AD: Airplane for sale.

http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm

I hope it ok to post this in here.

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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I hope it ok to post this in here.

It's not. Try rec.aviation.marketplace.

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm

I hope it ok to post this in here.




If I were trying to sell an airplane, I would:

1. Read the FAQ's or even just ask first
2. Provide contact information on the webpage
3. Learn to write HMTL properly, or in this case use Front Page properly
4. Resize pictures so that they fit on the screen and load quicker
5. Use lower case letters instead of all caps




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("Aluckyguess" wrote)
I hope it ok to post this in here.


Is it your plane?

If so, what's the story?
If not, what's the story?

http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm
FIX THIS!! Everything should fit 800x600 :-)

My input:
It is NOT ok - since relevant story is missing and that website is evil.

BTW, your saving grace:

1. The asking price was included in the link. g
2. You're a regular around here


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
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http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm
FIX THIS!! Everything should fit 800x600 :-)

Sounds like someone whose eyesight has gotten so bad that they are having
to use the computer equivalent of the "big print" books... grin

Since you mentioned it, I figured I would check out the site... My laptop is
running 1024x768 (physical screen resolution limit) and is acceptable to me
from a screen real estate standpoint... I don't like having to go down to
800x600 for some older laptop screens... The only thing that can be said for
800x600 is that it beats the 'ell out of 640x480... Of course, 640x480 beats
the 'ell out of the PDA screens... I've recently been working on a GPS
program for a PDA-type device and I find it difficult to display all the
information that I want to display at the same time on the real estate that
I have available on it...

Even at 1024x768, his images are too large... Perhaps he was wanting to
create a single page that could be printed and posted as flyers around the
airports... In my opinion, he should rethink this... Layouts that look good
on flyers do not necessarily look good as web pages... For a web page, I
would suggest smaller images and creating a hyperlink on the picture /
thumbnail to bring up the larger image... The smaller images should be true
thumbnails, not just using the 'width' and 'height' attributes to resize it
at the client side... If you do it that way, the full image still has to be
transferred to the client even though only a lower resolution version of it
is being displayed...

Having everything in all caps is not exactly good style either... One could
argue that what is supposed to be capitalized is not and what isn't, is...
For example, he mentions "Mp3 PLAYER"... This should have been "MP3" and the
rest either not capitalized or perhaps only the first letter of "player"
capitalized... One other question is whether the aircraft is really
currently being "ANNEALED"? If so, what happened to require this? grin

One other bit of information that would be nice is to post where the plane
is located... A quick search of the FAA database shows that Kevin is located
in Riverside, CA, but it might be nice to include that bit of information on
the page... It's also possible that a voice phone number might be useful...

"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Aluckyguess" wrote)
I hope it ok to post this in here.


Is it your plane? Yes

If so, what's the story? I am buying a bonanza
If not, what's the story?

http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm
FIX THIS!! Everything should fit 800x600 :-)
I always liked big pictures. You can see more detail.
I will adjust them to fit.
I also put my name and phone numbers on the ad.
Thanks for the advice. Plane should be out of annual next week. I will
deliver it anywhere in the US for fuel and a ticket back.
This is a tuff group.


My input:
It is NOT ok - since relevant story is missing and that website is evil.

BTW, your saving grace:

1. The asking price was included in the link. g
2. You're a regular around here


Montblack

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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One other question is whether the aircraft is really
currently being "ANNEALED"? If so, what happened to require this? grin

Some of us just like our aircraft nice and soft. Cushions those hard
landings :-)

Tom Young

"Aluckyguess" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote in message
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("Aluckyguess" wrote)
I hope it ok to post this in here.


Is it your plane? Yes

If so, what's the story? I am buying a bonanza
If not, what's the story?

http://kevinandrews.com/1967_cheroke...r_sale__as.htm
FIX THIS!! Everything should fit 800x600 :-)
I always liked big pictures. You can see more detail.
I will adjust them to fit.
I also put my name and phone numbers on the ad.
Thanks for the advice. Plane should be out of annual next week. I will
deliver it anywhere in the US for fuel and a ticket back.
This is a tuff group.


My input:
It is NOT ok - since relevant story is missing and that website is evil.

BTW, your saving grace:

1. The asking price was included in the link. g
2. You're a regular around here


Montblack




What did you "fix" other than adding your name and phone #?

The contact info isn't set properly and starts on the right side of the
screen, then goes over to the left and is overlapping the other text. Same
for the "plane hangered its whole life". This is extremely annoying.

The pics are still sized around 1120 X 750. I would suggest that you take
Grumman-581's advice and make thumbnails that will link to a larger picture.

I am not trying to be an ass and nit pick your page, but if I were in the
market for a plane, I would be looking for a little more of a professional
looking page. It's not hard to do, especially with Front Page.

If you need help with any of this, I will be glad to help.




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Since you mentioned it, I figured I would check out the site... My laptop is
running 1024x768 (physical screen resolution limit) and is acceptable to me
from a screen real estate standpoint...

Well, that's fine if you're giving your entire screen over to the web
site. But if you're doing more than one thing at a time, you may not
want to do that, and the site should resize itself intellegently with
the window.

Layouts that look good
on flyers do not necessarily look good as web pages.

Yep. Web design is not about layout.

Jose
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"Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where
it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

I always liked big pictures. You can see more detail.

Put the small picture on the page, and make it clickable (or put a text
link) to get the large picture if the user wants to.

Jose
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"Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where
it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter).
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.