Re: Octave web pages

[Bill Denney]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, John W. Eaton wrote:

> On 31-Jan-2006, Bill Denney wrote:
>
> | OK, well a first attempt is here (starting from m4 macros):
> | http://denney.homeip.net/octave-www/octave.html
>
> OK, I think this looks fine.

I've significantly updated the pages since this afternoon.  They now 
correctly parse using http://validator.w3.org with the exception of the 
FAQ page which appears to be auto-generated from elsewhere.

The only error that I know of is that the Lorenz Attractor on the main 
page needs to move to the far right corner.  Let me know if you see 
anything else amiss.  My goal with this version was to come very close to 
the former page design using css instead of tables and explicit markup.

> | There is still work to do in minimizing the number of tables, etc.,
>
> Yes, it would be good to remove more of the explicit spacing calls.
> Also, to make it a bit more idiot proof (especially for those idiots
> like me who don't know much about CSS) we could use some comments in
> the .css file that explain the intended use of each of the entries.

I've documented the .css file a bit, and I've added a few more classes to 
it.

A separate question:  I didn't even know that there was a text only 
version of the page available before.  Do you want to keep that version, 
and does anyone use it?  I would think that just by using good practices 
(alt text on images, etc.) the regular version would work for both 
graphical and text.

Bill

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