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 Posted in reply to Brander Lien | Excellent Brander. Thanks for sending me en email as well - that helps a lot in my sorting out things. Can I be personal, and ask you drop me a line with the briefest of resumes, ie. just what you're up to, and how you'd see yourself helping (eg. tech editor, article/tip/note/opinion-piece contributor, etc.) Thanks again Matthew "Brander Lien" <brander@mnemonic.net> wrote in message news:aeaf06$ftu$1@digitaldaemon.com... > I realize you are waiting up to the weekend, so I wanted to get my voice out > before then. I'd love to help in any capacity I can, perhaps you'll come up > with a positions to fill roster and I could fall into something =) > > -b > > "Matthew Wilson" <mwilson@nextgengaming.com> wrote in message news:adpgtm$2ja6$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > Has anyone thought of our starting a "D journal", presumably initially as > a > > web-site? > > > > Does anyone think this is worth pursuing, or is it a little premature? Perhaps waiting until ver 1 is released? > > > > Thought ... ? > > > > > > | |||
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 Posted in reply to Alix Pexton | "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c21305$6716b1e0$90ac7ad5@jpswm... > > What about a D tip of the week/day in the right hand bottom corner. I > could > > even just be a random one from some database. > > Bottom right is fine with me, someone start writing tips... There's a bunch already in the c to d and c++ to d pages! | |||
June 15, 2002 Re: "The D Journal" | ||||
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 Posted in reply to Walter | Ok, if it's alright with you I'll append them to the file (under the author Walter). But I do think it may be duplication of information. "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:aee419$1617$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c21305$6716b1e0$90ac7ad5@jpswm... > > > What about a D tip of the week/day in the right hand bottom corner. I > > could > > > even just be a random one from some database. > > > > Bottom right is fine with me, someone start writing tips... > > There's a bunch already in the c to d and c++ to d pages! > > | |||
June 15, 2002 Re: "The D Journal" | ||||
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Posted in reply to anderson | Just stuff them all in. I'll go through all the submissions (from all sources) as part of collating each issue, so don't worry too much about that now Better, in these early stages, to get too much content rather than too little "anderson" <anderson@firestar.com.au> wrote in message news:aee89l$1a0e$1@digitaldaemon.com... > Ok, if it's alright with you I'll append them to the file (under the author > Walter). But I do think it may be duplication of information. > > "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:aee419$1617$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > > > "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c21305$6716b1e0$90ac7ad5@jpswm... > > > > What about a D tip of the week/day in the right hand bottom corner. I > > > could > > > > even just be a random one from some database. > > > > > > Bottom right is fine with me, someone start writing tips... > > > > There's a bunch already in the c to d and c++ to d pages! > > > > > > | |||
June 15, 2002 Re: "The D Journal" | ||||
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Posted in reply to Alix Pexton | "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c210a2$3ac60ec0$e1257ad5@jpswm... > I'm still alive, so I attached a very simple mockup of what the journal might look like... I think it looks great! Some comments: 1) It should have it's own look and logo, not the Digital Mars one. I like the one you put together. 2) Setting up the text so people will find it quickly searching via Google means that the strings "D programming language" and "programming language D" need to be worked into the text somehow, preferably inside a header tag. 3) It'll need a "site search" dialog box. The Atomz one works well and is free. 4) It should be accessible for people who need html-to-speech synthesizers. I don't remember all the rules for that, but the basic ones are: a) the html tag should specify the language, i.e. <html lang="en"> b) all img tags should have alt text specifying what the image is. c) href links should have title sections giving a description of where the link goes to. The effect of this under Explorer is to have little yellow tooltips pop up over the links. d) all table tags should have a summary description. 5) the (4) rules also have the nice side effect of the web indexing robots can do a better job indexing the material. 6) At least the home page should be constructed with an eye towards fast downloads (under 5 seconds) for people with dialup accounts. I think your mockup design is well within that goal. 7) Yes, Digital Mars web pages set a bad example and break every one of those rules <g>. Thanks! -Walter | |||
