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[kellywilson at nowhere.com]

In article <e39n1d$19j3$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Kyle Furlong says...
>
>nick wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> 4. A new/revampped web presence. The combination of
>>>> www.digitalmars.com/d/ and www.dsource.org has worked well for us from
>>>> the standpoint of functionality. However, I think to further the goals
>>>> of a polished presence, we need a presence more along the lines of
>>>> www.php.net.
>>> I like the look of php.net.
>>>
>> 
>> I threw together a very quick mockup in html/css and just copy pasted
>> some content into that shell. It could looks tons better with more than
>> 15 minutes worth of work:
>> 
>> http://hcoop.net/~natamas/random/tabs.png
>> 
>>> Most of the Digital Mars site is now driven by Ddoc templates and style sheets. I'm open to suggestions for improvements via changing the style sheets and templates. 
>> 
>> One suggestion would be, instead of generating code like this:
>> <pre class="d_code"><span style="color:blue">int</span></pre>
>> 
>> you should say <span class = "identifier">.
>> 
>> Then define "identifier" as being blue in the stylesheet:
>> .d_code .identifier{ color: blue; }
>> 
>> It's much more flexible that way because the appearance of the site can
>> be changed by changing the .css file.
>> 
>> 
>
>Yes, is it just me, or does half the world still not understand the 
>benefits of the separation of document structure and presentation?
>
>BTW, nice layout, looks very /powerful/. (Big red D)
>
>-- 
>Kyle Furlong // Physics Undergrad, UCSB
>
>"D is going wherever the D community wants it to go." - Walter Bright

I agree with Kyle. It looks powerful and well organised. It also looks a little
more 21st century ;) Good work.

Kelly Wilson