new mini site for website design

terraGirl · 27th November 2009, 06:22 PM

We're trying out the "mini site" format for website design:

Norwich eCommerce website design & development | TerraNetwork

Gave me a good excuse to try out sIFR 3 to allow styling of <span> tags. Although in beta, it worked very well. I did also look into the new online font library services, but the one font which we use for our logo wasn't available, so sIFR was the only choice.

The rest is straight-forward HTMl/CSS with jQuery and PHP for form protection.

Must say, I do like the 1page format - forces you to really condense your text. Inspiration were other 1 page sites such Headscape Web Design Solutions although in our case, it's only an addition to the main site, not a replacement.

Edith

UH-Matt · 27th November 2009, 09:22 PM

Im very impressed, I also really like the idea of single page websites... It removes the bloat and allows people to see what they need to see, read what they need to read, and miss out all the fluff.... to the point and good looking, nice one!

TygerTyger · 27th November 2009, 09:56 PM

I agree with Matt, I think it's wonderful.

About your form... I noticed the validation was javascript only, so I turned it off and was apparently able to submit at will. Whether you got the mails or not (Though the post data was definitely sent, but there was no confirmation I'd successfully sent an email), you may end up being hammered pretty hard by rogues. I also tried entering junk for the fields and got a 500 server error when it went through.

Just as an aside, I don't know what this is about ...

Code:

if('false' == 'true') {
    alert('Many thanks! Your message has been sent.'); 
}

if('false' == 'true') {
    alert('Sorry! There was an error - please try again or call us.'); 
}

... but whoever coded 'false' == 'true' needs a slap.

terraGirl · 27th November 2009, 10:20 PM

Hi TygerTyger,

The form validation is currently JS only - as it's only a single page for us, I just wanted to get it up quickly. If it becomes a problem, I can amend.

There is however PHP validation for attempted mass spamming in place, so the form can't be abused to send mails elsewhere.

The "false" is a PHP variable

The first PHP variable name is $send so in the actual code it makes more sense: if ($send == true). And for the 2nd it's: if ($submitError == true).

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Hi Matt - glad you like it! I think for us it only works as "mini ad" page though - for the main site, there's just much more info which customers need.

RitchMedia · 28th November 2009, 12:32 PM

looks great.

p.s. i noticed an error with the footer link back to your main site. the url has got 4 w's (wwww.)

terraGirl · 30th November 2009, 08:38 AM

Hi RitchMedia - many thanks - fixed