Re: Status update - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Status update
Date
Msg-id 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B844B65A@mail.vale-housing.co.uk
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In response to Status update  ("Andreas Grabmüller" <webmaster@letzplay.de>)
List pgsql-www

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Grabmüller [mailto:webmaster@letzplay.de]
> Sent: 22 September 2003 09:43
> To: Dave Page; webmaster@letzplay.de;
> xzilla@users.sourceforge.net; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Status update
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> ----- Original-Nachricht -----
> Von: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
> An: <webmaster@letzplay.de>, <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>,
> <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>
> Datum: Monday, September 22, 2003 09:26 AM
> Betreff: [pgsql-www] Status update
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andreas Grabmüller [mailto:webmaster@letzplay.de]
> > > Sent: 21 September 2003 21:47
> > > To: xzilla@users.sourceforge.net; webmaster@letzplay.de; Dave
> > > Page; pgsql-www@postgresql.org
> > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Status update
> > >
> > >
> > > What about this?
> > >
> > > http://wwwdevel2.postgresql.org
> > >
> > > This would maybe allow us to have at least the right menu on the
> > > documentation pages...
> >
> > Hey, now that works well. We could add the sidebars to all
> pages with
> > that design - what do the rest of you guys think?
>
> Well, the right sidebar is a good idea. I think we should not
> use the left one on the documentation pages as that would
> require us to rebuild the documentation too often to renew
> the surveys an gborg stats...

Hmm, I'm not sure how that would look - might be a bit odd. Perhaps it should stay as it is.

> > I think this looks like it's about ready for primetime now
> Andreas -
> > the only problems I could see are that the fonts are still smaller
> > than we now use on the site,
>
> The left and right bars and the menu should have the same
> font sizes as on the main site. I have not yet updated the
> templates for the inner pages...

It's the main body text I noticed which is still different even on the index page.

> > and on the mirrors page, 'We think this mirrors are near
> you:' should
> > probably read 'We think this mirrors is near you:'. The preselected
> > mirror should probably also be centered in the page.
>
> For me here in Germany it shows 4 FTP mirrors for example...
> I think that 'is' wouldn't be grammatically correct then?

It would be if you changed 'this mirrors' to 'these mirrors' as well.

> > How will that mirror code work on the mirrors?
>
> Well, the simple anser: It won't. The links to the
> download.htm and to the mirrors.htm are currently hardcoded
> to the main website, as the actions for all the forms are.

OK :-)

Regards, Dave.


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