[Gimp-web] questions, questions, questions

[Branko Collin]

First, my apologies for 'checking in' so late; Carol asked me to wait 
till Sven got back from Paris, and in the meantime I got sidetracked 
by another project.

I noticed some things about the new web site that I do not 
understand.

- Why was a new mailing list (apparently) created when we already 
have this one?

- Why are there no headings being used on the site?

- I added an ALT attribute + value to an image; it got reverted with 
the argument "alt texts are primarily used in text-only browsers, and 
they need not see our logo". ALT texts are a replacement for images 
when an image is not displayed. Who uses ALT texts primarily for what 
is completely irrelevant. You cannot predict how a user is going to 
use a site. For an accessible web site, you need ALT texts to take 
over the function of an image if the image is not there. If Lynx 
users need not see the ALT text, Mozilla users need not see the text 
in the image either. 

- Last time I checked (admittedly a while ago), there was no 
mechanism for adding menus. However, if I need to implement a 
subsection of the site, submenus can be very handy. The current GIMP 
site, which is much smaller than the planned new one, allows for this 
navigational aid. What's up with that?

- README.repository says: "When adding an html file that has SSI 
directives (the <!--#... --> lines) in it, the file needs to be 
'chmod +x file.html' (yes, the *.html file needs to be executeable!). 
Furthermore, it need to be executeable at 'cvs add file.html'; it's a 
pain to change the permissions when the file is already checked in."

Any idea how I should change the permissions before checking in?

Well, that's it for now. :-)


-- 
branko collin
collin@xs4all.nl