New Home Page Menu Item - Club Videos

Postby **Stuart** » 09 Jan 2009, 11:24

Big News People - New Home Page Menu Item - CLUB VIDEOS

See Simon & Alex win the Madison on Day 3 of the 3 Days of Sydney plus 5 other videos for your enjoyment including Day 1 of the TDOS and the Boxing Day Omnium.

This page is currently a bit quick and dirty but I'll clean it up when I get the time - probably using sub pages for each meeting or ride that we video but for now there's just the one page.

timyone · Postby **timyone** » 09 Jan 2009, 12:04

wow amazing!

geoffs · Postby **geoffs** » 09 Jan 2009, 17:46

Well done Stuart!

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Jan 2009, 18:42

Now updated to have sub-pages and menu items plus a couple of new video's - check it out!

Toff · Postby **Toff** » 13 Jan 2009, 22:30

Good work Stuart.

Questions.
1) Has Joanne still got that vido of the C grade 1 lap screamer from Day 1 of the 3 days of Racing? I'm hoping to have a look at it, either online or elsewhere.
2) Is the "Serious Training" video in the wrong spot? It's in the "Pre 2008" section, but date stamp is 2 weeks in the future...

Trouty · Postby **Trouty** » 15 Jan 2009, 06:10

Good work Stuart.

Questions.
1) Has Joanne still got that vido of the C grade 1 lap screamer from Day 1 of the 3 days of Racing? I'm hoping to have a look at it, either online or elsewhere.

Hi Chris,
Stuart uploaded it yesterday but needs to link to the site - juts go to YouTube and search on DHBC and you should see it. I probably have a spare DVD of it at home, so I will give it to you

Toff · Postby **Toff** » 16 Jan 2009, 08:09

Thanks Jo, found it!

Also, any chance we can fix the home page so you don't see a big empty white page when you go there? Some simple table formatting should do it.

Postby **Stuart** » 12 Feb 2009, 18:27

Thanks Jo, found it!
Also, any chance we can fix the home page so you don't see a big empty white page when you go there? Some simple table formatting should do it.

Are you still seeing this error?

weiyun · Postby **weiyun** » 12 Feb 2009, 19:22

I am not seeing blanks on our home page (Safari, Mac OS X 10.5.6).

Toff · Postby **Toff** » 13 Feb 2009, 11:07

Look at it in Firefox:

Still a huge white gap before text starts.

weiyun · Postby **weiyun** » 13 Feb 2009, 11:14

Look at it in Firefox:
Still a huge white gap before text starts.

Still no such problem under Firefox 3.1b2 under Mac OS X 10.5.6.

Which version of FF are you on?

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Feb 2009, 11:16

Look at it in Firefox:

Still a huge white gap before text starts.

I suspect you may be the only one seeing this Chris. I have tested using WinXP SP3 with both Firefox 3.0.x and Internet Explorer 7.x on my desktop with 22" flat screen monitor and laptop with 14" screen and both work perfectly. I have also tested on my Ubuntu Linux based laptop with Firefox 2.0.x with perfect results.

What screen resolution are you using?

Also, have you tried deleting your browser cache?

mikesbytes · Postby **mikesbytes** » 13 Feb 2009, 11:37

I'm using

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011913 (CK-IBM) Firefox/3.0.6

and it's displaying correctly.

Chris, try clearing your catch and see if the problem is still there.

Michael Chidgey · Postby **Michael Chidgey** » 13 Feb 2009, 11:57

Look at it in Firefox:

Still a huge white gap before text starts.

im getting the same thing here with Google Chrome, XP SP3 and a clear cache.

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Feb 2009, 12:16

im getting the same thing here with Google Chrome, XP SP3 and a clear cache.

Can you try it with IE and see if get the same results.

What screen resolution are you using?

weiyun · Postby **weiyun** » 13 Feb 2009, 12:17

No problem here under Google Chrome ( v1.0.154.48 ) under Win XP Pro SP3.

Try hitting the reload button whilst holding down the shift key.

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Feb 2009, 12:28

OK - I've reproduced it Firefox 3.0.x (but not IE 7.x) at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or below. Any resolution above this works for me.

Unless your PC is > 6 years old it should be able to display at a higher resolution than 1024 x 768. Can you please try upping the resolution and see if still get the error? My monitors are running at 1680 x 1050 on the desktop and 1600 x 1200 on my laptops. To increase the resolution, right click on the desktop and select Properties, then the Settings tab. The higher the resolution the better your screen should look.

weiyun · Postby **weiyun** » 13 Feb 2009, 12:32

...The higher the resolution the better your screen should look.

Where's that reading glasses or magnifying lens...

Toff · Postby **Toff** » 13 Feb 2009, 14:43

My screen resolution was 1024 x 768. I changed it to 1152 x 864 and this solved the problem. Picture displayed perfectly.

...Then I resized my browser window to less than full screen, and guess what? - Problem came back. As I suspected, this is some less than ideal html coding.

Better to use percentage settings rather than absolute settings when laying out the page design.

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Feb 2009, 15:49

My screen resolution was 1024 x 768. I changed it to 1152 x 864 and this solved the problem. Picture displayed perfectly. ...Then I resized my browser window to less than full screen, and guess what? - Problem came back. As I suspected, this is some less than ideal html coding. Better to use percentage settings rather than absolute settings when laying out the page design.

Interesting I do see that error with the resizing if I make it small enough - up to point it's fine but when it gets down to really quite small it moves the top frame. I don't really see this as an issue though as most people use their browser in full screen mode.
The website uses automated software to create the pages - no coding is required. This software converts plain text to HTML under the covers - that's why a total non-developer like me (or Lindsay or Simon or ...) can create pages. The software is called soholaunch >> http://info.soholaunch.com/ and we are running version v4.9.3 r16.

Here's the converted HTML for the top frame of the homepage if it means anything to you. If you know how it should be altered then do tell.




<h3 align="center">Welcome to Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club</h3>

-- We are located in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia -- 


Our goal is to promote the sport of road and track cycling and to encourage riders of all levels to participate in recreational and competition cycling with us. Since 1908 when our club was established we have encouraged riders to take their cycling to the next level. If you are new rider wanting to take the first step to building your fitness or an experienced rider looking for a club to train and race with - we're the club for you.


** Check out the blog of the epic <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page ... ">Paceline with Panniers</a> ride; a DHBC Syd-Melb and beyond tour now under way **


 



I've put a note on the homepage saying it's best viewed in resolutions of 1152 x 864 or higher.

BTW, is it just the homepage that's effected or are all pages effected?

weiyun · Postby **weiyun** » 13 Feb 2009, 16:05

Was this Soholaunch what JamesC used to setup the site?

It might be worthwhile to check their forum or send in a bug report.

Postby **Stuart** » 13 Feb 2009, 16:16

Was this Soholaunch what JamesC used to setup the site?
It might be worthwhile to check their forum or send in a bug report.

The software was sold to us by our England based hosting company so yes, this is what was used to setup the site originally when it moved to its current location.

Toff · Postby **Toff** » 13 Feb 2009, 16:30

I've had a quick look at the source code, and it's the <table> tags that need adjusting. Many of them do express the width in percentage terms, but perhaps not the critical ones. I'll play with it a bit over the weekend, although I'm hardly a html guru...

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