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Harry's letters - my first attempt
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During 2002 my cousin transcribed letters sent by our
maternal Grandfather (Harry), written in 1924 on a world trip.
My mother had the photo album from that trip and I decided to
scan the photos (even though another cousin had already done this). Eventually
I also wound up with the letters themselves.
I had no intention of creating a website out of this
material. I just liked one of the letterheads (the one above coupled with the footer of the page
with its annotations below).
So I decided to scan that page too... and then I got to thinking. I wonder
if....... and you see here an example.
I worked it over and over again. All of this taught me a few
important things.
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It's worthwhile taking the time to learn in depth and from a
variety of sources. |
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It's easier to learn if there's something you really want
to show for it at the end. |
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It takes a long time to get web pages to look the way you want them
to look when you don't have the technical skills. |
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It's impossible to make web pages look the same on all browsers
and on all machines (ie. screen resolutions), so you have to find some
middle ground and test and test..... and test. |
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You have to stop re-working old work at some stage or you go mad. |
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Technical note
This page provides a good example of how diffferent browsers behave
differently even with basic HTML.
On Netscape (later versions), the letterhead and footer shrink down when the monitor
size decreases.
On Internet Explorer (all versions), depending on the user's browser
settings, they remain at a constant 500px width causing
the menu on the right hand side to be lost.
Given that the majority of users use Internet Explorer and the default
settings are often never changed, I'd normally work around this (and
probably fix the image at about 400px width). In this case I've decided to leave it to prove a point
(and also, much of the menu is still visible).
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[Content of this page last reviewed: 12-Jun-2004] |
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