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#1 2022-04-25 04:17:53
- peterj
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- From: Melbourne, Australia
- Registered: 2005-06-02
- Posts: 84
Wellbeing of Architects
Having once been an architect (buildings variety), I do know their wellbeing is often not brilliant. It’s a stressful job with little return and a fair copping of abuse. Anyhow, Monash University and a local registration board commissioned a report and I got to build the website. It was launched late last year.
Theme: Built on 4.8 theme with a little help from bootstrap
Visual Design: With Catherine Griffiths, NZ
Plugins include: adi_file_tab, bot_image_upload, bot_wtc, glz_custom_fields, jcr_file_custom, jcr_link_custom, smd_thumbnail
Menus: My clients’ needs always end up requiring something custom. This time I have given them a set of shortcodes they can edit like this.
<txp::menu section="about" dropdown="yes" subids="12,5,6" />
<txp::menu section="updates" />
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Re: Wellbeing of Architects
lovely and subtle. great choice of sombre colours.
I love the drop down Menu.
…. texted postive
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It’s a stressful job with little return and a fair copping of abuse.
Being a practising architect, I echo your statement. This is a site close to my heart.
Yiannis
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I do my best editing after I click on the submit button.
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Lovely design Peter! Worthy topic too (also a past architect here).
Shortcodes provide an excellent way of giving clients a simpler set of options without them having to delve into the innards of forms. Recognize a few of the plugins in there too. Nice to know they’ve been useful :-)
TXP Builders – finely-crafted code, design and txp
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#5 2022-04-25 23:44:42
- peterj
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- From: Melbourne, Australia
- Registered: 2005-06-02
- Posts: 84
Re: Wellbeing of Architects
jakob wrote #333151:
Recognize a few of the plugins in there too.
Yes thanks for those. They were vital for associated images and other file meta. They are used to run the sidebar partner logos (a link list) and other bits and bobs.
So many architects in the house!
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That is a very cleanlook. Nice work.
I’d love to see your menu shortcode if you can share it. Intrigued…
The smd plugin menagerie — for when you need one more gribble of power from Textpattern. Bleeding-edge code available on GitHub.
Txp Builders – finely-crafted code, design and Txp
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Interesting layout you build
May I venture a couple of mild complains / suggestions?
The first is that your body text is not easy to read. The color contrast is more than OK (11), but the combination of that grey background colour and the rather “tinny” fonts in terms of character serifed strokes makes it harder on the old eyes. Perhaps a slightly lighter background (in the range of #f5f5f5) and a bigger font size?
The second one is a classic – lack of :focus styles (keyboard users like to see how that moves). Some modern :focus code:
a { --outline: 2px solid lime } /* adjust to taste */
a:focus {
outline: var(--outline);
}
a:focus:not(:focus-visible) { outline: none; }
a:focus-visible {
outline: var(--outline);
}Also, on a small-screen device, there is quite a bit of reflow when you tap to open the menu.
As others, I am curious about your menu shortcode…
Where is that emoji for a solar powered submarine when you need it ?
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yesterday the top nav menu of the website on my desktop was the same as what is on my mobile today…. Expandable. But not today. it is now a single string of links
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