[wdvltalk] Re: HomeSite -- Dreamweaver

2004-01-07 Thread Amrit Hallan
you wrote | I don't think Dreamwever offers a true you wrote | autocompletion (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you wrote | but has Auto Tag completion instead: you wrote | you wrote | Preferences = Code Hint = Auto Tag completion you wrote | checkbox. you wrote | you wrote | Will this

[wdvltalk] Video for the web

2004-01-07 Thread john . f . hughes
Folks, I'm looking into buying a camcorder with a strong eye for using the output online. I hope to set up on my own later this year and I'd like to be able to offer online video capacity as a site feature should it be appropriate. I was wondering if people had any recommendations or pointers

[wdvltalk] Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
All, The company I'm currently working for have agreed to let me loose on their website. Am I correct in believing that the main screen resolution in use is 800x600? or have the majority of users finally got to 1024/768? I'm just trying to decide which to design for... :) TIA, Matt --

[wdvltalk] RE: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread jac
I always design for 800 X 600 - both fixed and fluid layouts. -Original Message- From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Sent: 07 January 2004 12:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Screen Resolutions All, The company I'm currently working for have agreed to let me loose

[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-07 Thread Scott Glasgow
An array is more of a programming data structure than a DBMS concept. Typically, data elements might be read from a database (via query) into one or more arrays, which may then be programmatically manipulated and then, usually, the transformed data is either output using various methods (screen,

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
Am I correct in believing that the main screen resolution in use is 800x600? or have the majority of users finally got to 1024/768? if you make the assumption that users are perfectly happy to maximize their browser windows to avoid scrolling horizontally on your site, then yeah, go right

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
I'm with you. I can't remember the last time I voluntarily maximized my browser window. I say voluntarily because on occasion I've visited sites that insisted on going full screen and it really annoys me. Even though my husband does maximize his browser window he always has his favorites or

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread andrew . trusz
Matt, this is what standards are all about. Design the site using the full power of css. Make it fluid so resolution isn't an issue (except for extreme widths). Wrap the whole thing in a div with a small left and right margin to center it whatever the screen resolution. Use percentages for

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
if you make the assumption that users are perfectly happy to maximize their browser windows to avoid scrolling horizontally on your site, then yeah, go right ahead, make them maximize their browser windows can you tell how i feel about that? ;o) ummm, over joyed? :p OK, so what resolution

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Drew, On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 13:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt, this is what standards are all about. Design the site using the full power of css. Make it fluid so resolution isn't an issue (except for extreme widths). Wrap the whole thing in a div with a small left and right margin to

[wdvltalk] Splash Screens

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
All, as you can probably tell from these last posts, it's been a while since I actually designed a website for a company, usually it's just for myself/friends. Do people still use Splash screens? This would give the following kind of site map: |---| | Splash

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
OK, so what resolution do you design for Rudy? I'm now intrigued. i design for all resolutions ;o) If you don't design for 800x600 or 1024x768, and you don't like scroll bars/maximising windows, I'm dying to know how you design sites that avoid all of this! by making the design liquid

[wdvltalk] Re: Splash Screens

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
Do people still use Splash screens? no The company have asked for it, I'm just wondering if this affects traffic in any way shape of form... yes, it does, it affects search engine positioning also, a percentage of users will not bother entering you are shooting yourself in the company

[wdvltalk] Re: Splash Screens

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 14:08, rudy wrote: Do people still use Splash screens? no The company have asked for it, I'm just wondering if this affects traffic in any way shape of form... yes, it does, it affects search engine positioning also, a percentage of users will not bother

[wdvltalk] Adding barcode to webpage

2004-01-07 Thread Hoenig, Robert
I would like to add a barcode reader input to my webpages. Has anyone done this and is it even possible. I've been doing some research on adding it to a VB program which would work if that's the only way to do it. Any suggestions?? Thanks Robert

[wdvltalk] RE: Splash Screens

2004-01-07 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: --- : All, : : as you can probably tell from these last posts, it's been a while : since I actually designed a website for a company, usually it's : just for myself/friends. : : Do people still use Splash screens? This would give

[wdvltalk] [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
All, This is the first attempt at the new site: http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png Please note that this is purely an image for mock-up purposes. To give you a comparison, the old site (not designed by me!) is here: http://www.ictstrategies.com/ TIA, Matt --

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread john . f . hughes
Matt, At 1024 resolution it looks great, a lot cleaner than the previous version. One concern might be that you are losing a lot of space at the top of the screen with the corporate identity stuff. It takes up about a third on 800 by 600 and you also have a vertical scroll, but I assume that's

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
This is the first attempt at the new site: http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png it is nice and simple (which is *very* important in my book) and rather easy to make liquid ;o) the previous version did have a bunch of icons in the main body area, are you planning to do away with

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 16:04, rudy wrote: This is the first attempt at the new site: http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png it is nice and simple (which is *very* important in my book) and rather easy to make liquid ;o) the previous version did have a bunch of icons in the

[wdvltalk] Re: Screen Resolutions

2004-01-07 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Can't speak for Rudi but what I do is make sure it looks okay w/o scrollbars at 800x600 and liquid so it will flow for larger ones. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -Original Message-

[wdvltalk] RE: Splash Screens

2004-01-07 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Personally I find splash pages annoying especially if I am returning to a site. Last thing I want to do is sit through the splash screen again. Also, since search engines use content for ranking pages a splash page isn't going to help your company get higher in the search engines. On thing that

[wdvltalk] Re: Slow pages (MS FrontPage 2002...)

2004-01-07 Thread rudy
http://www.zionpentecostal.com/home.html What can be causing this poor performance? TOTAL_OBJECTS - Warning! The total number of objects on this page is 30 - consider reducing this to a more reasonable number. Combine, refine, and optimize your external objects. Replace graphic rollovers

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread K.F. Wu
At 08:18 AM 1/7/2004, Matt wrote: I'm currently writing the CSS for the xhtml to display it properly, as a liquid layout. (/me doesn't do tables anymore!) Since the page is just an png image file, not an html, I have no way to review your code (Nice-view page though). But I noticed that you

[wdvltalk] Re: [SCR] http://www.interactwiththe.net/ict/mainPage.png

2004-01-07 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
KoaFar, On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:47, K.F. Wu wrote: At 08:18 AM 1/7/2004, Matt wrote: I'm currently writing the CSS for the xhtml to display it properly, as a liquid layout. (/me doesn't do tables anymore!) Since the page is just an png image file, not an html, I have no way to review

[wdvltalk] RE: Slow pages (MS FrontPage 2002...)

2004-01-07 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Total page size including flash and javascript is 140k which is pretty large for a dial-up since optimal is 40-50k and anything over 70k is worth looking to find out what you can do to reduce the page size. One thing you can do is set page default for fonts and that will eliminate a lot of your

[wdvltalk] RE: Slow pages (MS FrontPage 2002...)

2004-01-07 Thread Peter Vidal
Thank you guys! I will check the flash, the scripts and the web optimizer recommendations as well. Thanks a bunch! Peter Vidal Pall Aeropower Corp. SR Programmer Analyst WWW.Pall.com My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the