yes html and css can be pretty. the point is if we can do so much collective and individual work in suggesting,creating,maintaining much more complex codes- how much time would it take to replace the html of the home page....?
hmm .......... who decides to create the Official 2009 Website Design Contest is now open for entries ....? - submit html and css only pages by such and such date... - winners choosen by vote among common public....and judges and fans and media - award /prize is mention and hyperlink (nofollow tag) and bragging rights and free lodging and tickets to the annual R conference and extra credits for passing the dissertation exam and A in Stats 303 and sip of vintage beer /wine /schnapps/vodka. and .. regards, Ajay Samuel Goldwyn - "I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it." On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM, <friedrich.lei...@stat.uni-muenchen.de>wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 18:14:03 +0530, > >>>>> Ajay ohri (Ao) wrote: > > > Plain HTML coding is simple enough for this list ( I think)...but > aesthetic > > design....hmm > > In most cases one can do more than most think using HTML and CSS: Our > universities corporate design was done by "professionals" and is backed > by a CMS: > > http://www.uni-muenchen.de > > Our dpertment didn't want to use the CMS, so we emulated it using > HTML, CSS and iframes: > > http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/ > > which is *much* more convenient to maintain for us: I have a copy of > my page on my laptop, I can work on it while offline on a train, etc. > > I don't want to discuss whether the above examples are aesthetic or > not (we are required to follow the coporate design, so have no > choice). The main point I want to make is: that everything is static > HTML makes life very easy for command line junkies like me ;-) > > Best, > Fritz > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof. Dr. Friedrich Leisch > > Institut für Statistik Tel: (+49 89) 2180 3165 > Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Fax: (+49 89) 2180 5308 > Ludwigstraße 33 > D-80539 München http://www.statistik.lmu.de/~leisch > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Journal Computational Statistics --- http://www.springer.com/180 > Münchner R Kurse --- http://www.statistik.lmu.de/R > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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