Re: Another set of pages that might need tweaking
don kretz <[email protected]> Sat, 05 May 2018 19:20:39 +0000
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--===============6608399827730604456== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a114bc42a9b2ba6056b7a55b7" --001a114bc42a9b2ba6056b7a55b7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" If I can get the source code and a database I can probably knock off some of those bugs. On Sat, May 5, 2018, 7:11 AM Greg Newby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Tim. We don't have an active Webmaster right now, so nobody can fix > this. > > The search page is a fairly typical PHP+database application. > Unfortunately we do not have a complete test platform, just our main > production platform. If you or anyone else has skills and time to help > out, we can work with iBiblio to get usernames set up etc. > > If you would just like to look at some of the code to see whether there is > an easy fix, that is something I can probably help with. > - Greg > > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:14:56AM -0400, Tim Hare wrote: > > I was looking at search results tonight - and noticed that the > "navigation > > bar" (for lack of an accurate term) jumps around. By "navigation bar" I > > mean the thing that looks like > > > > "Displaying results 551-575 | First > > <https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=release_date> | > > Previous > > < > https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=release_date&start_inde > > x=526> | Next > > < > https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=release_date&start_inde > > x=576> " > > > > When you move from pate to page it jumps up or down depending upon how > much > > content, especially image content, there is on a page. I think it would > be > > better for this particular part of navigation to be placed somewhere > above > > the books, in the same place, to make it easier for people to move > forward > > and backward through the pages. This might also help with mobile or > tablet > > devices but I haven't tried that out (yet). In any event it ought to be a > > very small tweak > > > > Tim Hare > > Interest Bystander, Non-Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gutvol-d mailing list > > gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] > > http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d > > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] > http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d > --001a114bc42a9b2ba6056b7a55b7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">If I can get the source code and a database I can probabl= y knock off some of those bugs.=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><= div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, May 5, 2018, 7:11 AM Greg Newby <<a href=3D"mail= to:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote= class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc soli= d;padding-left:1ex">Hi, Tim.=C2=A0 We don't have an active Webmaster ri= ght now, so nobody can fix this.<br> <br> The search page is a fairly typical PHP+database application.=C2=A0 Unfortu= nately we do not have a complete test platform, just our main production pl= atform.=C2=A0 If you or anyone else has skills and time to help out, we can= work with iBiblio to get usernames set up etc.<br> <br> If you would just like to look at some of the code to see whether there is = an easy fix, that is something I can probably help with.<br> =C2=A0 - Greg<br> <br> On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:14:56AM -0400, Tim Hare wrote:<br> > I was looking at search results tonight - and noticed that the "n= avigation<br> > bar" (for lack of an accurate term) jumps around.=C2=A0 By "= navigation bar" I<br> > mean the thing that looks like <br> > <br> > "Displaying results 551-575 | First<br> > <<a href=3D"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Dr= elease_date" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.gu= tenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Drelease_date</a>>=C2=A0 |<br> > Previous<br> > <<a href=3D"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Dr= elease_date&start_inde" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"= >https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Drelease_date&sta= rt_inde</a><br> > x=3D526>=C2=A0 | Next<br> > <<a href=3D"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Dr= elease_date&start_inde" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"= >https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Drelease_date&sta= rt_inde</a><br> > x=3D576> "<br> > <br> > When you move from pate to page it jumps up or down depending upon how= much<br> > content, especially image content, there is on a page.=C2=A0 I think i= t would be<br> > better for this particular part of navigation to be placed somewhere a= bove<br> > the books, in the same place, to make it easier for people to move for= ward<br> > and backward through the pages.=C2=A0 This might also help with mobile= or tablet<br> > devices but I haven't tried that out (yet). In any event it ought = to be a<br> > very small tweak<br> > <br> > Tim Hare<br> > Interest Bystander, Non-Inc.<br> > <br> >=C2=A0 <br> > <br> >=C2=A0 <br> > <br> <br> > _______________________________________________<br> > gutvol-d mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"n= oreferrer">gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]</a><br> > <a href=3D"http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d" rel=3D"no= referrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listi= nfo/gutvol-d</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> gutvol-d mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"norefe= rrer">gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d" rel=3D"norefer= rer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/g= utvol-d</a><br> </blockquote></div> --001a114bc42a9b2ba6056b7a55b7-- --===============6608399827730604456== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KZ3V0dm9sLWQg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0Cmd1dHZvbC1kQGxpc3RzLnBnbGFmLm9yZwpodHRwOi8vbGlzdHMucGdsYWYu b3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vZ3V0dm9sLWQK --===============6608399827730604456==--