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Alan-A
Re: Open Source and Industry Standard
  • 2006/10/29 9:48

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hallo,

although the technical features mentioned already are important, I think that the people behind the systems are just as important in such a situation. When I say to someone whose job it has been to create something (in this case a web site) that there's a better way to do this, then the chances are that this person feels a bit criticised - regardless of whether that's rational or not - because his solution isn't good enough any more. We people just tend to be that way.

I don't know if your current decision maker was responsible for either making the site or the decision to make it the way it is, but I think the problem here is, "How do I bring the decision maker to see that it could be in HIS interest to review the web site?" This probably means that you will have to try to 'arrange' the situation so that it looks that he - and not you - gets the cudos for any change. Become (in his eyes) his ally - not his critic. Once you've become his 'trusted assistant' then you can maybe get mor freedom later.

Sounds manipulative? - Maybe.

And yes, its a long and tiresome way but so is waiting for your next promotion....

Or you could start to go freelance in your spare time.

Good luck, the world would be a better place if all employees were as motivated as you are.

Alan
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Alan-A
Re: Looking for enhanced private messaging for XOOPS
  • 2006/9/24 12:27

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hi,
have you looked at the new Mpmanager?
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: What feature for gallery module
  • 2006/9/23 12:02

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hallo Zoullou,

IPTC Metadata can be included in images in a similar way to the more widely known EXIF data and provides a standardised way of recording information within the image file itself.

Once you've got the image on your computer you can use a program such as IrfranView or Photoshop to add this metadata to your images. It is extensively used in the press/media for carrying information about copyright, originator, location, date and - very important - categories / keywords.

But instead of trying to describe it myself, here are some links:
- about the IPTC itself
- an overview about IPTC metadata.

I'm no expert, but I expect that some time the search engines will start to scan Images for IPTC data.

I have had problems however with incompatibility between IPTC 'versions'. When I tried to update the IPTC data in my old Photoshop 5.5, it changed the format of any IPTC data I'd previously entered with IrfranView to Adobe's XMP format, which my IrfranView could no longer read. (At that time Adobe didn't mention IPTC data in the Photoshop menus - it went under the name of 'Information'.) I've no idea how far these compatibility issues have been resolved with more up to date versions of Photoshop / IrfranView.

As I said in my previous post, I don't know in which direction the Gimp people are going - as far as I know, the current release of the Gimp still overwrites all IPTC information when saving a file.

I also remember having read somewhere that there's PHP functions or a module available for extracting IPTC data from an image, but as a non-programmer I'm completely out of my depth here.

I'm sorry to leave so many questions open but I need to work this weekend

Thanks for your interest.

Alan
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Alan-A
Re: What feature for gallery module
  • 2006/9/23 9:54

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hullo,

great work Zoullou.

As I'm lazy and don't like retyping image descriptions, copywright info and so on, one thing I'd very much like to see is like to a XOOPS gallery module which has the ability to read out and display IPTC information.

Here one would have to decide between the 'original' IPTC format, which for example can be inserted and read with IrfranView, and Adobe's version which overwrites any 'original' IPTC information and makes it invisible for IrfranView. Maybe as a help in orientation, one could look and see which of the two formats the Gimp developers are planning to use.

Best wishes,

Alan
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Alan-A
Re: MY multi-language business website update, Please comment it!
  • 2006/9/22 9:06

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hi,
I like the site a lot too, but you need to look at the text links in the red bar near the top of your page - there is no mouseover - at least in FF.
Keep up the good work.
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: Open an intro page prior to main xoops page
  • 2006/8/30 11:20

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hallo,
as far as I understand, both using an introductory page (whether or not with Flash) and putting XOOPS in a subdirectory are not good for Google & Co.
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: Using Xoops with DSL and dynamic IPs with DYNDNS and port redirection services
  • 2006/8/25 5:40

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Very Interesting!
However, does anyone have any experience of how this type of adressing affects your SEO?
Regards,
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: Poetry Site Using Xoops
  • 2006/8/18 5:03

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Yes, very nice.
Just one idea - how about reducing the number of blocks that a visitor gets to see when they first load your start page? For me its appears a bit chaotic and at the moment your "Most Popular Small Poem Library Poems" block gets too little width when the browser window is much smaller than 1000 pixels wide. This then causes the entries to break to a second line.
Best wishes,
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: Fixed CSS Wireframe Theme
  • 2006/8/14 4:45

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Technigrafa,
a good approach - and it looks ok in FF & Opera 8.5. It's a pity about the JavaScript though - some 10-15% of all users don't have it activated - and IE reports a JS syntax error in line 34.

Snow 77,
your demo themes look good - in FF & in Opera 8.5.
One small point - look at the theme selection box in your bubblegum theme in all browsers. Its getting squashed together too much.

Keep up the good work the both of you,
Alan
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Alan-A
Re: The Lazy Bookie
  • 2006/7/27 4:50

  • Alan-A

  • Not too shy to talk

  • Posts: 191

  • Since: 2004/2/17


Hi,
I like the theme a lot but take a look at it in FF - the background image isn't stretching properly, at least on the first page.
Keep up the good work
Alan
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