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| message from DaveBlues on 21 Jul 2004 |
For instance, the 'agents secrets' pages...they all could just be one page,
but pass a different variable to the page.
Ie:
secrets.php?page=overview
secrets.php?page=renting
secrets.php?page=buying
secrets.php?page=selling
One page/template, but pass different content depending on the variable
Same goes for most of the other pages.
-Darrel<<
HA! I lay awake nights dreaming about using fixed templates, or simple code to
handle things like this.
Don't forget, a coder is only the guy who makes makes a page do what
management wants.
Management (in conjunction with, GAK!, "Art Directors"), however, want to have
each page "LOOK" right.
That means, when I limited the amount of lines they could use for a given text
topic, they didn't like that because it interfered with our "writer's" prose
inspiration,
BUT,
They then didn't like that a single word or two now dangled onto a new line
and threw the alignment of the page off.
So, instead of telling the "writer" why she had to restrict to x number of
lines,
they told the coder to "move that word there, change this word, put a space or
"em-dash" between those words.
Every ... Single ... Static page on this website (don't let .php extension
fool you, I used it instead of HTML) is custom laid out and tweaked --- the THE
WORD!
I am in a fight now to convince them that having various colors for links
site-wide is a bad idea.
Oh, they don't like using text links because it looks funny. So almost every
link is a graphic. And, they wanted the new home page to look so beautiful (per
the "Art Directors" L.S.D. induced concept) that they demanded that I use jpgs
instead of gifs.
Then, the owner of the company kept adding things to the home page, as if he
wanted to show people this, no that ... wait what about here, hey look at those!
So, don't anyone here talk about "easier ways" ... been there, wasn't allowed
to do that.
Use your knowledge to figure out why I'm crashing so I can use the css
features on the new DW and make my whole world easier.
Don't say it! I know I can use css in the old DW or notepad ... but I'm way
too busy trying to make sure a fixed sentence ends on its own line so it lines
up with the phone number that's dynamically created (no layers, this dynamic
page already has over 3,000 lines of code!!!!)
"sigh".
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| darrel replied to DaveBlues on 21 Jul 2004 |
Sure. But your pages are still similiar enough:
left column (with text + navigation) and right column
Store the right column as HTML in a database...let them style it anyway they
want.
That's just idiotic. And a complete waste of your time, and, therefore,
their money. ;o)
It's also likely making the pages less accessible, less portable, and less
scalable.
Ugh. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know it's not your fault. I feel your pain. ;o)
That said, you need to stick up for yourself. Explain where your skillset
lies and you need to counter the idiot in the marketing department (ie, the
art director moron). Design is a balance between form and function. Letting
the form override all decisions is just bad design.
-Darrel
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| Gary White replied to DaveBlues on 21 Jul 2004 |
Of course now all you have to do is re-size the text in the browser and
their carefully laid out page becomes trash. ;-)
Gary
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