Hi, On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Paul Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jochen, > > Really interesting site. I've learnt what a 'fresnel' is! > > A couple of things: > > 1. Home page <title> just says 'News' - may want to make it site specific > 2. some of the <title>s don't match the link text, leafing to a bit of > a disconnect between the page <title> and the link
Yes, this is partially because of how the pages are constructed. Both will be part of the SEO backend work that is coming up. > 3. the lower portions of the page really float amidst the vast sea of > white. It could do with some subtle shading or boxing in behind / > around the content section I'll pass that on to alt, thank you > 4. Joomla != friendly URL's? I've been spoilt by expression engine and > silverstripe which use human readable URL's out of the box :) I don't like the strategy that the Joomla team has taken with their SEO approach as well, but like on other websites, a SEO module based on a url wrapper table will do the trick. The additional problem is here that Selecon has printed about 100 urls onto brochures, catalogues and other media, so telling them "the CMS does it that way" won't be welcome. Last time I looked at Silverstripe the friendly urls were directly based on the content, not independent. I would be interested if this has changed, I have considered using Silverstripe for smaller sites. Thanks again for the feedback. Jochen > > > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Jochen Daum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> coincidentally, we were able to launch a new site for one of clients after 6 >> months of development. >> http://www.seleconlight.com is the new Internet home of Selecon New Zealand, >> a technology leader in the field of theatre lighting that designs, >> manufactures and exports lighting systems to the world. Selecon has >> significant market share in the US, Germany, UK and Russia and prides itself >> on innovation. >> This site is a good showcase of what is possible with the Joomla Content >> Management System that this site is based on. The major customisations we >> have used in the project are: >> - E-Commerce module with > 6000 products based on Virtuemart (checkout >> process pending) and a custom written accessories management section based >> on extjs. >> - Custom tagging backend and frontend navigation modules >> - Translated into 5 foreign languages, including American English with >> Joomfish >> - Country targeted content and products with a new custom written component >> - Custom written product support library component bringing support >> documentation and products together. >> While we had to write a long list of modules to make the layouts work well >> in Joomla, the new 1.5 framework has definitely made most of the development >> much easier and I would never go back to Joomla 1.0.x. It has also allowed >> us to customise the backend significantly without having to hack the Joomla >> installation, allowing for dead simple security upgrades. >> The graphic design and html production was done by www.altgroup.net, we were >> solely responsible for the backend and bringing the project together. Thanks >> also to Jeremy Bruce and Berend de Boer from this list who have build a >> large part of this project. >> While the site is live, we have a significant part of the journey in front >> of us. There's still a checkout process, search engine friendly features and >> many more small things to complete. >> Any feedback or questions are very welcome, either on this list or directly >> by email. >> Cheers, >> Jochen >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
