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From: Brownz on 12 Aug 2010 07:16 On 12 Aug, 08:43, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if this should be OT or not, as it's vaguely on topic. > > I know we've got a few web savvy bods on the group so I'd like some > feedback on the site I've set up for BRC. Both on the site and on the > grammar/spelling. > > It's all been done in vi or windows write using a template, so no > frontpage rubbish has been added. > > You can get to it here: > > http://www.lanoyeraierocamadour.com > > Ta. As others have mentioned.... I frickin hate mouseover menus..... When you look at the piccies the menu font changes style and size , or it does on my work pc at least.
From: Cab on 12 Aug 2010 07:35 On Aug 12, 1:29 pm, Switters <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:09:29 GMT, Cab wrote: > > I'll bear that one in mind, ta. One of the remarks I had by BRC was > > that the menus weren't obvious before (I just had the flags) so I had > > to add the word "menu" between the flags. > > How about 'Language: <flag1> <flag2>', then switch the whole site. > > Multi-lingual on the same page is a bit... much. What happens if you add > a further language for Spanish or German visitors? > > Then you can get rid of the drop down menu, and just have a nice > collection of button looking links along the top. I've pretty much redone the menus on my laptop here. From the main page, the text tells you to navigate around the site using the buttons above and when you go into each language page, the buttons appear as a horizontal bar to navigate around. No more drop down menus. It appears that that is out. I'll have to wait until I get home to upload the new format though. -- Cab
From: Ofnuts on 12 Aug 2010 08:18 On 12/08/2010 09:43, Cab wrote: > Not sure if this should be OT or not, as it's vaguely on topic. > > I know we've got a few web savvy bods on the group so I'd like some > feedback on the site I've set up for BRC. Both on the site and on the > grammar/spelling. > > It's all been done in vi or windows write using a template, so no > frontpage rubbish has been added. > > You can get to it here: > > http://www.lanoyeraierocamadour.com > > Ta. > > -- > Cab Didn't look at the code, only the results: - a misleading coloring of the french/english pulldown in the menu makes it hard to tell if you are in the right language. - personally I don't like the idea of the two menus. Once people are set in English or French, the rest is always going to be the same language. I'd prefer a solution with a homepage in English or French (depending on detected browser preferred language) with a flag to switch to the other. Then the "menu" could be replaced by top tabs and lead to pages in the same language. - "location" in French means "rental" or "lease"... Use "situation" or "localisation" instead (or the cutesy "Y aller", "O� sommes-nous?", "Pour venir"... ) - No "<title>" in the page, also mean it would appear in the bookmark list of a user as the plain URL. This seems true of other pages as well (always remember that <title> ends up as a URL description in bookmarks, to it should be "absolute" ("La Noyeraie: rooms") and not "relative" ("rooms"). - The French part needs a good review, there is this strange entrance flight of steps with a built-in kettle and coffee-machine... Contact me offline if you/they want some help for this. - General looks are good, though a green or yellow tone would be more in tune with the area IMHO. - Seems to require a quite wide display, not sure it would work well accessed from an iPod - The map is slow to load (but I'm seeing this on a rather slow link ATM) - Photos are OK (except the one with the big flower) - Come to think of it, Rocamadour being a well known pilgrimage, they may want an Irish version :-) Hmmm. A nut grove. There must be a hidden sign somewhere. -- Bd. o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net (drop dots except last) TDM900/UKRMMA#2
From: Champ on 12 Aug 2010 08:35 On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:22:41 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:13:53 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>On 12 Aug 2010 08:29:22 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>Plus, if you use "the plan is" you don't need "in the future".[1] :o) >> >>>[1] One of my current bugbears is people peppering their sentences with >>>"going forward" - "Our plan going forward is...". Aaaaaarrrggghhh! >>Crikey, that sort of cod-management speak has been winding me up for >>10 years or more. People seem to think that dropping 'going forward' >>into a sentence somehow adds some dynamism to their point. In almost >>every circumstance you can omit the 'going forward' and retain the >>same meaning. >Is that a "to-be" scenario you're talking about. THat onbe winds me up >just as much. Christ. Fortunately, I've not heard that one before. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Veggie Dave on 12 Aug 2010 08:44
Cab <rosbif(a)gmail.com> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >I know we've got a few web savvy bods on the group so I'd like some >feedback on the site I've set up for BRC. Both on the site and on the >grammar/spelling. Ah, I was just about to message Jen, but this seems a better place to do it. The menu from the photo page has a smaller font than the rest of the site - both on the French and English versions. Also it really needs more pics to illustrate the text. They're in a stunning area of France, which, let's face it, is the reason for visiting La Noyeraie, yet there isn't anything on the site that shows this in any way. At the moment the site doesn't contain any reason to stay in the area other than La Noyeraie is there. And, as has already been mentioned, a slightly more obvious and easy menu selection would be nice, too. -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine |