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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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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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<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 &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; 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&#39;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>
&gt; I was looking at search results tonight - and noticed that the &quot;n=
avigation<br>
&gt; bar&quot; (for lack of an accurate term) jumps around.=C2=A0 By &quot;=
navigation bar&quot; I<br>
&gt; mean the thing that looks like <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &quot;Displaying results 551-575 | First<br>
&gt; &lt;<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>&gt;=C2=A0 |<br>
&gt; Previous<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Dr=
elease_date&amp;start_inde" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Drelease_date&amp;sta=
rt_inde</a><br>
&gt; x=3D526&gt;=C2=A0 | Next<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Dr=
elease_date&amp;start_inde" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"=
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=3Drelease_date&amp;sta=
rt_inde</a><br>
&gt; x=3D576&gt; &quot;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; When you move from pate to page it jumps up or down depending upon how=
 much<br>
&gt; content, especially image content, there is on a page.=C2=A0 I think i=
t would be<br>
&gt; better for this particular part of navigation to be placed somewhere a=
bove<br>
&gt; the books, in the same place, to make it easier for people to move for=
ward<br>
&gt; and backward through the pages.=C2=A0 This might also help with mobile=
 or tablet<br>
&gt; devices but I haven&#39;t tried that out (yet). In any event it ought =
to be a<br>
&gt; very small tweak<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Tim Hare<br>
&gt; Interest Bystander, Non-Inc.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 <br>
&gt; <br>
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