[plug] Web Site

[Matt Kemner]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Bret Busby wrote:

> 1. Question - what is phtml?

PHP enabled html.
 
> 2. demo screen, from News page - is 1024 x 768; maybe 800 x 600 would be
> better,

I gather from "demo screen" he means it's a temporary screenshot just to
show what sort of content he wants to put there, and just did a screenshot
of his own screen as a temporary thing, and is inviting submissions.

> 3. The header, across the top, and, the menu down the left side, of the
> web pages, - perhaps they could be better done as frames?

Please no!
Frames are an abomination.

> 4. Any chance of mugshots of the office-bearers?

That can be arranged. I have recently acquired a digital camera (and I
found real decent Linux software for it too)

> Perhaps, on Members page, if not names, then, a count, might be useful?

A count would be good. (Tony?) Names of those who wish to be named will be
up there too, linked into a bio page generated by the much-fanfared perl
script that is yet to be written.

> 5. Can you include some Perl or PHP, to display information, such as
> "Driven by Apache, version...", "This server powered by Linux
> version...", etc, to show that it is not running on MS products?

That would be nice.. "Sparc Driven" or something would be good
too.  The temporary page I put up before Ian uploaded the website had some
nice images that could be used.  http://plug.linux.org.au/about/

> 6. Google Search, top right corner - should that have something like a
> "Go", or, a "Search", button, beside the text box?

Just type text and press enter.
Even works under lynx.

Speaking of which (because that's all I can use from home atm) it might be
nice to change some of the image alt tags to something a little more
meaningful, to make the pages a little more lynx friendly.

> charge), how about Matt offering them a web presence on the PLUG server
> (barter - a favour for a favour), and, including a link on the
> Acknowledgements page?

I'm happy with that (providing of course they don't generate _TOO_ much
traffic)
 
> 10. Since Jeremy mentioned it (and, I missed it), in the menu on the
> left side, "Maling List" appears to show that all the members are males,
> in desperate need of females...

Aren't we? :)

Send your Speling corrections to the "webmonkey" (as it says down the
bottom of each page)
 
> The above are just suggestions, etc, intended to be helpful. Keep up the
> good work...

Seconded.

 - Matt