Re: [OT] Crappy website
Thank you Sarah ! René Le 9 janv. 2010 à 01:04, Sarah Reichelt a écrit : > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Richmond Mathewson > wrote: >> My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like >> a dog's dinner . . . >> >> Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: >> >> http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] >> >> with this: >> >> http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html > > > I guess my main problem with the original is that there is no overall > theme. Links are images of very different sizes and transparencies, so > it isn't obvious which are links. > The new one looks more consistent, which will make it easier to navigate. > > But for people like me who are not into design, it is often easier to > start with a CSS template and adapt that to your needs. > http://www.freecsstemplates.org/ is one good source of such things and > it allows you to build a polished site with remarkably little effort. > Using CSS also makes it much easier to make sure all the pages on the > site have the same formatting, and changes are site-wide for even > easier editing. > > Cheers, > Sarah > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like > a dog's dinner . . . > > Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] > > with this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html Like Sarah said: > But for people like me who are not into design, it is often easier to > start with a CSS template and adapt that to your needs. Templates are wonderful! I have recently started a site for my robotics hobby using a FREE hosting service. I know Richmond likes freebies and I do too. Take a look at my first go at a website using the online site builder (also free). http://www.ellerrobotics.webege.com/ ~Roger Eller ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like > a dog's dinner . . . > > Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] > > with this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html I guess my main problem with the original is that there is no overall theme. Links are images of very different sizes and transparencies, so it isn't obvious which are links. The new one looks more consistent, which will make it easier to navigate. But for people like me who are not into design, it is often easier to start with a CSS template and adapt that to your needs. http://www.freecsstemplates.org/ is one good source of such things and it allows you to build a polished site with remarkably little effort. Using CSS also makes it much easier to make sure all the pages on the site have the same formatting, and changes are site-wide for even easier editing. Cheers, Sarah ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Hi Richmond, You are Scott, so i expected to find your familiar plaid design in your website. ;-) http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qResults.aspx?searchString=Mathewson When time permits, i will create a stack to create tartan designs. These designs show how you could create nice looking patterns using simple elements... a great example of economy of means: http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/economy_of_means_a_brief_history_of_doing_more_with_less/ Scottis were (Still are?) famous for their acute sense of economy... :-) http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4850359,00.html So, Richmond... Keep your design simple, but elegant. Have a great good 2010! alejandro ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
For all the comparative linguists out there: in our part of the world we would call the first website "a dog's breakfast." Besides the animated flags, everything looks fine and dandy. Those flags have to go. --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Klaus on-rev wrote: > From: Klaus on-rev > Subject: Re: [OT] Crappy website > To: "How to use Revolution" > Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 12:27 PM > Hi Luis, > > Am 08.01.2010 um 18:21 schrieb Luis: > > > My eyes! My eyes! > > :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D > > > On 8 Jan 2010, at 15:40, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > >> My sister (who knows about these things) tells me > that my website looks like > >> a dog's dinner . . . > >> Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing > this: > >> http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html > [dog's dinner] > >> ... > >> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson > > Best > > Klaus > > -- > Klaus Major > http://www.major-k.de > kl...@major.on-rev.com > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Hi Luis, Am 08.01.2010 um 18:21 schrieb Luis: > My eyes! My eyes! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D > On 8 Jan 2010, at 15:40, Richmond Mathewson wrote: >> My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like >> a dog's dinner . . . >> Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: >> http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] >> ... >> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Hi Richmond, The old website is maybe a dog's dinner, but a rather appetizing one. The new one is terribly calvinist and my cat was not specially appealed... I would at least soften it, these grey borders look like prison's walls seen from above. And to milden it, put somewhere an illustrated and well visible logo symbolizing your interests - the problem is probably that you have too many of them ;). I agree with René: why not Ganesh-with-a-laptop ? Good introduction to DevaWriter ! Sicerely Jacques Le 8 janv. 2010 à 16:40, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : > My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like > a dog's dinner . . . > > Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] > > with this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html > > [dummy, half-cooked, cat's lunch] > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson > --- > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html > --- > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ** Prof. Jacques Hausser Department of Ecology and Evolution Biophore / Sorge University of Lausanne CH 1015 Lausanne please use my private address: 6 route de Burtigny CH-1269 Bassins tel/fax:++ 41 22 366 19 40 mobile: ++ 41 79 757 05 24 E-Mail: jacques.haus...@unil.ch *** ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
My eyes! My eyes! On 8 Jan 2010, at 15:40, Richmond Mathewson wrote: My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like a dog's dinner . . . Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] with this: http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html [dummy, half-cooked, cat's lunch] sincerely, Richmond Mathewson -- - http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html -- - ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
I disagree! Find the first, naive... much more alive than the 2nd polished. IN the end, i'd really say... a) is it a site to SEDUCE people? commercial.. b) or is it a site to EXPRESS yourself, and just GIVE ACCESS to your pupils.. if a then, sure.. neither sites will do the job.. but, as I suspect it is b) then.. just don't bother tand do whatever PLEASES YOU (and let your sister do her site as she wishes i'd say!!! ) Have fun.. p.s; if you want a basic CMS site, i've developped one from andre garzia basic cms sample on on-rev in april, and this I found was a very good base. Rick Harrison wrote: > > Hi Richmond, > > I hate to have to say it, but your sister is probably correct. > > -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/OT-Crappy-website-tp1009754p1009823.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Hi Richmond, I hate to have to say it, but your sister is probably correct. I think the rather raw naked brain at the very bottom almost made me loose my breakfast, which is then something a dog might consider for dinner. Blah! The second example is a much cleaner, and organized start. Unfortunately in our age of the web now, everything has to have that graphic artist professional polished brush look or no one takes one's website seriously. I wish this was not the case myself as it has raised the cost of website development astronomically for everyone. Good luck with your revisions, and remember that you can't please all of the people all of the time. There will always be some critics out there who will say they don't like your site no matter how well polished it is. Cheers, Rick On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like > a dog's dinner . . . > > Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] > > with this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html > > [dummy, half-cooked, cat's lunch] > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson > --- > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html > --- > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Both sites are somewhat plain. Have you thought about using a tool that comes with nice design templates, like iWeb for example?___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] Crappy website
Hello Richmond ! For me the second one is better (the principle) but with Ganesh !! :-) Bons souvenirs de Paris René Le 8 janv. 2010 à 16:40, Richmond Mathewson a écrit : > My sister (who knows about these things) tells me that my website looks like > a dog's dinner . . . > > Would be very grateful for any feedback comparing this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/default.html [dog's dinner] > > with this: > > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/home.html > > [dummy, half-cooked, cat's lunch] > > sincerely, Richmond Mathewson > --- > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html > --- > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
