I have in the date boxes, the number of matching events/groups in the calendar view... should make that more apparnt currently (other than the number) it lightens the date shading.
You aren't really seeing the depth yet, though if you go say to an event, you can click to the venue and get the contact details or from the event (or the event host, if listed) events can list participants (entertainers/caterers/vendors, etc) which will then also cross-list back to that event on thier info pages. Beyond dates it also lists any local services, business and groups and those cross lists when one local producer's products are sold at another local business. Indicates if they are open now, etc. Also everything is geocoded, so from an event, you can touch to do a nearby listing or search of other events/businesses/services/groups, etc.
Noithing I've seen has gone into the detail or work as easily I have done so far.
Ok maybe I need add roundy corners. Ahh, 'vertical' spacing... got it. well, actually most everything is a link except the back button and submit for the forms... Most are denoted with a shaded background (work in progress) Its not the standard pardigm, but I think the effect works. Time will tell.
You mean I have to style the BROWSE, HAPPENING, CALENDAR, and HELP to look more like buttons? " Your handy (even on your smartphone) local search for places, shopping, events and services in Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties!
Not sure what to search for? then click "Browse" or "Happening"! " seems to list the area.. guess I should add California to that (you know, there are a bunch of places called Portland...?).. but I do suggest what to click.
I'll get exporting (not sure about importing, most folks up here arent that tech savvy) and all that goodness in there eventually. I've been getting the data structure and some ease of use stuff settled first. I'm looking at the other suggestions on this post.
Will look over yours later on and send ya some feedback.
> I have no interest in being told about all of the events near to me. Quite the opposite, actually.
Well, then that's just you, move along.:-)
People visinting a place would reqally like to know what's going on while they are there, not afterwards. Around here getting the word out usually entails the printing and distribution of printed materials (papers, flyers, etc. Not very efficient. Web calendars help if you have web access... again, not no one thing works for everyone.
I would think its been more like most of recodrded history. at least:-D
A one size fits all calendar would be a nightmare to cover the myrad of applicartions for keeping and tracking time/events. Also as with most software the world outpaces the original design regularly, and software needs to adapt to new ideas and trends (responsive/minimalist design, phone friendly interface, etc.)
20 years ago we didnt have iphone with GPS and mobile web, facebook, etc.
Yeah I have realized, people won't return to your information site just because its pretty, only if provides what they need. I'm not overly worried about the look as long as its informative, easy to understand, and quick use.
I guess the biggest missing point I see is location, need to add something that to locate the user, and better orient them.
I've been working on such a thing for a smaller scale for just three rural counties. Most of the calendars I've come across are modules in CMSs like Drupal or Joomla, way overkill for a platform and the calendar detail presentation sucks as well as the user entry. Most programmers don't try to understand events.
There are also some web event services out there that are more wide ranging like eventsetter... but they supplement with a lot of ads and you only find a few trees in the global forest of data.
The challenges are (beyond responsive/mobile design and data structure)
- Making a user friendly form where the submission could be directly used by the calendar... I've concluded most of them are useless for the general public (especially here - we may soon crawl out of dialup in some remote parts of our counties!). So the main input is just a text area (preloaded with what needs to be included), which I transcribe into the real form on the admin side. This could be a lot of work for folks doing this for a large suburb, but the results are better as you can standardize the content as you transcode.
- Getting people to submit data. This might be a case of having to get traction before it gets going but even then, people are lazy, even if the 'add info' buttons are in plain sight on just about every page. Currently I do 95% of entries.
So, here's mine - http://www.doplaces.com/ been on-line about six months now (to get a better idea of events go to the calendar, back to december and view, was alot going on then). It also includes a community directory of groups, businesses services and other locations with mucho cross-referencing between those and the events calendar.
Puberty, that was my first thought when I read that headline too. Not just the sexual aspect, though thats a factor but all that hormone change is hard on kids, good luck keeping focusecd on tehnical subjects while your adult bodily functions fluctuate and develop.
I would think I, as being an awkward kid got hrough this stage by using my interests in computers as a distraction through a that time.
I've read to the effect they provide Macs for free as production props/units. Given macs are in favor for Video/Design/Production work im sure many a compnay jumps at the chance to save up to a couple grand on laptops and desktops. Im sure another influence is they are much more photogenic than most PC laptops.
Mac or Linux - doenst even hae to be a new mac, probbaly be better to run snow leopard or lion over mavericks. Either that or Linux.
Being PC comptible is obvverated in the non-techie/retired generation. Most do email facebooks, some surfing and some light word processing. If they do thier own accounting then it would be the Mac as it has quicken/quickbooks.
But for most folks Linux would do the job. Both OSs are less suceptible to malware and do a great job for the jobs most older gernation would put it to.
