[GLLUG] New GLLUG Site, first pass

[David Singer]

4) Your right we should be able to avoid IE8 check. But should and can
are very different. In my experience virtual any complex site requires
an IE8 fix here and there or a CSS IE8 only hack. The other option
which I have been using on clients sites is to pass in a special meta
tag that forces IE8 to use IE7 rendering. Works for a lot of things
though its a giant hack.


David

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Richard Houser<rick at divinesymphony.net> wrote:
> Not bad, Clay!  Here are a few recommendations:
>
> 2.)  The meta-equiv statements are for file-based usage without HTTP.
> Those statements should be completely removed, as it's just wasted
> bytes.
>
> 3.)  We shouldn't need to set two favicon statements just to
> accommodate broken IE behavior.  We'll be stuck with a favicon.ico in
> the root anyhow, so we might as well just let IE hit that.  Of course,
> I recommend keeping the standards compliant icon specification.  I'm
> not sure the type is required; if not, we'd be much better off letting
> Apache manage that than hard-coding it and limiting browser options.
>
> 4.)  We should be able to get rid of the IE8 check.  Despite doing
> some incredibly braindead things (like not supporting XHTML content at
> all), IE8 isn't that bad on basic html 4.01 era rendering.  I vote for
> adding no additional effort for IE6 past being able to get the text on
> the screen (regardless of mangling).  Using IE6 either means running
> either Windows 2000 or an unsupported Microsoft OS version.
>
> The CSS definitely needs a background color.  Even something like
> off-white or a light solid color would be an improvement (especially
> on laptop screens, where the contrast difference can be overwhelming
> with some lighting).
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:09 PM, David Singer<david at ramaboo.com> wrote:
>> clean URLs should be:
>>
>> 1) /story/welcome-new-gllug-website/ (note trailing slash) not
>> story/welcome-new-gllug-website.html
>>
>> 2) you have 2 meta content types. Only the first one is needed (and it
>> must be first inside head).
>>
>> 3) I belive the prefered way to do favicon is like this (in this order):
>> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
>>        <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicon.png" />
>>
>> 4) if you ever want to make the site look nice you will need
>>        <!--[if IE 6]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/ie6.css"
>> type="text/css" media="screen"/><![endif]-->
>>        <!--[if IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/ie7.css"
>> type="text/css" media="screen"/><![endif]-->
>>
>>        <!--[if IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/ie8.css"
>> type="text/css" media="screen"/><![endif]-->
>>
>> cuz IE sucks. Though we could probebly dope support for IE 6.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Clay Dowling<clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
>>> My first pass at a new GLLUG website is visible at http://new.gllug.org
>>>
>>> The goal is to update to the new version of Drupal, and make it easier
>>> for new users to access the site.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'd like some feedback.  And I already know that it's ugly.
>>> I'm paid as a programmer, not a designer.  I think the reasons why are
>>> obvious.  If somebody with some design skill wanted to make a pass at
>>> making it look nice, I don't think anybody is going to be offended.
>>>
>>> Clay
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