Dmitry, I think maybe the back office connections to suppliers etc. may have taken some time too. Maybe the front page we see is just the tip of the ice berg so to say.
Simon 2008/11/17 Dmitry Ruban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Dan, > > To be honest, site looks nice, and good content/buyers guides, but why > did it take so long? What did take 6 months of effort? > > Dan Khan: > > Thanks, good feedback - we we hoping that the price sliders were obvious > > enough, but I've been looking at this page for way too long now so it's > > easy to overlook something that's might not be so obvious at first > glance! > > > > Will feedback to the team - thanks. > > > > -Dan > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:44 PM, ctx2002 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > need a price range search function, i just can not find on your site. > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2:13 pm, "Dan Khan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> 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 > > atwww.1791diamonds.com <http://atwww.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. > > > > > > > > > > -- Simon Holywell http://www.simonholywell.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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
