Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
Hi Samuel :) I don't think I have enough qualifications to really critique your site in the manner that you probably want, but I am pretty good with graphics and colors. I think the site is beautiful, and I love the bright cheerful colors and the graphic that you've chosen! You've done an excellent job at making the visitor feel relaxed and invited. Artemis Original Message From: Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique Date: 11/28/2005 15:18 Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ What I'm worried about: - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem with this? - I've only checked the site in Firefox and IE on the PC. If anybody has a mac I'd love for ya to take a quick look at it and let me know if anything is wrong with it. Samuel ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
For what it's worth, I've written a script linked to the hostip.info database and a local dataset of country latitudes to guess the current season. It's very rough and ready and you can check it out here: http://www.minimology.co.uk/geol.php It was quite an interesting little project actually and I think I'll incorporate it into my website as a bit of random eye-candy. If you want the source then I can post it here or e-mail it to you. Stephen. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
It is, it should currently be showing summer.. Scott Swabey - Lafinboy Productions wrote: I could be missing the whole point completely here, but if you are showing information on travel to Australia, and all things related, then shouldn't the season in Australia be reflected on the site? People know what season it is and what the weather is like where they are - it's where they're going they want to know about. Regards Scott Swabey Lafinboy Productions www.lafinboy.com Samuel Richardson wrote If you read the month of december as being summer its true for the southern hemisphere but not the northen, to do it properly you would have to detect the hemisphere then choose to load either summer or winter based on where the user is. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
On 11/28/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not too bothered about it, hopefully it'll encourage someone living > in England to by a trip to Australia through the site once they see how > nice the summer looks.. :D > Considering how cold it is here, seeing that summer yellow and the beach and bikini makes me want to buy a ticket. Nice job. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
I could be missing the whole point completely here, but if you are showing information on travel to Australia, and all things related, then shouldn't the season in Australia be reflected on the site? People know what season it is and what the weather is like where they are - it's where they're going they want to know about. Regards Scott Swabey Lafinboy Productions www.lafinboy.com > Samuel Richardson wrote > > If you read the month of december as being summer its true for the > southern hemisphere but not the northen, to do it properly you would > have to detect the hemisphere then choose to load either summer or > winter based on where the user is. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
I'm not too bothered about it, hopefully it'll encourage someone living in England to by a trip to Australia through the site once they see how nice the summer looks.. :D Stephen Stagg wrote: Sorry didn't read the thread properly. If you did do the season check in a PHP script, the hostip.info project may be able to help. A query such as: http://api.hostip.info/country.php?ip=.bbb.ccc.ddd will give you a country code which could then be used to guess the season. Stephen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Stagg Sent: 29 November 2005 00:47 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique Looking at your javascript, I don't understand your reasons for using javascript. You are determining the season from the Month and Day. This is constant across the globe (give or take) at any specific time. Therefore can't you use PHP or some other server script tool or even just a manual replacing of the stylesheet periodically to reflect the current season? I don't know whether JS can detect local region settings? ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
Sorry didn't read the thread properly. If you did do the season check in a PHP script, the hostip.info project may be able to help. A query such as: http://api.hostip.info/country.php?ip=.bbb.ccc.ddd will give you a country code which could then be used to guess the season. Stephen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Stagg Sent: 29 November 2005 00:47 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique Looking at your javascript, I don't understand your reasons for using javascript. You are determining the season from the Month and Day. This is constant across the globe (give or take) at any specific time. Therefore can't you use PHP or some other server script tool or even just a manual replacing of the stylesheet periodically to reflect the current season? I don't know whether JS can detect local region settings? ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
If you read the month of december as being summer its true for the southern hemisphere but not the northen, to do it properly you would have to detect the hemisphere then choose to load either summer or winter based on where the user is. I've just switched it over to PHP based system now, it still won't help but it fixes the "flash" that was happening when the page loads. Samuel Stephen Stagg wrote: Looking at your javascript, I don't understand your reasons for using javascript. You are determining the season from the Month and Day. This is constant across the globe (give or take) at any specific time. Therefore can't you use PHP or some other server script tool or even just a manual replacing of the stylesheet periodically to reflect the current season? I don't know whether JS can detect local region settings? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Richardson Sent: 29 November 2005 00:19 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique The problem is, it's always going to be a different season for everyone, it doesn't really matter if its set to the server time or not. The only way to get around it would be to do an IP detect to check what hemisphere the user is in. Maybe in the future.. Thanks for the link about the stylesheet switch, I guess doing it in PHP would also fix it too, I wouldn't have to worry about the user the having Javascript enabled. Samuel Christian Montoya wrote: On 11/28/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ What I'm worried about: - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem with this? A problem is see is there is a flash before the new stylesheet is loaded. The page was orange/red and then the javascript happened and it was green. There are ways to have Javascript work before the page loads, one example used for another stylesheet modifier is here: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/unobtrusiveshowhide.php Read through it and see if the technique used there could prevent that flash. Or maybe you could do the stylesheet based on the server time and not my computer's time... that would also solve the problem... I mean, it's snowing here... is the page supposed to be green? Or is it because the weather is nice over there? -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
