site for freelance journalist

[cyppher.nl]

Please have a look at http://www.vleugelsproducties.nl

This site is built on phpwcms 1.3.3 - credits to Oliver & all developing people - doctype XHTML 1.0 transitional.
It should work on all 'modern' browsers, in firefox the Tag navigation hovers won't display correctly 'though...

I tried to add Search Engine friendlyness into the site, no "?" in the URL and a readable content when CSS / images are not enabled.

I completely designed it, coded it in HTML and styled it in CSS. Also, I've made custom contentpart templates (teaser / articlelink).
Content is mostly added by my customer, the owner of the site. It's possible she's made some "beginners"-faults... but she's a fast learner!

So, let me know what you think of it, thanks!

cheers.
cyppher

[Klappstuhl28]

Hi Cypher,

I have to concede that i don´t understand most of the words but isn´t it necessary to have something like an impress?

in firefox the Tag navigation hovers won't display correctly 'though...

Firefox and Opera display the navigation correct. IE does not.
A useful tool to create a very basic vertical navigation:
http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/css-me ... ator.shtml

regards

lars

[Jensensen]

hi cypher,

HOW / WHY
did you change link scheme

from --> /index.php?id=0.4.0.0.1.0
to ----> /0.4.0.0.1.0.page

[cyppher.nl]

hi cypher,
HOW / WHY
did you change link scheme

WHY:
I want to have a more Search Engine friendly URL-scheme. SEO guru's claim that search engines (and also humans) don't like the traditional URL-format of index.php?param=value&param=value etc. More often do we see formats like:
http://www.site.ext/categorie/page/paragraph/page.
phpwcms offers a basic URL-rewrite function in order to get more SE-friendly URL's, however I don't think this format (aid=12.phtml or 0.0.1.0.4.phtml) meets the real demands of SEO.

HOW:
Actually the link you found is placed manually in the content (wysiwyg-editor).
The linkformat (.page) is handled by the .htaccess file:

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# Default ReWrite settings for phpwcms
	# ===============================================
	# This will rewrite 0.0.0.0.0.0.phtml => index.php?id=0.0.0.0.0.0

(...)
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.page$ index.php?id=$1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6

You see the default line:

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RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.phtml$ index.php?id=$1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6

so, it's actually very simple...


What do you all think of this SEO-theory?
And ofcourse I'm curious about what you think of the site.

[cyppher.nl]

(...)but isn´t it necessary to have something like an impress?

What do you mean with an impress?
My client insisted a 'clean' homepage, without any teasing paragraphs or 'eye catchers'.

Firefox and Opera display the navigation correct. IE does not.

Do we have the same navigation in mind? What I meant was the Tags navigation in the right column. Yes I know, there's a CSS-fault which is accepted by IE-browsers. I actually think it has to do with the absence of height values in the LI css-declaration, because I set

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li a {
   display: block; 
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
}

A useful tool to create a very basic vertical navigation:
http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/css-me ... ator.shtml

Could you be more specific concerning this tool? I prefer manual code writing (especcialy CSS) because I'd like to understand my own styling...

Thanks!

[Klappstuhl28]

Hi Cyppher,

sorry, what i meant was imprint. "Impressum" is the word in german. I think i mashed it up.

Yes, the right-column-navigation. Opera and Firefox display a wrong code wrong and that´s right.

This tool creates a very basic navigation. The code is very simple and easy to understand.
Only you should change the details from px to em for example. Add a border and the colors and
you´ll get a code which will work in non-IEs as well.

lars

[cyppher.nl]

Hi Lars,

Thanks for your reply.
I'm sorry, still don't get what you mean by "Imprint".

(...)an imprint is a brand name under which a work is published.

My client, who's a freelance journalist and textwriter, now works under the name "Vleugels Producties".
That's the brand mentioned on the site. (also url = http://www.vleugelsproducties.nl)

About the Tag-navigation:
My goal is to display a Tag Cloud with keywords or links with different fontsizes. The Tags you see, are actually rendered GT images. I've setup different styles ({GT:tag_XS} etc.) to display words in different sizes.
The listing is now an UL with list-items. My guess is that the height of the LI's are not set in CSS, therefore it is logically not possible to have a child <A> with height 100%.
The tool you mentioned does not meet my goals for this particular TagCloud listing/navigation.

Do you have any ideas on how to fix this CSS-issue (apart from the tool you described)?
Thanks!

[Klappstuhl28]

Hi,

what i meant is something like:
http://www.abnamro.de/de/impressum.aspx

It seems that this is not necessary in the netherlands. I´ve checked a few sites and i haven´t found an "impressum" or however it should be named.

It would be much easier to comprehend when everything which influencing this would be in the same .css
I thought looking at the sourcecode the first time this should be a normal navigation. So, forget the tool.

Maybe you´d like to post the whole code?

lars

[juergen]

hihi

the only thing in germany that comes through without "Impressum" is the weather, but a little while ago I read it is made by CO2

[Klappstuhl28]

... A funny imagination: A frustrated lawyer in front of his mailbox with his application for a restrictive injunction back in his hands with an endorsement on it "Petrus ??? unable to deliver - return to sender"

lars