Since yahoo mail and yahoogroups mail unexpectedly truncates long messages, this reply to Scott's points is presented in parts: PART 1 of 4 --- Scott Van Kirk <scott@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Lion, > > You have asked for input on your webpages and your > presentations. Here > they are. Put on your thick skin. This really is > intended as constructive > criticism. > > Firstly, a lot of your information and ideas are > interesting and well > thought out. They are poorly presented. > > Presentation issues: > > > Going through your pages a couple of things strike > me about the pages > themselves. First the organization is not friendly > to someone who wants to > browse through your pages or find answers to > specific questions. As you can see, nobody ever asks specific questions, so I do not have a way to anticipate FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS with a FAQ provided. Browsing is just like the internet. You see a link, you click, you go there. For many pages they open in a new window, so you do not lose where you were. I don't know how to make them friendlier than that. > I would > recommend spending some time building a > comprehensive overall structure to > your site and then indexing it with something like a > table of contents. I put samples out for the public to view. If the public hates it than I am wasting my time finishing it. Until the site is "finished" it is impossible to index it all or table of contents it. If some members of the public want to be involved in moving the overall concept further, they can take over polishing up the website. No volunteers offering to help so far. > Also, I would refrain from throwing in millions of > pictures which are only > peripherally linked to the text. They slow loading > time way down and do > not really help the message. My original proposal was presented to an international scientific forum which had much mangling of the english language. The illustrations are for them, as a picture is worth more than 1,000 words when the audience hardly understands a few dozen of your words. http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ecocity03/proc.html http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ecocity03/SPD-log1.htm http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ecocity03/SPD-topic.htm#29 > I would also get rid > of the thousand links > you have at the bottom of each page. Tst, Tsk. Links on the bottom of the page are totally out of your way, and no bother to anyone not looking for something to complain about. These links are on the bottom of every page of yahoomail: Mail - Address Book - Calendar - Notepad Address Book · Auctions · Autos · Briefcase · Calendar · Chat · Classifieds · Finance · Games · Geocities · Greetings · Groups · Health · Horoscopes · HotJobs · Kids · Mail · Maps · Member Directory · Messenger · Mobile · Movies · Music · My Yahoo! · News · PayDirect · Personals · Pets · Photos · Platinum · Shopping · Sports · TV · Travel · Weather · Yellow Pages · more... ... So in summation, is it fair to say that you liked it, you really really liked it? Sincerely, Lion Kuntz Santa Rosa, California, USA. PS: google reports: Searched the web for "Palaces for the People". Results 1 - 100 of about 365. Search took 0.75 seconds http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22Palaces+For+the+People%22 ... this is up from 232 when I started this educational campaign two weeks ago. So at least some part of the program is working. Ain't intelligence grand? Wonder what the numbers will be tomorrow? http://www.ecosyn.us/ecocity/Challenges/Asia_Floods/Wet/All_Wet.html http://www.ecosyn.us/ecocity/Challenges/Asia_Floods/Asia_Floods.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com