[thelist] your opinion solicited on coding specs I requested from contractor

[spinhead]

Nay; this is what I've requested in the past from coders working for me
(working indirectly, as in, not under my control so I can't nudge them in
the direction I'd like)

spinhead


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Backhouse" <paul.backhouse at 2cs.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: [thelist] your opinion solicited on coding specs I requested
from contractor


> Spinhead,
>    are these the specs uve been given to work to?
> they're pretty typical - id argue the toss on NS/IE 3.
>
> cheers
>
> paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of spinhead
> Sent: 18 October 2001 16:57
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] your opinion solicited on coding specs I
> requested from contractor
>
>
> That wasn't exactly the type of error I was expecting folks to catch.
BIMFR.
>
> Here it is:
>
> must use CSS for all font modifications, not <font> tags
>
> logical directory structure (I realize this is vague, but I'd at least
> expect some thought given to it; I've seen structures that were obviously
> conceived by the Salvador Dali School of Web Design)
>
> page structure must be flexible
>  no fixed bottom
>  no fixed right side
>  scrolling down is okay
>  scrolling sideways is NOT okay
>
> page size
>  nothing over 50k total page size
>  usable at 800x600
>  optimized for 1024x768
>
> modular code
>  Server Side Includes for ALL re-used content
>   headers
>   footers
>   navigation
>  CSS (see above)
>  no duplication of graphics or code
>
> compatibility
>  basic colors (backgrounds, text) must be within web safe palette
>  usable for NN/IE 3+ for PC, Mac, NN for Unix
>  optimized for IE 5+ for PC
>
> technical coding constraints
>  no proprietary development code; i.e. Cold Fusion, etc.
>  server platform is IIS 5.0 on Windows 2000
>  ASP, JavaScript, and SQL acceptable
>
> all images must have width, height, border, alt attributes specified
> images over 20k should have lowsrc attribute and graphic
> navigation graphics should be independent, not part of a larger graphic
> [makes it difficult to add/remove sections]
> all gifs interlaced
> all tables must have border, cellpadding, cellspacing attributes specified
> all colors specified in hex
>
> no Java applets
> ===========================
> spinhead
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Davis" <bobd at members.evolt.org>
> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [thelist] your opinion solicited on coding specs I requested
> from contractor
>
>
> > At 4:30 PM -0700 10/17/01, you wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Any glaringly stupid requirements? Am I missing anything really
> important?
> > >(The last group claimed this was perfectly acceptable, then delivered
> > >something which was pretty close but didn't work in Netscape, so they
> blew
> > >away all concept of modular code and copied and pasted 15k chunks into
> every
> > >page to get the navigation to work; therefore, I don't have a real feel
> for
> > >whether or not this works in the real world.)
> >
> > Were you asking whether it's cool to ask for standards or did you
> > want us to look at the standards you were going to ask for and review
> > them?
> >
> > If it was the former, I don't see any problem with it.  Great idea,
> > in fact, if they'll work with it.
> >
> > If it was the later, well...you kind of forgot to include them in the
> > body of the mail.
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > I'd like to see it.
> >
> >
> > bob
> >
> > --
> > bob davis
> > bobd at members.evolt.org
> > http://www.bobdavis.org/
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