[IMC-US-Tech] last minute changes

[john duda]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 08:06:15PM -0400, daniel scott wrote:
> first off i apologize if i am addressing issues that have already 
> been covered. ignore these if that is the case. I think this site looks 
> amazing and will quickly become a valuable resource for many.  
> 
> danscott 
> -nycimc 
> -------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 2. Remove the topics module 
> Topics module on the left side has empty links. it should be taken off 
> till its ready. 

this is working again now

> 
> 3. Center page 
> With a three column fixed width site i think it would look better if 
> the site was centered on the page. 

if someone supplies some cross browser css code, i'd be happy to put
this in,

> 
> 4. Resize back pages 
> All Back pages need to be resized to the fixed width 

not sure what you mean....

> 
> 5. Align the columns at the bottom of the site. 
> The syndicated column goes almost twice as far down as the center and 
> left column. this makes sense logically in terms of highlighting local 
> sights, but it looks like shit. if we square off the site we would 
> still have around 10 - 16 syndicated articles, and the site would have 
> a clear end with a read more link. 

i think this may be a consequence of the fixed width....somehow before
i think the difference in column heights wasn't quite so apparent,
anyway, i've tweaked this a bit



> 
> 6. Reformat dates on top of the back pages  
> The dates need some explaination and they should be moved up or next to 
> the main header and italicized. maybe they should be move off to the 
> left or bottom. Right now they are confusing. 
> 
> About us: Page updated on 24 Aug 2004 03:10GMT.  

hmm...seems i've left european date format on....

> 
> 7. About us page spacing 
> Space should be made between the main categories 

this can be done in the admin by whoever was working on the page.

>  
> 8. Search page needs to match the sites colors. 
> 
> 9. Despite useit wisdom, i think that when clicking a link that takes 
> you to a local site a new window should be created. If its possible to 
> make the new window open up at a smaller size above the US window then 
> people using full screen browser displays wont get confused. 

i vehemently disagree.    

> 
> brief bug: *** the syndicated links did not have local imc names for 
> about 5 minutes *** 
> 

my bad.  it won't reoccur.


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