In reply to SteveO:
I'm not entirely sure what the dress code of the designers had to do with it, that sounds like a personal bugbear. If you'd like to find out what they're wearing today, give them a shout at
http://www.evolutiadesign.co.uk/
But in response to your other points:
- It's left aligned (old school.
Well, that's easy to fix and a point of view.
- It's fixed width (even older school)
Again, that's easy to fix and a point of view.
You sound like you know what you're on about, so you know that sites don't just turn up in a box. It's a process involving many people commenting (staff, volunteers, CEOs with small monitors). And at an early stage the decision was made to go with a fixed width site. Since the designers thought that was best - and they're the professionals in that field, not us. But it's very modular, so i think will go to full width (my personal preference) very easily. As you say, it's all CSS, and content is now fully separated from design.
- Oh and the images used for the logo's need sharpening up, the text is blurred.
That's odd. Maybe because they're pngs. Might be because they're white. Will look into it.
"IE6 is proving to be a pain"
- Simply because when something was changed, a niggle usually appeared with ie. Which was fixed. Hence, a pain.
-I might sound hyper-critical but, to be honest, it such a disappointment and that's what's prompting me to post.
- No problem. If you can think of any more suggestions, let me know - alex@thebmc.co.uk
To be honest, looking good was only a small part of the job. The main work was getting the news and features working together, and training all staff and volunteers up to update news, features, photos, and video wherever they are. So the days of out-of-date info etc are hopefully over.
And now that's ticking over we can get on with the good stuff (members login, expedition reports online, new online shop etc etc.
Oh, and that ssl wierdness, that will be sorted.
