Re: Please critique russiantranslation.com

by "Robin S. Socha" <r.socha(at)control-risks.de>

Date:	23 Jun 1998 21:20:27 +0200
To:	"hwg-critique(at)hwg.org" <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
References:	neu bonn gte
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* David Rolla Wright <dwrights(at)gte.net> writes:

[interesting novel snipped]
> Sorry for the lengthy response - I really appreciate your time and
> comments. I'll use them to improve the site. The hardest part for me
> will be mark-up mindset vs. graphic mindset. 

Well, LaTeX isn't exactly HTML, but this one will help:

"As in any programming language, the way to understand LaTeX is to
throw your computer out the window (always a good start) and then
execute the instructions by hand. (David Carlisle)"

Get yourself a good editor (XEmacs) and a good browser (lynx) and
forget about the layout till the very last moment. IMAO, WWW is
content, content, content. And then graphics. Unless your phone
number goes 1-900...

> For example, as I use a graphic as a header on each page, would it
> be an improvement to mark the graphic and its ALT tag as <H1>, even
> though there is no text?

No. It would suck. Try something like this instead:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Stuff</title>
<!--
 $Id: stuff.html,v 1.2 1998/06/23 21:13:40 robin Exp robin $ 
-->
    <!-- Created: Tue Jun 23 21:11:34 MEST 1998 -->
    <!-- Changed by: Robin S. Socha, 23-Jun-1998 -->
  </head>

  <body>
    <!-- Header Stuff -->
    <img src="./images/stuff.gif">
    <h1>Stuff</h1>
    <!-- Body Stuff -->
    Stuff, stuff and more stuff...
    <!-- Address Stuff -->
    <hr>
    <address>
      <a href="mailto:r.socha(at)control-risks.de">Webmaster from Hell</a>
    </address>
<!-- hhmts start -->
Last modified: Tue Jun 23 21:13:40 MEST 1998
<!-- hhmts end -->
  </body>
</html>

Yup. I think that's pretty cool, especially since all I had to type
was the actual text. XEmacs in html-mode and cvs-mode rocks... Still
have to map the cvs owner to the "changed by" line. Anyone done it?

Robin

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Robin S. Socha M.A. 
Control Risks Ltd. <http://www.crg.com/>

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