The new party website is up!

Henry IX · 09-08-2007, 10:16 PM

Was this s'posed to be a big announcement/development because if so it's woeful!! Really drab and cold (the yellow and purple was distinctive), more akin to a pharmaceutical company. And crucially, no substance and not updated at all - 'Top New Stories' from over a month ago... pretty embarassing!

Alex McKee · 09-08-2007, 10:16 PM

The graphics are grainy (gif artifacts!) the colours are not the ones used previously, nor by most of the rest of the party and on the subject of branding, I notice they're using the "Independence" brand - odd, considering we were told we couldn't rename the party that.

The favicon is, as someone else pointed out, the default Joomla one.

As modern UKIP points out they're using a free content management system - nothing wrong with that but I hope that the party didn't pay MM for it.

The accessibility options only work if you have JavaScript turned on - and some of the people who'll need them are likely not to have JavaScript on!

The layout is somewhat odd for a major website - which our national website should be. The focus is strange.

On the validation - it's valid HTML but using the transitional doctype (no excuse for not using strict), but not semantic. There's a lot of inline style, and inline script, and there's a CSS file missing.

It's much, much better but still a long way from being the modern website that it should be.

harryaldridge · 09-08-2007, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tito

For £5000 they could have had so much more. I wouldn't charge £50 for that.

That is true. It is not worth £5k. But it is an improvement on what was there before. Still lacking something though. Not sure what.

Alex McKee · 09-08-2007, 10:20 PM

Designed by Manic Monday eh?
http://www.joomlart.com/templates_de...late=ja_teline

Westcountryman · 09-08-2007, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex McKee

Designed by Manic Monday eh?
http://www.joomlart.com/templates_de...late=ja_teline

Ha ha ha! I knew it!

I smell a court case coming on.

tito · 09-08-2007, 10:24 PM

Absoloutely everything on there is just a news page.

This is ridiculous, they didn't even make the skin?

Anthony Butcher · 09-08-2007, 11:40 PM

I think that it is a big improvement over the old one. Yes it is a free template run by free software, but then that is probably a good idea, if it means that there will be free updates to the software. I presume that £5K will have gone on the time it took to move all of the content across. It doesn't seem an unreasonable price to pay.

I say "well done".

However, they seem to have missed off a link to this forum from the 'Useful Links' section though.

tito · 09-08-2007, 11:44 PM

"All the content"

My RSS reader shows 5 articles

kernow · 09-08-2007, 11:48 PM

As I said on "Talk about anything" I think it's very good, I just wanted to hear what the knockers had to say, I did'nt have to wait long!

Westcountryman · 09-08-2007, 11:50 PM

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It doesn't seem an unreasonable price to pay.

I feel sick.

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09-08-2007, 10:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Henry IX Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 65	Was this s'posed to be a big announcement/development because if so it's woeful!! Really drab and cold (the yellow and purple was distinctive), more akin to a pharmaceutical company. And crucially, no substance and not updated at all - 'Top New Stories' from over a month ago... pretty embarassing!

09-08-2007, 10:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,661	The graphics are grainy (gif artifacts!) the colours are not the ones used previously, nor by most of the rest of the party and on the subject of branding, I notice they're using the "Independence" brand - odd, considering we were told we couldn't rename the party that. The favicon is, as someone else pointed out, the default Joomla one. As modern UKIP points out they're using a free content management system - nothing wrong with that but I hope that the party didn't pay MM for it. The accessibility options only work if you have JavaScript turned on - and some of the people who'll need them are likely not to have JavaScript on! The layout is somewhat odd for a major website - which our national website should be. The focus is strange. On the validation - it's valid HTML but using the transitional doctype (no excuse for not using strict), but not semantic. There's a lot of inline style, and inline script, and there's a CSS file missing. It's much, much better but still a long way from being the modern website that it should be.

09-08-2007, 10:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,661	Designed by Manic Monday eh? http://www.joomlart.com/templates_de...late=ja_teline

09-08-2007, 11:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 9,818 Party: None	I think that it is a big improvement over the old one. Yes it is a free template run by free software, but then that is probably a good idea, if it means that there will be free updates to the software. I presume that £5K will have gone on the time it took to move all of the content across. It doesn't seem an unreasonable price to pay. I say "well done". However, they seem to have missed off a link to this forum from the 'Useful Links' section though.

09-08-2007, 11:48 PM	#19 (permalink)
kernow Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4,992	As I said on "Talk about anything" I think it's very good, I just wanted to hear what the knockers had to say, I did'nt have to wait long!