the age looks really good its a lot easier to read than smh.com.au
Benjamin Life through a polaroid www.lifethroughapolaroid.com > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > <title></title> > </head> > <body> > Hey Peter,<br> > <br> > I dont know if its your intention, but some pages i loaded wern't > centered...<br> > Like articles etc...<br> > <br> > A comment on your stats the resolution - <font face="Arial" size="2"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">1400x1050 <br> > </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></span></font><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">I am > running this resolution, I didnt realise that many people actually had > it...<br> > <br> > Its a laptop resolution - as far as i know its only laptops...<br> > <br> > nice work!<br> > <br> > damn it must be a lot of work - working for a news website!<br> > so many users, so many computers, so many different OS/Browsers and > other little issues...<br> > </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> > <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Chris Stratford > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="Http://www.neester.com";>Http://www.neester.com</a></pre> > <br> > <br> > Peter Ottery wrote: > <blockquote cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" type="cite"> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> > <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name="GENERATOR"> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004">hiya,</span></font></div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004">we > relaunched theage.com.au today with improved markup and a css layout.</span></font></div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><a > href="http://theage.com.au/";>http://theage.com.au/</a></span></font></div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"></span></font> </div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><strong>a > couple of points of interest:</strong></span></font></div> > <ul> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004">a > big part of the redesign was improving the markup - ie: obviously using > <h> tags and <ul> tags etc. still have a ways to go and > it'll be a learning process for the many editors etc that maintain the > site (which is why you may come across some irregularities in parts of > the site). <span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">the pages pass thru soooo many sets of > hands to make it to the live site (so be gentle :) eg: - information > architects -> design (me) -> CMS/tech guys -> editors</span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004">the > layout is centred and fixed width - mainly for editorial > reasons/requests for tighter control over positioning and relationships > between elements on the page (eg: pictures relating to headlines). the > default css is for a layout that fits at 800 wide, then a script > detects if you are browsing at 1024 wide or higher and loads a 1024 > css layout (which just overrides some of the width values etc). this > was to satisfy the need for tight control over the layout but to also > try to optimise the layout for the ever growing 1024+ audience (stats > below).</span></font></li> > </ul> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><strong>some > interesting stats:</strong></span></font></div> > <font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"> > <ul> > <li><span class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2">in > the last month theage.com.au has had </font></span><span > class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2">1,718,644 > unique visitors</font></span></li> > <li><span class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2">browser > stats for the last month</font></span></li> > <ul> > <li><span class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2">IE6 > - <span class="312014522-19042004"><font face="Arial" size="2">73% </font></span></font></span></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">IE 5.5 - <span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">9% </span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">IE 5.5 - <span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">9% </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">IE 5.0X - <span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">7% </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">Mozilla - <span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">1% </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">Firebird - > <span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">1% </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">Safari - <span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">0.7% </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > </ul> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">screen res > stats for the last month</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <ul> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">1024x768 - > 55%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">800x600 - > 27.4%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">1280x1024 > - 7%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">1152x864 - > 3.3%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">1400x1050 > - 1.35%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font><font > face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">(those %'s > wont add up - they are just the main ones :)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > </ul> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">page > weight (markup only)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <ul> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004">yesterday - 65k</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > <li><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>today > - 37k</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></li> > </ul> > </ul> > </span></font> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004">any > thoughts/feedback/problems spotted appreciated - as long as they're > relevant to this list of course (if they're not feel free to email me > directly).</span></font></div> > <div> </div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004">pete</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font></div> > <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"><span > class="312014522-19042004"><span class="312014522-19042004"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></font> </div> > <span > style="font-family: verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(51, 102, 153);">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> > <strong>Peter Ottery</strong><br> > Head of Design<br> > f2 Network<br> > <br> > (02) 8596 4450<br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a><br> > <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153);" href="http://www.f2.com.au/";>www.f2.com.au</a> > </span> > <div> </div> > </blockquote> > </body> > </html> > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** > > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
