[astcq-discuss] Re: Comments on ASTC(Q) website
- From: "Geoff" <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <astcq-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 20:11:02 +1000
Thanks for that Jean. I'm currently working on a new site, using more
modern techniques. It will be much easier to manage the site then. The
basics include:
Table layout - I haven't yet found div layout easy when dealing with font
size changes (see http://www.userdox.com/ at large font sizes in IE, then in
small font sizes - yuck!)
CSS styling - For everything, and I mean everything. And it will be
external.
Text based - Images to be used for logos and pictures, but not text.
Browser support - NN4 can take a running jump, but it will still display the
content of the site adequately. Aural browsers I'm not too sure about.
Meta tags - Once the site has been fully tested, meta tags will be added,
and I'll list the site at http://www.dmoz.org/. They feed all major search
engines.
Freelancers page changed, and discussion list page added.
I'd love to hear comments from everyone else.
Geoff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Hollis Weber" <jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <astcq-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <astcq@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 5:14 PM
Subject: Comments on ASTC(Q) website
> I am sending these comments to the list, not just to the webmaster, in
case
> anyone wants to add something, argue with me, or agree.
>
> First I'll say the site looks generally good, at least in a full screen
> browser on a high-res monitor, and I'm happy to see that the user can
> easily make the font size larger or smaller (important for my eyes).
> However, I've spotted various usability problem and some editorial errors.
>
> Editorial errors
>
> All pages. The correct name of this organisation is "Australian Society
for
> Technical communication" NOT "Australian Society of Technical
> Communicators", so that it agrees with the names of the groups in NSW and
> VIC, and the US body. The banner at the top is wrong and must be
corrected.
>
> Home page. The first line says "proposed" website, but it's live, not
> proposed, so that needs to go.
>
> What's on. Font size inconsistencies on this page. AODC needs to be
> removed, as it's past.
>
> Links. The name of both ASTC organisations is actually "Australian Society
> for Technical Communication" NOT "Australian Society of Technical
> Communicators". Likewise "Society of Technical Communicators" should be
> "Society for Technical Communication". "Australian Society Indexers"
should
> be "Australian Society of Indexers". "Technical Editors Eyrie" should be
> "Technical Editors' Eyrie". Need to change link for austechwriter to the
> new location, http://www.freelist.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=austechwriter
>
> Freelancers. I think this page should be reorganised, at least
until/unless
> we have dozens of places/people listed. I suggest that at this point we
> have one entry for each freelancer, with a list of specialty areas
> underneath their entry. That would also allow people to specify additional
> specialty areas that aren't part of the subheading list.
> Change name of ASTC to "Australian Society for Technical Communication" in
> the text.
>
> Usability problems
>
> 1. Width and/or coding of the pages does not allow resizing for smaller
> browser window size, so at some (relatively large) point, horizontal
> scrolling becomes necessary. I suspect the pages will probably require
> horizontal scrolling if the monitor is set to 800x600 or smaller and the
> vertical scrollbar is visible, but I haven't yet tested this.
>
> 2. More importantly, printing a page in portrait orientation, with a
> reasonable margin set, causes some of the text to be cut off on the
> right-hand side -- extremely annoying! Meg had brought a printout of the
> website to AODC, and all the pages were chopped off on the right.
>
> 3. In my opinion, all pages should have contact information in the footer;
> people should not have to click the Contacts link to get this info. In
> particular, a contact email address for the webmaster should be at the
> bottom of the page, and I think it's a good idea to have a "last updated"
> date there too.
>
> 4. We need to get a collection of meta tags into the code for at least the
> first page of the site, to assist in being found and indexed by those
> search engines that look at meta tags. At least metas for description and
> keywords.
>
> Well, enough from me today.
>
> Regards, Jean
> Jean Hollis Weber
> jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/
>
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