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 Posted in reply to Walter | Walter <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in article <aeeq9v$1ruq$1@digitaldaemon.com>... > Some comments: > > 1) It should have it's own look and logo, not the Digital Mars one. I like > the one you put together. The Official D Logo thing was a side issue, Wasn't really planning on using it in the page banner, just as a brand. Java has that little "Duke" guy, Delphi has the marble head, something like that for D would give all D related sites a familiar feel... > 2) Setting up the text so people will find it quickly searching via Google > means that the strings "D programming language" and "programming language D" > need to be worked into the text somehow, preferably inside a header tag. I was planning something like that... > 3) It'll need a "site search" dialog box. The Atomz one works well and is free. Searching will be there eventually, when there is enough material to search through... > 4) It should be accessible for people who need html-to-speech synthesizers. > I don't remember all the rules for that, but the basic ones are: > a) the html tag should specify the language, i.e. <html lang="en"> > b) all img tags should have alt text specifying what the image is. > c) href links should have title sections giving a description of where > the link goes to. The effect of this under Explorer is to have little yellow > tooltips pop up over the links. > d) all table tags should have a summary description. > > 5) the (4) rules also have the nice side effect of the web indexing robots > can do a better job indexing the material. The Sampler I posted was not representative of the HTML work I usually do, it was a quick mock up with just the bare bones... > 6) At least the home page should be constructed with an eye towards fast downloads (under 5 seconds) for people with dialup accounts. I think your mockup design is well within that goal. I didn't have this in mind as a specific goal, but I agree, there won't be much on the front page, it will be visually similar to the sampler, but with all the hidden bells and whistles... > 7) Yes, Digital Mars web pages set a bad example and break every one of those rules <g>. I wasn't going to say, anything... Alix Pexton... | |||
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Posted in reply to Alix Pexton Attachments: | "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c21471$414cb000$d6937ad5@jpswm... > Walter <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in article <aeeq9v$1ruq$1@digitaldaemon.com>... > > 1) It should have it's own look and logo, not the Digital Mars one. I > like > > the one you put together. > > The Official D Logo thing was a side issue, Wasn't really planning on using > it in the page banner, just as a brand. > Java has that little "Duke" guy, Delphi has the marble head, something like > that for D would give all D related sites a familiar feel... Ok, now I understand what you mean. How about the "D Man"? BTW, I do really like the mockup page you made. -Walter | |||
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 Posted in reply to Walter Attachments: | I'm no artist but you might find a use for this: Sean "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:aeg1vo$ctb$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > "Alix Pexton" <Alix@seven-point-star.co.uk> wrote in message news:01c21471$414cb000$d6937ad5@jpswm... > > Walter <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in article <aeeq9v$1ruq$1@digitaldaemon.com>... > > > 1) It should have it's own look and logo, not the Digital Mars one. I > > like > > > the one you put together. > > > > The Official D Logo thing was a side issue, Wasn't really planning on > using > > it in the page banner, just as a brand. > > Java has that little "Duke" guy, Delphi has the marble head, something > like > > that for D would give all D related sites a familiar feel... > > Ok, now I understand what you mean. How about the "D Man"? > > BTW, I do really like the mockup page you made. > > -Walter | |||
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Posted in reply to Sean L. Palmer | Here's two more (white background JPG and transparent PNG) Sean "Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:aeg8eg$jl6$1@digitaldaemon.com... > I'm no artist but you might find a use for this: > > Sean | |||
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Posted in reply to Sean L. Palmer | Looks nice! "Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:aegbkp$mm0$1@digitaldaemon.com... > Here's two more (white background JPG and transparent PNG) > > Sean > > "Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:aeg8eg$jl6$1@digitaldaemon.com... > > I'm no artist but you might find a use for this: > > > > Sean > > > > | |||
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