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[Jack Ramsay <jack@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 6, 2014 7:56 AM, "William" <william@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> We should be hearing back from Ali on that soon. If you would rather use
something like Wordpress or Joomla, etc. Rather that doing it by hand, let
me know.
>
>
> On 02/06/2014 07:43 AM, Israel wrote:
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>> Wow, yeah, we got more snow here last night, but I am quite a bit south
of you in Oklahoma, near OKC.
>> So you live in KCMO, that is great!  I want to go back there someday
with my kids.  My wife and I lived there when we first got married.  We
lived in Westport.
>> You be careful outside... it is like 10 degrees outside here, so it must
be colder there...
>>
>> Oh... to make sure I was clear, if you (& Ali) want me to take over the
website, I would not mind doing it.
>>
>>
>> On 02/06/2014 07:39 AM, William wrote:
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>>> Kansas City, Mo - we got another foot of snow yesterday : /
>>>
>>> On 02/06/2014 07:25 AM, Israel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I will do my best!
>>>> You sound like you have ha it rough.
>>>> Are you in Kansas?  Ali put a post that made it sound like you were
there.. just wondering, I lived in KC(MO) for a while...
>>>>
>>>> On 02/05/2014 09:13 PM, William wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking a lot about this old email from last month. You sound
like a competent web monkey. If I were to reduce my role in the ToriOS
project, do you have the ability to take over as web designer? I must ask
for some discretion on this inquiry. Please don't bring it up with anyone
else for the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/18/2014 11:12 AM, Israel wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/18/2014 09:58 AM, William wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The website so far. Pardon the graininess of the top left logo. I
woke up early with an idea that led to a series of major overhauls and I
was burnt out by the time I got that far. But as promised, I am putting
this up today. You will also notice the text in the navigation is slightly
out of alignment. Perfectly fixable, but I wanted to get this up while I
had the chance since I'm sure if I will be around to mess with it anymore
today.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All of the pages currently have the same content. Real content,
especially for the front page, is on the way - I just needed a place
holder. Also pardon the Latin placeholder text.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All of the items in the navigation are placeholders. While a few of
them are a must, we need to determine what sub pages we actually need. This
will determine the actual content that needs developed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have tested the site in Chrome, Firefox, and Midori at
1600x900(16:9), 1280x1024(5:4) and 1280x960(4:3)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As it stands, the navigation vertically stacks itself if the window
becomes to small.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keep in mind:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We also have a documentation wiki at wiki.torios.org and a forum at
forums.torios.org/index.php. If we are going to be using the forums I am
not yet sure if I am going to create a but as an external link up with the
social media icons, or directly integrate it into the website, and therefor
navigation. If we go with the forums we will need moderators.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here you go:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.torios.org/test/demo/index.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The text in the table doesn't scale when on smaller sizes.
>>>>>> You should fix that in the CSS.... (though I personally don't like
tables... I usually use height/width percentages for divs and float: left; )
>>>>>> Since I don't like tables, I would have done the list as CSS buttons
in an anchor.  And done some a:hover{//color effect}
>>>>>> It also seems better to me to use responsive techniques in the
padding and font size.  (i.e padding: 2% 2% 1% 1%; font-size: large;)
>>>>>> Of course you need to make it work for IE also, so you may already
have a plan to do this stuff....
>>>>>> Unless you are using something for mobiles instead.  If you are
doing it you should also include the scalable part:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,
initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=2.0, user-scalable=yes" />
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And maybe the:
>>>>>> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144"
href="apple-touch-icon-144x144-precomposed.png">
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed"
href="apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png">
>>>>>> types for the mobile users.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, I think using SVG would be better than png for web graphics,
though again there are those browser caveats like Opera Mini, the ever
problematic IE, etc...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is also modernizer, that you may also be planning to implement
in the future...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am sure you are already thinking about these things, and getting
ready to implement it, so I am not trying to point out the obvious. Just
gave you my few quick thoughts... Oh and sharethis.com has a nice social
media script that also lets you gather some info back about the traffic
statistics though you may prefer to use your own stuff :)
>>>>>> Sorry my e-mail is so nit-picky, I know you just made this and the
overall design looks great.  I like the colors you used, and the way you
laid everything out.  So just take my blurb with a grain of salt as you
obviously know what you are doing and made it look great!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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For a matter of fact I know he'd do a great job with the website. I've done
some work with him before. +1