New website

fernt · 05-11-2009, 04:38 PM

Just pressed the big red button to make this go live:

Stockport Grammar School, Cheshire, independent school near Manchester

If you don't see a website with a nice big slideshow at the top and a story about Sixth Formers attending a medicine taster day underneath it, then you're looking at the old website. Try again tomorrow, maybe.

I've noticed a couple of issues since it went live literally half an hour ago (like the 'error on page' in IE, although I know what's causing that and will fix it tomorrow), but do your worst - I'm open to constructive criticism.

A big thanks to all involved in creating the EduGeek Package, and to anybody who's offered support on here since I started it back in January.

BrianG · 05-11-2009, 04:43 PM

Not had chance to look through all the pages but it's good. I like the design, I'm using IE 8 and it's worked absolutely fine.. good job !!

kmount · 05-11-2009, 04:43 PM

Like the look of it, nice one.

webman · 05-11-2009, 04:45 PM

Good design; but it doesn't appear to validate though.

fernt · 05-11-2009, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webman

Good design; but it doesn't appear to validate though.

Hmph, it did when I checked yesterday. Although looking at the errors, they're pretty basic ones to tidy up - which makes it a bit worse that they're there in the first place.

Cheers for the compliments gents. I'm really pleased with the whole thing.

Netman · 05-11-2009, 04:56 PM

Nice indeed - you might want to change the favicon to your crest instead of the default joomla one sometime...

tech_guy · 05-11-2009, 05:19 PM

Very nice looking website. Very clean and professional.

steve_nfi · 05-11-2009, 05:26 PM

Nice looking site. Well done.

mullet_man · 05-11-2009, 05:31 PM

Very nice, but I hope the lunch prices are not daily!!!!

mossj · 06-11-2009, 12:24 AM

I like it! Looks good and smooth. As said Favicon needs changing.

My only personal gripes are
- Where you have a image in a module, the background is set to white, creating a box with the blue tint.

- I don't like how the slideshow takes a while to load, meaning I could start to read the content only to have the slideshow move what I was reading down once it's finished loading.

p.s I'm jelous of that climbing wall!!! been a while since i've been a while since I've had a chance to climb.

SimpleSi · 06-11-2009, 07:01 AM

You do know that having horizontal scrolling text is the website equivalent of wearing shell-suits and won't appeal to your target audience

And if you think it looks OK- your wrong - ditch it now

regards

Simon

Is it gone yet?

alan-d · 06-11-2009, 10:10 AM

Nice one

Did you put the latest 1.5.15 patch on?

fernt · 06-11-2009, 01:29 PM

Thanks all. I'm slowly moving through the fixes you've suggested, although the news ticker is staying*.

*For now, at least. At least I've not used <marquee></marquee> tags.

fernt · 06-11-2009, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mossj

Where you have a image in a module, the background is set to white, creating a box with the blue tint.

I can't see this at my end, or any other monitors I've tested it on. Which bit exactly has got a blue tint?

Ta.

jsnetman · 06-11-2009, 01:35 PM

Nice, but when I load the site it does a funny wobble when the scrolling picture loads and then goes into compatibility mode.

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05-11-2009, 04:38 PM	#1
fernt Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 38 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Rep Power: 3	New website Just pressed the big red button to make this go live: Stockport Grammar School, Cheshire, independent school near Manchester If you don't see a website with a nice big slideshow at the top and a story about Sixth Formers attending a medicine taster day underneath it, then you're looking at the old website. Try again tomorrow, maybe. I've noticed a couple of issues since it went live literally half an hour ago (like the 'error on page' in IE, although I know what's causing that and will fix it tomorrow), but do your worst - I'm open to constructive criticism. A big thanks to all involved in creating the EduGeek Package, and to anybody who's offered support on here since I started it back in January.

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05-11-2009, 04:43 PM	#2
BrianG Join Date: May 2009 Location: Rotherham Posts: 144 Thanks: 59 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 11	Not had chance to look through all the pages but it's good. I like the design, I'm using IE 8 and it's worked absolutely fine.. good job !!

05-11-2009, 04:43 PM	#3
kmount Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 3,559 Thanks: 216 Thanked 516 Times in 471 Posts Rep Power: 118	Like the look of it, nice one.

05-11-2009, 04:45 PM	#4
webman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: County Durham Posts: 6,865 Thanks: 457 Thanked 372 Times in 292 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 117	Good design; but it doesn't appear to validate though.

05-11-2009, 04:56 PM	#6
Netman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 669 Thanks: 161 Thanked 78 Times in 48 Posts Rep Power: 25	Nice indeed - you might want to change the favicon to your crest instead of the default joomla one sometime...

05-11-2009, 05:19 PM	#7
tech_guy Join Date: May 2007 Location: That little bit in the middle of England Posts: 4,016 Thanks: 595 Thanked 360 Times in 185 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 87	Very nice looking website. Very clean and professional.

05-11-2009, 05:26 PM	#8
steve_nfi Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central London Posts: 207 Thanks: 91 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts Rep Power: 7	Nice looking site. Well done.

05-11-2009, 05:31 PM	#9
mullet_man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Somewhere in Oldham Posts: 621 Thanks: 25 Thanked 35 Times in 34 Posts Rep Power: 15	Very nice, but I hope the lunch prices are not daily!!!!

06-11-2009, 12:24 AM	#10
mossj Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,257 Thanks: 145 Thanked 160 Times in 147 Posts Rep Power: 37	I like it! Looks good and smooth. As said Favicon needs changing. My only personal gripes are - Where you have a image in a module, the background is set to white, creating a box with the blue tint. - I don't like how the slideshow takes a while to load, meaning I could start to read the content only to have the slideshow move what I was reading down once it's finished loading. p.s I'm jelous of that climbing wall!!! been a while since i've been a while since I've had a chance to climb.

06-11-2009, 07:01 AM	#11
SimpleSi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2,457 Thanks: 282 Thanked 173 Times in 143 Posts Rep Power: 48	You do know that having horizontal scrolling text is the website equivalent of wearing shell-suits and won't appeal to your target audience And if you think it looks OK- your wrong - ditch it now regards Simon Is it gone yet?

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06-11-2009, 10:10 AM	#12
alan-d Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 1,826 Thanks: 180 Thanked 118 Times in 94 Posts Rep Power: 38	Nice one Did you put the latest 1.5.15 patch on?

06-11-2009, 01:29 PM	#13
fernt Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 38 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Rep Power: 3	Thanks all. I'm slowly moving through the fixes you've suggested, although the news ticker is staying. For now, at least. At least I've not used <marquee></marquee> tags.

06-11-2009, 01:35 PM	#15
jsnetman Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 410 Thanks: 8 Thanked 66 Times in 61 Posts Rep Power: 17	Nice, but when I load the site it does a funny wobble when the scrolling picture loads and then goes into compatibility mode.