Posted by Luigi Donatello Asero on 09/27/05 19:14

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:dhb4tp$nu8$1@sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...
> Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> > "Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:dh8uhj$9f4$1@sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...
> <snip>
> >> You can of course have variety in the colour scheme between
> >> different parts of a site. I do on mine, for instance. The
> >> difference is that in my case it's applied on a section-by-section
> >> basis, and in a way that was obviously intentional. Yours looks
> >> like a mistake, especially if you try viewing the two versions
> >> with some links visited and others not.
> >
> > No, I do not think it was a mistake but some colors may change.
>
> That they may change isn't wrong. But the fact that they change on
> some pages but not others looks inconsistent.

I think that you have already expressed your opinion on this subject and got
an answer as well.

> >>>> 2. has a link with "Italy" inadvertently doubled That sounds
> >>>> more interesting, which one? "Map of Italy Italy" down the side
> >>>> of most pages.
> >
> > Did you talk about the English pages, didn´t you?
>
> That's indeed the only place where I've noticed English words so far.

Fine. You might have found them on pages which have a lot of contents in
other languages or which are in the wrong directory.

> >>>> 3. has at least one page in the English version that isn't in
> >>>> English Which ones? italymap.html
> >>
> >> (not to mention that I don't see a map of anything there....)
> >
> > Which directory?
>
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/en/italymap.html


Ok.
> Where else is there an English version?


See above
> >>>> 4. has a few odd pages that look completely different Which
> >>>> ones? intforrent.html ifrtwo.html
> >
> > Again, please write a complete URL.
>
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/en/intforrent.html
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/en/ifrtwo.html
>
> Wondering if the other language versions have the same problem, I had
> a look at the Italian version and found
>
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/it/prezziaffittoanimskog.html
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/it/lagofurusjon.html


What did you want to say about these pages?

> <snip>
> >> True ... but it would still be a structure if you commented out
> >> these links, or maybe marked them visibly as under construction.
> >> And by the way, one of them (Swedish furniture) is missing the
> >> .html bit.
> >
> > Are you only talking about the English pages?
>
> Only in the sense that that's what I looked at. You should know
> whether you follow consistent practices across language barriers.
>
> > Again, please write the complete URL. Many things you are talking
> > about seem to have to do with that the site is under construction.



> Almost every URL beginning with
>
> https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/en/
>
> <snip>
> >>>> 7. has, on some of the pages, a mysterious 1x1 image in a
> >>>> strange place, with alt text in the wrong language.
> >>>
> >>> I think it is used to skip the navigation links. The wrong
> >>> language should be the right one but which pages do you exactly
> >>> mean?
> >>
> >> Most of the pages. Look:
> >>
> >> <p><a href="#content"> <img src="../bilder/test.gif" height="1"
> >> width="1" alt="Vänligen gå direkt till huvudinnehåll"></a></p>
> >
> > You are right here. But the "alt" is for a picture which is very,
> > very little and which is used to skip the navigation links.
>
> I don't understand. How does it skip the navigation links? And what
> has the smallness of the image have to do with the alt text?

The user does not see any image, does he or she?


Why should
> a search engine, a reader who has image loading switched off or someone
> using a plain text browser see the words "Vänligen gå direkt till
> huvudinnehåll" when perusing the English version of the site?


I have nothing against changing the text. But I thought that there would be
much more and much worse mistakes in the website.

> >> 8. You could make use of default index files. I.e. call the
> >> main page within each folder index.html, making it quicker to
> >> access (if the webserver's configured the way most are).
> >>
> >> http://webtips.dan.info/subdir.html
> >>
> >> Stewart.
> >
> > Why should I do that? I think it would be rather confusing.
>
> What's confusing about it? I'd say it's confusing that people _can't_
> get to the English home page simply by entering.
>
> http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/en/



I do not share your opinion.


--
Luigi Donatello Asero
(sono italiano ma vivo in Svezia)
(я итальянец но я живу в Швеции )
(我是 意大利人 , 但是 我 住 在 瑞典)
(minä olen Italian kansalainen, mutta minä asun Ruotsissa)
https://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/sv/boende-i-italien.php

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