Posted by Luigi Donatello Asero on 06/05/05 19:57

"Oli Filth" <catch@olifilth.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
news:ziDoe.990$ls3.255@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> Hywel Jenkins said the following on 05/06/2005 13:57:
> > In article <9U5oe.26354$d5.176827@newsb.telia.net>,
> > jaggillarfotboll@telia.com says...
> >
> >>> * It has no overall message and could do with being split into
three
> >>> sites:
> >>>- one offering translation services
> >>>- one offering holiday/accomodation services
> >>> - one selling shoes/trinkets/furniture/etc
> >>
> >>This alternative would cost much more money to me, especially when I
want to
> >>have a https connection.
> >
> >
> >
> > Why do you want HTTPS? None of the content I've seen benefits from the
> > use of SSL.
> >
>
> Because Luigi likes to reinvent the wheel, and prefers to waste time
> offering pointless things like a choice between HTTP and HTTPS, and PHP
> and HTML versions, and make visited links disappear (but only for 15
> minutes), rather than making his page user-friendly or aesthetically
> pleasing, or structured. (IMHO)
>
> To Luigi:
>
> Toby is right when he says that you need to re-design your site from
> scratch (if you're serious about your business). Your site looks very
> much the same as it did in November, i.e. a sprawling mess. You've been
> trying to juggle HTTPS and HTTP versions, PHP and HTML versions, and a
> multitude of languages, and it has got you nowhere.
>
> There is *absolutely* *no* reason for offering both an HTML and a PHP
> version, and no sensible reason for offering both an HTTP and HTTPS
> version. Stop worrying about pointless details like these, and
> concentrate on making your site user-friendly and pleasant to look at.
>
> In its present state, I seriously doubt that your website will attract
> any customers. If I were a potential customer, I would turn away as soon
> as I got to your home page. No customer is going to be impressed by the
> fact that your site is "Valid HTML 4.01 strict!" and "Valid CSS!", or
> having a choice between HTTPS and HTTP, and PHP or HTML. *Especially*
> when the pages look so disorganised and visually unappealing (e.g.
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/adsl.html. This is hideous).
>
> If you're serious about your business, then hire a professional to
> re-design the HTML/CSS front-end and/or the PHP back-end. It might cost
> you, but you'll have a usable website at the end of it.
>
> The longer you go on, adding bits here and there, and hacking away to
> make it work, the more difficult it will be to maintain and keep
consistent.
>
> For example, you're offering the same pages in 10 languages, but each
> version of each page is an entirely separate static HTML file. This
> means that every time you want to make one small change to the design of
> a page, you'll have to do it 10 times. If you started again, using a
> PHP-driven template system, you'd only have to make the changes once,
> saving you a huge amount of time, and ensuring that your site stays
> consistent.
>
> Other benefits would be a consistent page stucture and navigation
> structure, which would be easier to maintain (you'd only have to add new
> navigation items once, and *all* of your pages throughout the site would
> instantly change).
>
>
>
> --
> Oli


Oli,
we have different opinions and I have already explained it.
If you find it so difficult to accept it, please do not answer my posts.

--
Luigi ( un italiano che vive in Svezia)
https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/sv/italien-valle-daosta/boende-i-valle-daosta.php

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