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On 07/10/12 16:45, Roland Tarver wrote: > On 17/09/12 20:27, Julian Hall wrote: >> On 17/09/2012 09:18, zleap@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> http://devonstudioschool.co.uk/ >>> >>> is it me or have they created a basic front end for their home >>> page. Then >>> for the links they have included pdf files, rather than simply creating >>> another page and linking to it properly. >> It's not you. They have. >>> What the HELL are they teaching people in web design school these days. >> Not that. Although to be fair the last web design I did was in >> university so it was supposed to be better than this. >>> I can understand some files being in pdf, but the way they have done >>> this >>> seems just crazy. >> Or lazy. >>> I did contact them and asked if they are going to be on professional >>> social networks like linkedin, (perhaps if they were they would find >>> someone who can do a website properly.) >>> >>> maybe someone else can contact them and ask who did their website and >>> offer for a price to do the job properly. >> If it was done by an outside contractor I'd expect a plug for them on >> the homepage and a link to their own website. Errrmm.. there's not >> even a copyright notice. That in itself screams 'Amateur who found a >> WYSIWYG editor but doesn't know how to use it properly'. That or they >> used an online website designer provided by their domain host. >> Whatever they did they did an appalling job of it. Looks nice, and >> *maybe* even does what it's designed to.. but doesn't even remotely >> do it properly. >> >> Julian >> > > > It does say that there is a new web site "coming soon". So perhaps > this is merely a temporary thing that links to content (pdfs) they > already had available, leaving them to work on the new site..? However they have already given the wrong impression to those of us who at least understand basic website design couple that with the previously mentioned spelling / grammar errors. It may be worth e-mailing them and asking, however I did e-mail them and asked if they were on any proper social networks such as Linkedin, no reply received. Poor show that really. Paul > > cheers roly - catching up on heaps of LUG mail lol ... > -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq