > improvements. > > Any feedback or questions from a PHP or techie perspective are welcome > (I know the XHTML isn't as clean as I'd like yet...)! > > I think we made some cool use of scriptaculous/prototype to make some > neat animations and ajax in the 'design your own ring' section and the > product catalogue - looking back 5 years ago, I'm amazed that this sort > of stuff can be done easily in the browser now without resorting to > Flash or similar 'fat' technologies. > > The URLs are search engine friendly (as much as poss) by piping though > from apache to php to pre-process and rewrite - again looking back at > how we used to do this 10 years ago using mime-type hacks, it's all just > so easy now. All product images are automatically css-spritemapped on > the server using imagemagick to save server requests and reduce files > sizes; and JS is first compressed, then packed using free online tools. > This makes a great difference for fat JS libs like > scriptaculous/prototype taking 270KB down to 50ishKB! Rendering uses > smarty, using the in-built caching (modified slightly to also cache HTTP > headers for our Ajax JSON headers). > > Also, if any of you geeks are up at 7am and are near getting > engaged, watch TV3's Sunrise over the next couple of weeks for a chance > to win the $10K diamond engagement ring that Carly Flynn is wearing as > part of our launch promo! > > Cheers, > -Dan > > > *Dan Khan* > > Technical Director > > 1791 Diamonds Ltd > > > > www.1791diamonds.com <http://www.1791diamonds.com/> > > > > DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are my own > and do not necessarily represent the views of 1791 Diamonds Ltd. The > information contained in this email message is intended only for the use > of the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain > information that is CONFIDENTIAL and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED and > exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. If you read this message > and are not the addressee you are notified that use, dissemination, > distribution, or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify us immediately via reply > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and delete the original message. We regularly scan our IT systems for > viruses, however, you should also scan this message and any attached > files for viruses. 1791 Diamonds Ltd accepts no liability for any loss > caused either directly or indirectly by a virus arising from the use of > this message or any attached file. > > > > > > > > -- Dave Lane = Egressive Ltd = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = m: +64 21 229 8147 p: +64 3 9633733 = Linux: it just tastes better = nosoftwarepatents http://egressive.com ==== we only use open standards: http://w3.org Effusion Group Founding Member =========== http://effusiongroup.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
