New Scottish Tartan Day Site....please comment
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- Dave Mills
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Hello everyone,
Once again, I've been enlisted to make a website using my semi-hack like skill...more like baby beginner that can crawl, but they ask and I do it. I know that I should fix my unruley URL tags but that'll come later. Basically I'm just looking for any opinions, comments, criticism, etc. You guys always know best.
This is a site for the Missouri Tartan Day that is now recognized as an American holiday on April 6th every year. I am of Scottish descent by 4 generations so I felt compelled to get involved.
http://www.motartanday.com
Thanks everyone! - | www.wentzvillecc.com |
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- John Sanchez
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One thing: The "Directions" tab. The google map tramples over the Red Roof Inn.
Good job.
Nice to see a fellow "semi-hack" here.
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- Dave Mills
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Making the sound of Homer Simpson...."dohh..."
I just fixed that...the hotel icon was only supposed to be on the home page.
Thanks for looking! - | www.wentzvillecc.com |
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- Dan L
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Wow, great job Dave.
Things I like:
- Looks very clean and tidy - no clutter
- Great colour scheme
- The Google map thing is awesome, how did you do that, using the wrapper?
- It's not using Sporticus
Things I'm not so sure about:
- Pathway and active links are quite hard to read...having said that, I do love what you've done with the pathway backdrop; it just conflicts a little with the readability
- It was slow to load - although granted, that might just be my connection (and I'm in the UK of course).
Certainly doesn't look like a "hack" job
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- John Sanchez
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Ah yeah, the pathway was a little hard to read.
But I agree, that's a nice color scheme/layout.
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- Dave Mills
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Wow...thanks for the compliments guys.
Yeah, I wasn't too sure about the pathway either...probably will change that this weekend.
My server is located in LA, California Dan so that might be why it loaded slow.
For the google map, I used a mambot called Plugin GoogleMap2.
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/viewSummary/projects.mambot_googlemap/frs
You can get an exact long/latitude from http://www.infosports.com/m/map.htm
Then using those numbers along with the free api key from Google, you just insert the mos code into your content. You can customize your tooltip and banner from within that code.
Thanks again for the tips and comments.
Dave - | www.wentzvillecc.com |
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- Dan L
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Dave Mills wrote:
For the google map, I used a mambot called Plugin GoogleMap2.
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/viewSummary/projects.mambot_googlemap/frs
Cheers, that's awesome. - Toolbox Digital | Dribbble | Forrst
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