http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 'New' site en Sat, 16 May 2026 23:06:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-101005 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:45:10 +0000 Dave 101005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No problem, and thanks for picking that up. For some reason the rendering of anchor link tags has changed, and bleeds over the rest of the article.</p> <p>Lucky I don't use them too much, but I do have to sift through over 100 articles still, checking and re-doing the images :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-101002 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:28:44 +0000 Darkerside 101002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>FYI, the tail end of <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/raptobike-lowracer/" rel="nofollow">http://mccraw.co.uk/raptobike-lowracer/</a> is one gigantonormous hyperlink. And thanks for the link to the Fuego review :p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100972 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:56:26 +0000 Dave 100972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>AHA!</p> <p>I made a breakthrough. You can have drop-down menus instead of just a few key menu items.</p> <p>You can now hover over 'Routes' and see 'Family Friendly'/50 miler/all routes options, for instance.</p> <p>Also makes the sprawling ramble of my complaints about all and sundry a bit easier to organise by PoP / trams / QBC / Meadows, and so on.</p> <p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8488736990_508e5b061c.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100969 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:03:02 +0000 TwoWheels 100969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice! Need more stuff about recumbents, though, and their heroic riders. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100928 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:19:51 +0000 Dave 100928@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. Weird that any of that would be needed to display a slideshow!</p> <p>IIRC, gravatar is the mechanism by which people get to carry around their thumbnail profile pictures when they post around the internet, for instance. I have no idea what addthis.com is!</p> <p>Curious. I wonder if it's just part of wordpress. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100920 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:34:53 +0000 cc 100920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave: I have Javascript disabled from some sites using NoScript. I eventually found that your picture didn't come up until I enabled scripts from google-analytics.com. addthis.com and gravatar.com. I generally run my browser with a blanket ban on these sites so I'll just do without seeing the big picture on your site. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100909 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:48:02 +0000 Dave 100909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm not sure about the navigation though... at the moment it's not obvious that there are <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/tag/routes/">routes/places</a> written up at all, for instance.</p> <p>But you can only have so much stuff on the menu bar. It's a pickle! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100908 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:45:27 +0000 Dave 100908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cc: that's odd - I see it OK on Firefox and Safari (OSX) and Firefox and IE (Win7).</p> <p>You have disabled javascript perhaps? Otherwise I don't have many ideas.</p> <p><em>Heading banner - I think it could be more mysterious though as there is a bias towards unpopular bikes! Maybe you should have more bikes on right so it covers the range?</em></p> <p>I've already got a plan for that, which is to have a few different 'things' on the right, and have the banner rotate randomly between them. I might need to take some photos on purpose though, as I only had that one of my old commuter up against a plain wall that really worked.</p> <p>I definitely want to have more suggested routes written up and things of that sort. Found an excellent circular with SWMBO at the weekend (only slightly marred by a couple of miles of main road, out of 50 miles) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100897 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:48:43 +0000 cc 100897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I visit the site I don't see the main CROSSING NOT IN USE picture. I've taken a screenshot if you would like it.</p> <p>I'm getting this on firefox on Linux and MacOS 10.6. I use roughly the same privacy and security related firefox plugins on both. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100896 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:43:59 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 100896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a bike in the banner? Nope, I can't see it... Where? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100894 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:41:52 +0000 LaidBack 100894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New layout is very clean - a lot of content to handle but easier to find now.</p> <p>Heading banner - I think it could be more mysterious though as there is a bias towards unpopular bikes! Maybe you should have more bikes on right so it covers the range?</p> <p>I almost read it as 'it's not about the bike'. The range of topics covered is very broad but maybe the banner promises a Sheldon?</p> <p>The fact that it covers routes and road use puts it away from just equipment .. </p> <p>Old hack lines like 'view from the saddle' are not right either. Is an alternative look at getting around and not just re-spouting PR releases. This alone makes it an interesting &amp; dangerous read (esp for retailers!)</p> <p>Just my view.</p> <p><em><br /> The 'don't talk to me about bikes' line is used by my other half. Much time is spent in silence.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100865 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:08:04 +0000 ruggtomcat 100865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ver slick, and i like the tagline. like a nooospaper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9521#post-100792 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:24:52 +0000 Dave 100792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For a certain value of 'new'... I've been working on buffing up <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/">my website</a> :)</p> <p><a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8484101586_44bf18ab63.jpg"></a></p> <p>I'm fairly happy with the layout but would be interested in any critical feedback - especially the logo (although as all graphic work is anathema to me, I quite like it as it is!)</p> <p>The photos are now served from "the cloud", don't you know... very web 2.0 etc etc. Saves me around 500MB of bandwidth a day, which is a relief.</p> <p>One of my (many) new year resolutions was to get on top of my huge writing backlog, which will hopefully motivate me to do some more local politics /badger the council type stuff.</p> <p>Anyway - if you'd like to have a poke and give your opinion, I'm all ears :D </p>