Much, much better. Looks really good now (IMO). --- Douglas J Hunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The new "snapshot" of the developing site redesign is up. The > following > concerns have been addresses: > 1. the javascript windows resize is gone. It wasn't intended to be a > part of > the site. I was using it to help me gauge window sizes, table > alignments, and > font spacing. > 2. the frame borders are invisible. they were only visible to > illustrate the > layout to Net Llama. I didn't know he was going to tell everyone about > the > url ;) > 3. the middle frame has been absorbed into another frame much like the > > current site. I never cared for having it seperate. I just made it > that way > so that I could keep track of the many required elements. > 4. the "2 words per row" between the two tables has been fixed. > however, this > means that the minimum browser window size is slightly larger (if you > don't > want to have to scroll the site) > > Frames are still there. I don't care for them that much either, but > the main > focus for right now is the design itself. How we do the layout can be > worked > out after we have a "final" design. > > NOTE: The images on the site with the penguin are temporary. But the > general > look is probably going to stay. (beach, books, some kind of beverage) > I've > asked Burns to generate some new Dr Tux images whenever he gets some > time. > > There's still a ton of 404 errors. It is intentional. There is no > sense in > copying all that content around when the focus right now is the "face" > of the > site. > > There is nothing I can do about the white on white in the store. I've > sent a > request up to the site admin (the store is one of those co-partner > things). > The jury is still out on whether the final site will have a store or > not. > Opinions? > > You'll also note the opinions link. This will take you to a beta site > of a > concept that we are kicking around. Essentially, what we were hoping > to > achieve was a place where you (the user) can go to look up reviews > (written > by your peers in the community) of different hardware or software or > distros. > think epinions.com meets the linux hardware compatibility list meets > the > steps. The site will also have relevant links to SxS content. For > example, > you go to the opinion site and lookup cd-r drives. It will present you > with a > link to the relevant SxS material on cd-r drives, and will also show > what > cd-r drives have been reviewed by the community. the reviews will tell > the > make and model, the success, what kernel, what distro, overall rating > of the > drive, etc. That way you can see "oh look. lite-on drives work well > with > linux. acer ones dont. guess I wont be buying that acer drive at best > buy > after all". There are very few reports in the system right now. If you > get a > chance, create a login and start generating reports. Try to break it. > Then > send me whatever errors messages/issues/ideas/etc you encounter. > > The url is still http://hunley.homeip.net/sxs/
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