Re: web site

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:04:11 +0100
Stefan Ott <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 02:39:40PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > 2 things:
> > -I like the menu on the left
> > -I think that in general, we are using too large fonts. Also the left menu 
> > (wich is nice) take too much place.
> > 
> > But I think this is going the right way.
> 
> I created some new suggestions:
> http://stefan.desire.ch/xfce/categorized.php
> http://stefan.desire.ch/xfce/categorized2.php
> http://stefan.desire.ch/xfce/categorized3.php
> 
> Indeed, you're right about the font size. I basically just changed that
> and slightly optimized the positioning of the main content in version 1.
font is still too big.

> However, personally I prefer the way the submenu is in the second
> version, as having it on the side creates a lot of blank screen space
> further down the page.
The blank on the left is not a prob for me.
Also, if you prefer this is always possible to move this menu on th left, where more space is available. But I don't really like the fact of having 2 menu displayed on 2 line.

> In version 3, I additionally changed the main
> menu in a way which IMHO makes it more readable (better signal-to-noise
> ratio). Opinions?
> 
Not bad at all.

> > > > I'm definitivly not a web designer...
> > > I would also suggest to put the plugin information into a database (or
> > > at least a text file) to keep the site maintainable. A textfile would
> > > have the advantage for us not to need any kind of web-backend and user
> > > management...
> > > 
> > > What do you (and the others) think of this?
> > > 
> > 
> > I already thought at that possibility, and I think it will rapidly become usefull, 
> > and even necessary. Also I'm more in favor of a database backend, because I think
> > it would be easier to program (not matter of file format for example), and offer
> > us more flexibility. 
> > Also i can look at the database schema when I would have some time.
> 
> I "ordered" a database on berlios which, according to the message I
> received, should be ready in a couple of hours. I'll create a table in
> there as soon as it's ready and fill it with some content unless you'd
> prefer to do the scheme on your own. I'll definitely NOT fill the table
> before we agree on the scheme :)
> 
I think we wouls use more than only one table ;)
Okay, I will look at how we can store all the stuff into tables.


> Regards
> -- 
> Stefan Ott
> http://www.desire.ch/
> 
> "Quelli come me si svegliano alle tre e dicono che i giorni sono corti"
>   -- Luciano Ligabue
>