On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Ade Goodyer <adriangood...@googlemail.com> wrote: > The classic mistake of web design/development has also happened here and the > style of the website has been designed first with the content to follow > later. Having a fair amount of experience in the design and building of > sites myself this is undoubtedly going to lead to inefficiency during the > build and due to the high volume of input here and the fluid nature of it, I > can see the final result delivering a very confused message in terms of > design and the general mechanics of the site. > > I am by no way criticising the ideas so far, they have been great! I am > merely suggesting that if we first define a clear purpose of what the site > needs to achieve then they styling will come together later and look a lot > better. Some measurable objectives are desperately needed too in order to > convert all the energy from everyone into constructing a fantastic site :o)
Ah, a breath of fresh air... > Anyone agree? Without a doubt. After 22 years in IT, I think I can honestly say that one of the MAJOR flaws in so-called "web designers"'s portfolios are the inability to grasp that it is the FUNCTION that matters and the design comes next. You see it time and time again - sites that "look great", but simply don't hold together. Better a site that "looks bad" but "rocks"... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
