Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo website issues
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:24:32
Message-Id: 200308102124.28941.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo website issues by Alan
1 On Sunday 10 August 2003 19:59, Alan wrote:
2 > > > 3. Numerous people have complained that the html+css we generate is
3 > > > remarkably ugly. I don't know if we can fix this problem without losing
4 > > > support for older browsers (NS 4.x being the principle offender).
5 > >
6 > > That's a matter of reformatting the css with a couple more styles then
7 > > checking what browser people come up with, shouldn't be complicated to
8 > > deal with.
9 >
10 > Personally I like the look of the *.xml pages on gentoo.org. It's a
11 > unique look, makes things very obvious as to what they are, and is easy
12 > to read.
13 >
14 > My $0.02
15
16 Cleaning up the css and guide.xsl files does not need to mean that the look
17 needs to disappear. The only thing that is needed is a better structure, as
18 the current menu design was not built for the webpage size we have now.
19
20 Paul
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23 Paul de Vrieze
24 Gentoo Developer
25 Mail: pauldv@g.o
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