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[sisterhugo1 Friend sisterhugo1Join date: August 2008Posts: 5Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#137482

Hey kids,
This is my snarky, irreverent political blog-style website: the Hugo File.

I used JA-Pyrite, All Videos Revisited, and Simple Lists.
Feel free to leave a criticism. Thanks! -hugo

http://www.hugonets.com/

[scotty Friend scottyJoin date: March 2008Posts: 2339Downloads:0Uploads:13 Thanks: 76 Thanked: 827 times in 595 posts]

#288136

I love the content.

Front page looks a little bare or plain though. Maybe put the vids in a styled div or something maybe? Or have a two column layout?

Hope if I ever hear of GW Bush again it’s in front of a war crimes tribunal!

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1. sisterhugo1

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#288191

Nice site, great content.

I agree with Scotty that a double column layout would suit better. Also, that front page scrolls forever! 😉

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1. sisterhugo1

[sunrise Friend sunriseJoin date: February 2007Posts: 920Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 103 Thanked: 166 times in 114 posts]

#288196

Hi sisterhugo1,

Great site. Good irritable, crotchety, impertinent, critical content. I agree about the double column as well. Keep up the good work.

[wooohanetworks Friend wooohanetworksJoin date: September 2008Posts: 1239Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 148 Thanked: 138 times in 41 posts]

#288198

<em>@sunrise 108241 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hi sisterhugo1,

Great site. Good irritable, crotchety, impertinent, critical content. I agree about the double column as well. Keep up the good work.</blockquote>

Wonder when there come some stories about “Go get some Tin Foil Hats” and protect yourself from governmental ddoses, killer cookies on the computer and mind control via the internet……”:D:D:D I prefer to read the NY Times and others and to simply know the deal…;)

<em>@sisterhugo1 108127 wrote:</em><blockquote>
Feel free to leave a criticism. Thanks! </blockquote>

EDIT by myself, I save me the question about the various usages of glue, paint or aerosol…;)

But botanically spoken, not a bad done site….

<em>@scotty 108161 wrote:</em><blockquote>Hope if I ever hear of GW Bush again it’s in front of a war crimes tribunal!</blockquote>

How come? The big topic on their site is that he and Chaney alledgingly caused the financial crisis with plundering the now bancrupt lenders like Lehman Brothers before their term ended… I have a typo in alledgingly, must be the smell of glue when I read the site…;)

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#288310

Only thing I find is font is alittle to small. Besides that looks great.

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#288326

wooohanetworks;108243

scotty;108161Hope if I ever hear of GW Bush again it’s in front of a war crimes tribunal!

How come?

Because I believe America’s invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq was illegal. By ‘America’s’ I mean the Bush Administration and I believe Tony Blair and his government at the time also have serious questions to answer.

Not the forum for this discussion though.

[wooohanetworks Friend wooohanetworksJoin date: September 2008Posts: 1239Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 148 Thanked: 138 times in 41 posts]

#288485

This site promotes racism and btw also animal cruelty, as of the day the site was posted here. Who handles serious aspects of our life so negligently, joking about serious things in all our life must be able to handle also some joke about oneself, still no deep personal jokes like they promote on this site against good people. Thanks!

[sisterhugo1 Friend sisterhugo1Join date: August 2008Posts: 5Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#288560

Many thanks for the comments and criticisms. I do like the idea of 2 columns and I will be experimenting, possibly with other JA templates.
I realize that my type of site is a little unusual, from what I see in the forums here…lots of emphasis on E-Commerce at JA. Since I paid for the membership, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to post the link here and see if I could learn something. The last thing I wanted was to disrupt anyone’s delicate sensibilities.
Meanwhile, very helpful posts all throughout the forum.
Thanks again

[mihirc Friend mihircJoin date: December 2008Posts: 597Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 95 times in 39 posts]

#288571

Hello,

I think the default font size is very small. You should increase it atleast by a pixel or two.

Other than that can you tell me what this is meant for? HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?

Also the curly brackets for read more, come only for the first 2 articles, doesnt show up on the later articles.

Please check that as well.

Other than that. Good work!

Regards,
Mihir Chhatre.

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1. sisterhugo1

[sunrise Friend sunriseJoin date: February 2007Posts: 920Downloads:0Uploads:5 Thanks: 103 Thanked: 166 times in 114 posts]

#288639

<em>@sisterhugo1 108684 wrote:</em><blockquote>I realize that my type of site is a little unusual, from what I see in the forums here…lots of emphasis on E-Commerce at JA. Since I paid for the membership, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to post the link here and see if I could learn something. The last thing I wanted was to disrupt anyone’s delicate sensibilities.
Meanwhile, very helpful posts all throughout the forum.
Thanks again</blockquote>
That’s why we’re trying to do, help each other with our websites, no matter what kind of content we put on it. Of course we won’t all have the same likes and dislikes, so why be sensitive.

[mihirc Friend mihircJoin date: December 2008Posts: 597Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 95 times in 39 posts]

#288644

hello,

As far as the content is concerned, many of us really do not care. The fact being that you asked us HOW does the site look? Not many people ask WHAT CONTENT SHALL I HAVE? it is your site and you have the right to put what you feel is right. We as fellow programmers, website owners, administrators, can tell you, HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE A SITE …

So dont worry if there is a discussion on the articles (might as well ask the participants of this forum to leave a comment on the article) . .. just consider those changes that many like me suggested.

Regards,
Mihir C.

[sisterhugo1 Friend sisterhugo1Join date: August 2008Posts: 5Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 5]

#288654

Thank you. Not sure how to change default font for all previous and future posts…let me know if you have any suggestions. Safari and IE display very small, so I would like to make the font larger.

As for “Other than that can you tell me what this is meant for? HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?

Thanks for pointing that one out. I had that in my test site and never removed it. I changed it to something more Zen. Thx mihirc.

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#288656

this is a pretty cool forum. Appreciate your input.

[mihirc Friend mihircJoin date: December 2008Posts: 597Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 62 Thanked: 95 times in 39 posts]

#288657

Hello,

The font sizes are basically in the template.css folder. I think a font – size is kept at 65%, which is very small. Already you are using 11px size which is already small.

I think 11px is fine for a website as it is readable. And i would like to mention, the same is applicable for FF2, as well as Google Chrome.

I would not click on a link that you so small. its hardly readable.

Just constructive criticism – please dont mind.

Regards,
Mihir Chhatre.

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