attn Susan, PWH search suggestion

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I just found out in another group that Google now allows searches to be
restricted to subdirectories, not just domain names. So it's now
possible to add a radio button for searching only the 2005 PL pages,
for example.

To play around with it, I put up a temporary test page at
<http://www.cotse.net/users/putty/searchpoc>. AFAICT, there is no way
to make more than two radio buttons show up on the Google results page.
 
»Q« said:
I just found out in another group that Google now allows searches to be
restricted to subdirectories, not just domain names. So it's now
possible to add a radio button for searching only the 2005 PL pages,
for example.

To play around with it, I put up a temporary test page at
<http://www.cotse.net/users/putty/searchpoc>. AFAICT, there is no way
to make more than two radio buttons show up on the Google results page.
Click to expand...

Thank you! off to see what I can do - stay tuned. . . ;)

Susan
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MLC said:
P.S. In http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex.php I've
seen there is an horizontal scroll. It would be better to avoid it.
Maybe it happens because the main great table doesn't have width="100%"?
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Hi Maria,

I don't think it's possible to shrink the width. I uploaded a test page
with the width specified as 100 percent.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex-test.php

I don't see any difference between that and the original page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex.php

It looks like the width of the first column is controlled by
"GoldenSectionNotes", the second by the header "PL-CD" etc. etc.

Susan
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Roger said:
Great.

Especially good for people who have little experience in navigating
around in the site, like me.

Now I can easily search in the category I want, instead of the whole
site.
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Yup :) and it's easier to look up a program when you want to post the
URL - a search of the ACF pages gets you to the right page instantly
(the URL for the PL2005 description is shown on the ACF page if the app
is on this year's PL).

I've *finally* found and listed authors for (almoat) all the programs on
the ACF pages - my next task is adding more programs (I have quite a few
on the to-do list).

I hope everyone will *use* the ACF list, let me know when the URLs, ware
types etc. need to be revised and post URLs for programs that don't have
one. Expert searchers are needed for many of the missing URLs. . .

Susan
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_Susan Bugher_, mercoledì 13/apr/2005:
Hi Maria,

I don't think it's possible to shrink the width. I uploaded a test page
with the width specified as 100 percent.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex-test.php

I don't see any difference between that and the original page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex.php

It looks like the width of the first column is controlled by
"GoldenSectionNotes", the second by the header "PL-CD" etc. etc.
Click to expand...

I see. Maybe because it can't wrap, being a whole long word.
Ok, never mind!
 
RE: I don't think it's possible to shrink the width. I uploaded a test page
with the width specified as 100 percent.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex-test.php

I don't see any difference between that and the original page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex.php

It looks like the width of the first column is controlled by
"GoldenSectionNotes", the second by the header "PL-CD" etc. etc.
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The website table with the programs listed is at full view at a screen
setting of 1280 * 1029

I copied the source and coded 0 for the cellpadding, cellspacing in the
table and all columns could be viewed at a screen size of 1024*720
The table requires scrolling at the 800*600 even with the cellpadding and
spacing at 0.

I read somewhere about html that no spaces while typing the text then the
code so I tried removing spaces after text and < > but it didn't change the
column width to any degree on the longest program titles.

The website table does not resize on my screen to the 1024*720 to a complete
view.
The main points are available in the table so its not a catastrophe and it
just depends on what is the most important- font size, spacing or data.

Rose Weir
 
I don't think it's possible to shrink the width. I uploaded a test
page with the width specified as 100 percent.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex-test.php

I don't see any difference between that and the original page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005ProgramIndex.php

It looks like the width of the first column is controlled by
"GoldenSectionNotes", the second by the header "PL-CD" etc. etc.
Click to expand...

The &shy; entity (soft hyphen) is a way to tell browsers to break lines
at non-spaces if they need to. It could be used in things like
"GoldenSectionNotes". I doubt it's worth it in the case of PWH, since
I guess the text files that the php is looking at are what would have
to be changed. (Also, Gecko just ingnores soft hyphens.)
 
Okay. :) The columns on the right are mainly for sorting anyway. . .

Susan
Click to expand...

If you really want to try to fix it, here are a couple of suggestions
that might work:

1. Break the first line in the "Ware_type" column after the main
"(*ware)" description so that notes such as "(free for" will wrap to
the next line.

2. List all operating systems under one "OS" column. That will save an
entire column.

But as has been said, it may not be worth the effort unless you are a
perfectionist.
 
schrodinger's cat said:
If you really want to try to fix it, here are a couple of suggestions
that might work:

1. Break the first line in the "Ware_type" column after the main
"(*ware)" description so that notes such as "(free for" will wrap to
the next line.

2. List all operating systems under one "OS" column. That will save an
entire column.
Click to expand...

The columns are there to make it easy for people to see which apps will
run on their OS - these groupings are useful for that - [Win 95/98/ME]
[Win NT/2000/XP] [Mac] [Linux/Unix]

ISTM two columns is the *minimum* for a useful sort by OS. Combining the
Windows OS and Mac/Linux/Unix groups would remove the ability to sort
one or the other into groups - depending on which OS info was listed
first. . .
But as has been said, it may not be worth the effort unless you are a
perfectionist.
Click to expand...

I haven't heard anyone say that having to scroll to see some of the
columns is a *problem* - ISTM we're talkings about aesthetic
considerations. IMO the pages are fine as they are - and might look
*worse* if revised to get rid of the horizontal scrolling. . .

Susan
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Just checked it out....
Program PL-CD Category Author Ware_type OS(Win) OS(other) DescRev

All across the page....OS=XP and checked View tab and selected smaller.....
My apologies it it appears in html....
 
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