[pydotorg-www] Grid for python.org (Was: Website formatting problem)

[Michael Foord]

On 20 Feb 2012, at 15:40, anatoly techtonik wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
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> On 20 Feb 2012, at 13:34, anatoly techtonik wrote:
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> > Hello web team,
> >
> > I wonder if grid based layout would fit python.org? Do anybody have experience with that?
> 
> 
> Website design and layout is currently under review by the PSF, so we aren't about to make any substantial layout changes. The specific implementation of the python.org layout will be up to whoever we hire to do the redesign.
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> In the meantime it would be good to solve this specific problem.
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> The 'grid' is not a design, but a CSS framwork that is aimed to solve such specific problems - http://960.gs/


Site layout by css is *precisely* a design issue.

> 
> P.S. Why PSF is not subscribed to this list if he is doing website design review? Why not to make the process public? ;)

"The PSF" is a bunch of individuals, many of whom *are* subscribed to this list. The process will be public. That doesn't mean that all the minutiae will all be endlessly discussed, which is the (incorrect) definition of public that some people use. The call for tenders have not been worked out yet.

Michael

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> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> > Hello web team,
> >
> > We've had a report from a user to the webmaster email about a problem with python.org:
> >
> >        In Chromium 6 on Debian squeeze, the "Release Schedule" box on the left of the page http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/ (for example) is too large. It obscures some of the text on the left margin. I can send a screenshot if necessary. There is no problem with Iceweasel (Debian's rebranded Firefox) 3.5.
> >
> > The user says this happens everywhere the "Release Schedule" box is used.
> >
> > Anyone else using Debian Squeeze and able to try Chromium 6 (I assume that's the current version) and maybe diagnose or even fix the problem?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Michael Foord
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May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
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