If you want to go inkjet there are great deals out there. the trick is to shop for the ink first before buying the printer. The best deal can be had if you can find a printer that has a good supply of cloned ink cartridges - not refills. For about $40 bucks on some printers you can get 20 or more ink cartrides. Once you find models with cheap ink then look at the reviews ofr the printer to make sure it isnt a dog. One example: Canon Pixma MX892, great printer, lots of 3rd party inexpensive ink that just works.
Second reccomendation, don't buty a network printer without some sort of display, nothaving a display to report network or other printing problems just is asking for additional time trying to figure out what is wrong with your printer.
Yeah, so besides pushing in toxic who-knows-what to get at the gas we will add in tremendous amounts of some who knows what it will do CO2 back into to the mix. So, now the earths surface is like some giant rug we are sweeping our grime into.
Can't you guys just let us have a menu where we can select a program from a list of all the ones already installed and let us put our crap on the desktop?
Every GUI OS designer wants to present stuff stylishly and enforce some good file housekeeping paradigm, must of us users just want to be able to select (not find) our installed programs and store files were we expect them.
Screen organization and the other stuff of elementary is nice, if you are going to be inspired by Apple, include letting us put stuff on the desktop and give us a thing like "applications folder" were we can quickly browse installed programs.
I'm kinda thinking single drivers might have some benefit from having a phone conversation while driving at night in order to keep awake. Isn't that one of the methods (CB Radio) truckers use to break the monotony?
He's definitely not a nerd, and just a windows guy.
He likes it, he says its nice and light, cool, and runs quite a long time on the battery. Most of what he does is just internet stuff so that works.
He cant print directly to his printer, but he can go through his windows PC. Mainly he sees it as a great travel laptop as if its taken he can recover via Google and its not a major financial loss. I think for those who have a desktop and need a capable yet inexpensive travel laptop, this will probably hit the mark.
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Fixed the issue with the pointer on hover on table cells that are links, and my calendar wasnt highlighting the dates with events, that's been fixed.
Thanks
I have in the date boxes, the number of matching events/groups in the calendar view... should make that more apparnt currently (other than the number) it lightens the date shading.
You aren't really seeing the depth yet, though if you go say to an event, you can click to the venue and get the contact details or from the event (or the event host, if listed) events can list participants (entertainers/caterers/vendors, etc) which will then also cross-list back to that event on thier info pages. Beyond dates it also lists any local services, business and groups and those cross lists when one local producer's products are sold at another local business. Indicates if they are open now, etc. Also everything is geocoded, so from an event, you can touch to do a nearby listing or search of other events/businesses/services/groups, etc.
Noithing I've seen has gone into the detail or work as easily I have done so far.
Ok maybe I need add roundy corners. Ahh, 'vertical' spacing... got it.
well, actually most everything is a link except the back button and submit for the forms... Most are denoted with a shaded background (work in progress) Its not the standard pardigm, but I think the effect works. Time will tell.
You mean I have to style the BROWSE, HAPPENING, CALENDAR, and HELP to look more like buttons?
"
Your handy (even on your smartphone) local search
for places, shopping, events and services
in Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne Counties!
Not sure what to search for?
then click "Browse" or "Happening"!
"
seems to list the area.. guess I should add California to that (you know, there are a bunch of places called Portland...?).. but I do suggest what to click.
I'll get exporting (not sure about importing, most folks up here arent that tech savvy) and all that goodness in there eventually. I've been getting the data structure and some ease of use stuff settled first.
I'm looking at the other suggestions on this post.
Will look over yours later on and send ya some feedback.
Man, I must be taking up some real estate in your mind.
Thanks for the suggestion. I guess then, in your belief, I'm tilting at just my own personal windmills. I can live with that. :-D
> I have no interest in being told about all of the events near to me. Quite the opposite, actually.
Well, then that's just you, move along. :-)
People visinting a place would reqally like to know what's going on while they are there, not afterwards. Around here getting the word out usually entails the printing and distribution of printed materials (papers, flyers, etc. Not very efficient. Web calendars help if you have web access... again, not no one thing works for everyone.
I would think its been more like most of recodrded history. at least :-D
A one size fits all calendar would be a nightmare to cover the myrad of applicartions for keeping and tracking time/events.
Also as with most software the world outpaces the original design regularly, and software needs to adapt to new ideas and trends (responsive/minimalist design, phone friendly interface, etc.)
20 years ago we didnt have iphone with GPS and mobile web, facebook, etc.
As Sonny and Cher put it - The beat goes on.
Yeah I have realized, people won't return to your information site just because its pretty, only if provides what they need. I'm not overly worried about the look as long as its informative, easy to understand, and quick use.
