[Nottingham] New Site

[david at gbenet.com]

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On 07/06/12 14:49, David Aldred wrote:
> How picky do you want me to be?  :-)
> 
> *Technical / layout:*
> 
>    - *Heading structure*: the home page has no H3 (whereas others do), but
>    does have an H4.
>    - The *Free Software Foundation 'widget*' looks rather odd hanging below
>    the left hand side of the page there - to be honest it looks as though it
>    was meant to be somewhere else and the CSS went wrong!

Hello David,

The Free Software Foundation "widget" does look rather odd - it has yet to be tweaked!

>    - *Dropdown Menus* don't contain the main page of each category - so if
>    you're hovering over the menu bar, there's no visible link for 'The Basics,
>    Part 1' for example.  OK, you actually get there by clicking 'The Basics',
>    but that's making the user think about the UI (and the web UX design mantra
>    is 'don't make the user think' - you want them to think about your message,
>    not your layout).

I chose the theme because it had a right and a left column - its only been in place for a
week - categories are not that essential - but I am exploring the possibilities. WordPress
is something quite new to me :)

I will however take the rest of your comments on board :)

David


>    - *Animated GIF* (the blue ribbon thing) will distract the eye from the
>    text for some users.   Not that big a problem as long as it's kept to one
>    animation, I guess.
> 
> 
> *Content:*
> *Home Page:*
> 
>    - If you're trying to get people interested, it's better to state the
>    problem and how to solve it, rather than describing it in terms of your
>    site's key aims.   I'm not interested in *your* aims: I'm interested in
>    why it might be useful to *me*.   Using headings like 'The Problem',
>    'The Solution' might help.
>    - The Fedora Tux image, which is linked to, um, the Fedora Tux image,
>    seems redundant.
>    - "For Windows you have to install click here"?
> 
> *Links:*
> 
>    - If people read the site right-to left on the menu (which they may well
>    do), you're presenting a list of links with little explanation of what (for
>    example) a Public Key Server is, before you've said why they might be of
>    interest.   Probably better to have the links page near the end of the
>    navigation.  The same applies to the *contact* page.
> 
> *Content Generally*
> 
>    - I'd say the content could be better structured.   For example,
>    information about Privacy Guard is on the Books page; Some content about
>    software is also on the Books page; there's some on the home page too.
>     Isn't software likely to be a focus of visitors to a website
>    about computer-based security?
>    - There's a distinct sense of the rant in places, which will put people
>    off.  For example, I Iike to have a government - but you;re labelling
>    people like me as probably hostile  (under Books).   Is this intended to be
>    an anarchist-focussed site?
>    - What about Mac users?  Or Android users, or iOS users, or BBOS users?
>      Your home page specifically talks about Linux and Windows, as though they
>    were the only games in town.  If anything, encryption from
>    mobile devices is even more important...
>    - It also needs a read through for grammar and spelling - there are a
>    few slips there.  (Actually, even your site name - 'All things
>    Cryptographically' should be a cryptographical site about everything.  You
>    probably mean 'All things Cryptographical').
> 
> Hope this helps.  I'm picky on websites because it's my job!
> 
> David Aldred
> 
> 
> On 7 June 2012 10:51, david at gbenet.com <david at gbenet.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Would you all like to check out my new site and then tell me what you
> think of it?
> 
> http://gbenet.com/blog/index.php
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David
> 
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