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Re: website test

 

using both ftp.torios.org and torios.org
user name israel@xxxxxxxxxx
and the pass I sent
I get:

Response:    530 Login authentication failed
Error:    Critical error
Error:    Could not connect to server


On 02/06/2014 08:43 AM, Israel wrote:
I'm going to assume it is:
ftp.torios.org
right?

I will begin building a website later today, when I get the first opportunity, though I have some things I need to do. I have some pressing real life stuff for the next few hours.
But, I will get to it as soon as I can!

On 02/06/2014 08:35 AM, William wrote:
Done! Please try FTP as soon as you are able. It should start you out in a home directory with the ability to navigate to the directory that holds the website. If you have trouble accessing what you need I will make some changes.

On 02/06/2014 08:32 AM, Israel wrote:
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On 02/06/2014 08:24 AM, William wrote:
All understandable. If CMS is ever needed (can't imagine why) I have had good luck integrating Pagelime in the past. I am going to ahead create your FTP account. Your user name will be israel@xxxxxxxxxx - please email back to me (only) what you would like for a password.


On 02/06/2014 08:16 AM, Israel wrote:
Not really interested in Wordpress or Joomla (unless others are).
I like to keep it pretty simple, as I can control the security of the website when I write it. I cannot control Wordpress, or Joomla. I'd like to limit JavaScript/Php/etc.. to be only in areas that are needed, and keep the main website HTML/CSS as much as possible to keep it easy to maintain in the future. If we rely on a third party program for mobile scalability, or browser compatibility, or ease of building it may or may not work well in the future. That said... I am not opposed to using those things if someone really wants WP or whatever... I would like to keep the bulk of the website as close to pure HTML5 as possible.
but I am fine doing something else if there is a specific need

On 02/06/2014 07:55 AM, William wrote:
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:
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:
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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