I guess the biggest missing point I see is location, need to add something that to locate the user, and better orient them.
Ok, will check on Mac, I know the font rendering differs quite a bit. On Firefox Linux here.
I'm more into utilitarian, stuff people are looking for, not flashy graphics... and it will improve with time.
I've been working on such a thing for a smaller scale for just three rural counties. Most of the calendars I've come across are modules in CMSs like Drupal or Joomla, way overkill for a platform and the calendar detail presentation sucks as well as the user entry. Most programmers don't try to understand events.
There are also some web event services out there that are more wide ranging like eventsetter... but they supplement with a lot of ads and you only find a few trees in the global forest of data.
The challenges are (beyond responsive/mobile design and data structure)
- Making a user friendly form where the submission could be directly used by the calendar... I've concluded most of them are useless for the general public (especially here - we may soon crawl out of dialup in some remote parts of our counties!). So the main input is just a text area (preloaded with what needs to be included), which I transcribe into the real form on the admin side. This could be a lot of work for folks doing this for a large suburb, but the results are better as you can standardize the content as you transcode.
- Getting people to submit data. This might be a case of having to get traction before it gets going but even then, people are lazy, even if the 'add info' buttons are in plain sight on just about every page. Currently I do 95% of entries.
So, here's mine - http://www.doplaces.com/ been on-line about six months now (to get a better idea of events go to the calendar, back to december and view, was alot going on then). It also includes a community directory of groups, businesses services and other locations with mucho cross-referencing between those and the events calendar.
1 - Get the job
2 - ?
3 - Profit!
Puberty, that was my first thought when I read that headline too. Not just the sexual aspect, though thats a factor but all that hormone change is hard on kids, good luck keeping focusecd on tehnical subjects while your adult bodily functions fluctuate and develop.
I would think I, as being an awkward kid got hrough this stage by using my interests in computers as a distraction through a that time.
Makes me want to break out an emulator and play a few rounds of Choplifter. :-)
I've read to the effect they provide Macs for free as production props/units. Given macs are in favor for Video/Design/Production work im sure many a compnay jumps at the chance to save up to a couple grand on laptops and desktops. Im sure another influence is they are much more photogenic than most PC laptops.
Mac or Linux - doenst even hae to be a new mac, probbaly be better to run snow leopard or lion over mavericks. Either that or Linux.
Being PC comptible is obvverated in the non-techie/retired generation. Most do email facebooks, some surfing and some light word processing. If they do thier own accounting then it would be the Mac as it has quicken/quickbooks.
But for most folks Linux would do the job. Both OSs are less suceptible to malware and do a great job for the jobs most older gernation would put it to.
If you want to go inkjet there are great deals out there. the trick is to shop for the ink first before buying the printer. The best deal can be had if you can find a printer that has a good supply of cloned ink cartridges - not refills. For about $40 bucks on some printers you can get 20 or more ink cartrides. Once you find models with cheap ink then look at the reviews ofr the printer to make sure it isnt a dog. One example: Canon Pixma MX892, great printer, lots of 3rd party inexpensive ink that just works.
Second reccomendation, don't buty a network printer without some sort of display, nothaving a display to report network or other printing problems just is asking for additional time trying to figure out what is wrong with your printer.
.. then again, maybe not.
Then again, how about merging the two - one player builds and manages the city, the other takes advantage of the populace...
Carbonated water - It's What Plants Crave!
Yeah, so besides pushing in toxic who-knows-what to get at the gas we will add in tremendous amounts of some who knows what it will do CO2 back into to the mix. So, now the earths surface is like some giant rug we are sweeping our grime into.
Can't you guys just let us have a menu where we can select a program from a list of all the ones already installed and let us put our crap on the desktop?
Every GUI OS designer wants to present stuff stylishly and enforce some good file housekeeping paradigm, must of us users just want to be able to select (not find) our installed programs and store files were we expect them.
Screen organization and the other stuff of elementary is nice, if you are going to be inspired by Apple, include letting us put stuff on the desktop and give us a thing like "applications folder" were we can quickly browse installed programs.
I'm kinda thinking single drivers might have some benefit from having a phone conversation while driving at night in order to keep awake. Isn't that one of the methods (CB Radio) truckers use to break the monotony?
I vote for Eddie Deezen!
"Hey, what does this do?!?!"
He's definitely not a nerd, and just a windows guy.
He likes it, he says its nice and light, cool, and runs quite a long time on the battery. Most of what he does is just internet stuff so that works.
He cant print directly to his printer, but he can go through his windows PC. Mainly he sees it as a great travel laptop as if its taken he can recover via Google and its not a major financial loss. I think for those who have a desktop and need a capable yet inexpensive travel laptop, this will probably hit the mark.