Re: AUGD: Re: Fortmac site
Re: AUGD: Re: Fortmac site
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Re: Fortmac site
- From: Art Payne <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:52:59 -0400
- Thread-topic: AUGD: Re: Fortmac site
Title: Re: AUGD: Re: Fortmac site
>Thanks to all, the comments are much appreciated.
I’m no web guru and Terry White slams my User Group site every year @ UGU because you have to scroll to see ALL of the content on the Home Page, but all of the important info (meeting topic & info, meeting times) <http://themichiganapple.com/> open inside the browser when you first hit the page . The rest is just sizzle to try and retain users and sell the group on the front page (a old school approach – hopefully people will scroll BEFORE they click a link to see more UNWANTED info, but that is soooo 90’s). I will hopefully redesign the site before UGU and clean up the design a bit.
>One popular comment was regarding a back button.
>I chose to go to a new window (blank) so the subject would't have to share space with other subjects. And rather than "Back" just close the window.
The Blank new window is cool on some parts (like slow loading PDF’s that I can click to dismiss after I read them) but the link to Apple’s site on the graphic goes to Apple in the SAME WINDOW. I clicked that link hoping to find out more info about the meetings, but it took me to Apple’s site. I would split/slice that image (I see it is sort of sliced) and make it go other relative places for more info about YOUR GROUP (or the Apple can go to Apple.com and the Sponsors Ad to that site).
>I had several comments about crowding to the left. I come from a very old school and try to have a site that you don't have to scroll up/down/>right/left to see everything. Is that no longer a valid premise?
I think it would be more pleasing to the eye if the page loaded centered with white space on either side.
I also took a peak behind the scenes at your images folder (place a blank index.html page or a 404 page in there to hide it) and the only thing I would suggest is organizing your images folder a bit more with sub folders to avoid a future nightmare. You’ve got image files, pdf’s, html pages, and a little bit of everything floating around in there.
It’s okay right now, bit a year or two from now as content grows, it MAY be unmanageable! You may want to create sub folders for ALL the PDF’s, another sub folder for ALL the Newsletters (date them Year-Month-Day and they stay in order better), and another for (html) Pages, etc...
Also you may want to break up the Minutes pages by year (2004, 2005. 2005, but I do like the “Go to Top” feature) again looking to the future.
Peeked at the source code also, BIG Kudos for using a _javascript_ to hide the email address links for the Officers!
Just my .02¢ from past experience.
Art
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Art Payne
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