[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] SGGEE website featured in magazine

[merschel@ucla.edu]

Not to mention how polite and informative the mailing list is!

Quoting Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>:

> "Practical Web Design" is a magazine published in England.  Every 
> month they select 7 web sites created by amateurs for review and 
> comment.  Our SGGEE site was chosen for the July issue and was 
> declared the winner of the 7 reviewed with 79 out of 100 points.  We 
> are now tied for second place in the list of top 20 for the past 7 
> months.
>
> Comments included:
>
> Under a large picture of our home page
> - "Excellent planning and use of drop-downs in the navigation scheme 
> makes this packed site a breeze to use."
>
> Under a picture of the site index
> - "The site index gives visitors an overview of what's available."
>
> Under a picture of my map of Volhynia
> - "The site is bursting with quality content."
>
> Along with the ratings
> - "Jerry has taken the great content he inherited and created a site 
> that makes it a breeze to access.  The design compliments the subject 
> rather than vying for attention and creates an easy to use and 
> valuable research resource."
>
> Ratings
> - Design 17/25
> - Usability 22/25
> - Accessibility 17/25
> - Content 23/25
> - Total 79/100
>
> Special thanks are due to Gary Warner for creating the initial 
> content.  Also thanks to Irene Kopetzke who patiently helped me to 
> understand CSS basics and kept me on the straight and narrow 
> regarding colour selection and other design issues.  Matt Warner of 
> course helps greatly with the technical side of things, especially 
> for the various search functions and we thank him for that.
>
> This magazine is generally only available at larger book shops such 
> as Barnes and Nobel, Chapters, Indigo, etc.  The article is on page 
> 17 of the July issue.
>
>
> Jerry Frank
> SGGEE Webmaster
>
>
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