Looking at your javascript, I don't understand your reasons for using javascript. You are determining the season from the Month and Day. This is constant across the globe (give or take) at any specific time. Therefore can't you use PHP or some other server script tool or even just a manual replacing of the stylesheet periodically to reflect the current season? I don't know whether JS can detect local region settings? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Richardson Sent: 29 November 2005 00:19 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique The problem is, it's always going to be a different season for everyone, it doesn't really matter if its set to the server time or not. The only way to get around it would be to do an IP detect to check what hemisphere the user is in. Maybe in the future.. Thanks for the link about the stylesheet switch, I guess doing it in PHP would also fix it too, I wouldn't have to worry about the user the having Javascript enabled. Samuel Christian Montoya wrote: >On 11/28/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: >> >>http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ >> >>What I'm worried about: >> >> - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock >>is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't >>have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem >>with this? >> >> > >A problem is see is there is a flash before the new stylesheet is >loaded. The page was orange/red and then the javascript happened and >it was green. There are ways to have Javascript work before the page >loads, one example used for another stylesheet modifier is here: >http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/unobtrusiveshowhide.php >Read through it and see if the technique used there could prevent that flash. > >Or maybe you could do the stylesheet based on the server time and not >my computer's time... that would also solve the problem... I mean, >it's snowing here... is the page supposed to be green? Or is it >because the weather is nice over there? > >-- >-- >Christian Montoya >christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com >** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >** > > > > ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
The problem is, it's always going to be a different season for everyone, it doesn't really matter if its set to the server time or not. The only way to get around it would be to do an IP detect to check what hemisphere the user is in. Maybe in the future.. Thanks for the link about the stylesheet switch, I guess doing it in PHP would also fix it too, I wouldn't have to worry about the user the having Javascript enabled. Samuel Christian Montoya wrote: On 11/28/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ What I'm worried about: - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem with this? A problem is see is there is a flash before the new stylesheet is loaded. The page was orange/red and then the javascript happened and it was green. There are ways to have Javascript work before the page loads, one example used for another stylesheet modifier is here: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/unobtrusiveshowhide.php Read through it and see if the technique used there could prevent that flash. Or maybe you could do the stylesheet based on the server time and not my computer's time... that would also solve the problem... I mean, it's snowing here... is the page supposed to be green? Or is it because the weather is nice over there? -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
I have to say, I felt cheated by your navigation. You've got some big, chunky boxes just ripe for a nice rollover effect and all I got was an underline?!? Am I getting jaded? Spoiled? Is this not the final version? You've done a nice job with the wordpress pages and blog home page. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Richardson Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:18 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ What I'm worried about: - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem with this? - I've only checked the site in Firefox and IE on the PC. If anybody has a mac I'd love for ya to take a quick look at it and let me know if anything is wrong with it. Samuel ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
Nice styles, although it's a bit too pastel for my taste. I think the stylesheet switch is being done to late. I always see a switch over from autumn to spring. On 11/29/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: > > http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ > > What I'm worried about: > > - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock > is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't > have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem > with this? > > - I've only checked the site in Firefox and IE on the PC. If anybody > has a mac I'd love for ya to take a quick look at it and let me know if > anything is wrong with it. > > Samuel > ** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ** > > -- Ben Wong e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://blog.onehero.net ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
On 11/28/05, Samuel Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: > > http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ > > What I'm worried about: > > - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock > is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't > have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem > with this? A problem is see is there is a flash before the new stylesheet is loaded. The page was orange/red and then the javascript happened and it was green. There are ways to have Javascript work before the page loads, one example used for another stylesheet modifier is here: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/articles/unobtrusiveshowhide.php Read through it and see if the technique used there could prevent that flash. Or maybe you could do the stylesheet based on the server time and not my computer's time... that would also solve the problem... I mean, it's snowing here... is the page supposed to be green? Or is it because the weather is nice over there? -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.com ... rdpdesign.com ... cssliquid.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
[WSG] My Turn for a Site Critique
Ok, it's my turn for a site critique: http://www.seasonstravel.com.au/ What I'm worried about: - A new stylesheet loads depending on what season your computer clock is currently in, it should also load a default stylesheet if you don't have javascript enabled, is their any browsers that might have a problem with this? - I've only checked the site in Firefox and IE on the PC. If anybody has a mac I'd love for ya to take a quick look at it and let me know if anything is wrong with it. Samuel ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
