Re: New Proposed Xconq Web Site Online

["D. Cooper Stevenson" <cstevens at gencom dot us>]

On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 14:13, Feneric Brown wrote:
> It looks generally good. 

Thank you!

>  I think the search box might be better placed 
> in the sidebar though, and the big otherwise empty mustardy band up top 
> eliminated.

Done. Do you think the search box looks okay or should it go elsewhere?

[snip] - I'm as multi-cultural as the next guy, but I'm afraid the
Espertinos are out of luck :)


> Actually, as I look deeper, it makes me wonder how much control do you 
> have over the placement of the sidebars with PHP-Nuke... 

Just about whatever you want in terms of look and placement.

>  Most of the stories 
> seem to be pretty short (just 1 - 4 lines within the display anyway)

This may be because you are seeing the story's header. Does clicking the
"Read More" link help? Also noted is Eli's input about the Xconq logo. 

>  so 
> perhaps there could be some width adjustments made there (or even both 
> the sidebars combined into one as there are enough stories to support 
> the length).  

Assuming that it's not the logo size (and it probably is as Eli
suggested) then this should be fixed (some tweaking may be required).

> Since the second sidebar also has a search box, it makes even more 
> sense to me to remove the top search box.
> 

Done (if vertical placement makes sense; very easy to change).

> Finally, does PHP-Nuke support easy RSS output of news stories?  

Absolutely. It's really easy to do. The Xconq site currently does. Point
your RSS feeder to this link:

  http://www.xconq.org/backend.php

  I also routinely put RSS feeds in as blocks from other sites. If there
are Xconq related RSS feeds, by all means, do tell!


> 
> Anyhow, just a few random thoughts meant to be constructive, not 
> negative.  

You could have written and said, "Coop, that is the ugliest color scheme
I have ever seen," and I would have about squealed that you gave such
honest feedback and changed them immediately. 

You can try this at home! Simply send a "one liner" that says, "Coop,
that is the ugliest color scheme I have ever seen" and see what happens!

> On the whole it's excellent work and it's good to see an 
> updated site.

Thanks!


-Coop

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