Re: [jazzplusplus-devel] New Website, hurray!

[Dave F. <dav...@co...>]

On Monday 22 March 2004 09:12 am, Patrick Earl wrote:
> On Sunday 21 March 2004 15:05, Dave Fancella wrote:
> > There's a website now.  :)
>
> Sweet. :)
>
> > A few questions.   :)  First, everybody go read all the copy
> > (there's not much) and make comments and stuff so I can edit it and
> > make sure the website accurately puts across the message and
> > information we all want it to put across.  I just filled it in now
> > to make it clear what information belongs where on the site and to
> > fill out the layout so we could all see what it looks like.
>
> Is it using some sort of template system to display the standard code
> on each page?  I didn't have a chance to look at the source.

Sorta.  Uses the require_once() statement to include common files.  And css, 
of course.  There's little reason for this site to ever grow much bigger than 
it is, so it shouldn't ever be a pain to maintain.  The parts that should 
grow, such as documentation and news, are already handled by applications 
suited for the purpose.  So, there's a /include/leftnav.php , a 
/include/footer.php , and a so-far unused /include/header.php .  If it 
becomes necessary to add a header, then the header.php file should get filled 
in and all the pages updated to use it.

There's also a nice background in the /graphics directory that unfortunately 
didn't tile well.  If someone could make it tile, I'd rather use that.  It's 
called background.png, and you can hit it with your browser at 
http://jazzplusplus.sourceforge.net/graphics/background.png

> Anyways, the content looks good.  I couldn't think of anything to add
> off the top of my head.
>
> > It uses the news export feature of sourceforge, so anytime a news
> > item is added (can only be done by project admin), it'll be
> > available on the website. I like that a lot.
>
> Er, I guess that's me.  If anyone wants news added, lemme know and I
> can add it.  If you keep having news, I'll probably just add you as a
> project admin too.

Could you add a news item saying the website's up?  ;)  And also throw in 
there something about moving, and whether or not this is actually a fork of 
jazz++ (I assume it is, but the original developers might just want to 'pass 
the torch').

> > That's it for me.  Tell me what you think of the design.  :)  I
> > went for blue this time.  ;)
>
> Looks pretty decent.  The font could be a little bigger for me.

Font size is always tricky.  If you have access to a windows box, point IE at 
it and let me know what you wind up with.  I'm 99% certain that font-size in 
IE will be a couple of points larger than it is in whatever browser you used 
that wasn't IE.  ;)  I *always* use relative font sizes, and in this case 
there's just a directive in the css to make the font-size: smaller; .  It's 
too big for me at it's default size, and Mozilla shrinks it a little more 
than IE.  Or maybe IE just starts out bigger.

Dave

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