oops - just saw your note about the XHTML uncleanliness... :) Dave Lane wrote: > 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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