From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13683 invoked by alias); 28 Sep 2004 22:14:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 13669 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2004 22:14:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gencom001.gencom.us) (208.45.97.129) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 28 Sep 2004 22:14:39 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gencom001.gencom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561E260D7; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gencom001.gencom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gencom001.gencom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22191-07; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from osts (home [67.171.201.213]) by gencom001.gencom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB2A5E08; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: New Proposed Xconq Web Site Online From: "D. Cooper Stevenson" Reply-To: cstevens@gencom.us To: Feneric Brown Cc: Xconq Mailing List In-Reply-To: <43963B64-1193-11D9-B87C-000393439120@saugus.net> References: <43963B64-1193-11D9-B87C-000393439120@saugus.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: General Computer Message-Id: <1096409997.7253.44.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:47:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gencom001 X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01273.txt.bz2 On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 14:13, Feneric Brown wrote: > It looks generally good. Thank you! > I think the search box might be better placed > in the sidebar though, and the big otherwise empty mustardy band up top > eliminated. Done. Do you think the search box looks okay or should it go elsewhere? [snip] - I'm as multi-cultural as the next guy, but I'm afraid the Espertinos are out of luck :) > Actually, as I look deeper, it makes me wonder how much control do you > have over the placement of the sidebars with PHP-Nuke... Just about whatever you want in terms of look and placement. > Most of the stories > seem to be pretty short (just 1 - 4 lines within the display anyway) This may be because you are seeing the story's header. Does clicking the "Read More" link help? Also noted is Eli's input about the Xconq logo. > so > perhaps there could be some width adjustments made there (or even both > the sidebars combined into one as there are enough stories to support > the length). Assuming that it's not the logo size (and it probably is as Eli suggested) then this should be fixed (some tweaking may be required). > Since the second sidebar also has a search box, it makes even more > sense to me to remove the top search box. > Done (if vertical placement makes sense; very easy to change). > Finally, does PHP-Nuke support easy RSS output of news stories? Absolutely. It's really easy to do. The Xconq site currently does. Point your RSS feeder to this link: http://www.xconq.org/backend.php I also routinely put RSS feeds in as blocks from other sites. If there are Xconq related RSS feeds, by all means, do tell! > > Anyhow, just a few random thoughts meant to be constructive, not > negative. You could have written and said, "Coop, that is the ugliest color scheme I have ever seen," and I would have about squealed that you gave such honest feedback and changed them immediately. You can try this at home! Simply send a "one liner" that says, "Coop, that is the ugliest color scheme I have ever seen" and see what happens! > On the whole it's excellent work and it's good to see an > updated site. Thanks! -Coop -- -------------------------------------------------------------- | Cooper Stevenson | Em: cooper@gencom.us | | GenCom | Ph: 541.924.9434 | | "Working For IT" | Www: http://www.gencom.us | --------------------------------------------------------------