While the Redesign... mainly existed in the transformation of the sides of the old homepage, this time much was changed at the layout. Due to the use of [packaged] templates (since the Redesign) the work expended was relatively small. Since I wanted to hold myself concerning CSS on the most current conditions, all effects were created with CSS (i.e. not with JavaScript). In certain places animated GIF's were used. A further goal was to be ensure the simple maintenance of the side. This was reached, in that standard tags, how e.g. p or h3, were over-formatted by CSS. With a view into the source code (e.g. from this side), it becomes fast clear that most steps are to be accomplished for actualization (e.g. the stories at the right edge) fast and simply. Nearly as simply as the writing of a document in the MS Word (if one uses an WYSIWYG editor)! Additional advantages of this method (CSS + standard tags) are: Keeping of the semantics of the data, announcement with deactivated CSS still relatively well, small HTML files (related to the HTML source text), global static CSS file can be cached by the browser, faster load times. The side is optimally represented, by the strict use of relative statements of size, with all screen resolutions and one can use for the writing enlargement and/or - reduction the appropriate browser functionality. With the browsers Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and Netscape 7.2 some representation-errors occure but unfortunately however only within the pixel range. This however must be browser internal errors, since first the same HTML code is differently represented and secondly due to the W3C-conformity also no tag-nesting errors exists. With Opera 7.54 and Internet Explorer 6.0 everything is correctly displayed. With Netscape 4.7 one receives a still relatively good representation, if one deactivates CSS. With the first call of these homepage now unfortunately, despite optimization of the pictures, approx. 55KB must be loaded. That corresponds with meanwhile very far spread 1MBit DSL to a theoretical load time of nevertheless only a half second. Since however the same CSS and image files are almost always used on all sides, these become cached in the browser. Thus the transmission reduces to approx. 10 to 20KB per side (approx. one sixth second). The old and the new in Design-comparison (Screenshots).
