NEW wood restoration resource!!!

[Keithj]

I've had a look at the PHP for our flying group website, and it uses a CSS stylesheet. If any of that is any help...

You can see the site here.

You can see the actual stylesheet here.
Most of that is similar enough to HTML.

The line that calls it is in the "masthead" and goes like this

<link rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"all\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"http://jillings.org/gbaaw/cssmenu.css\" />

The main part of the site is the "booking and accounting system" which is password-protected for individual users, but involves calling other php routines as required. If you need any of the code, say the word and I'll put a copy where you can download it.

 

[skier-hughes]

@skier, you mean the popular tags? I like them semantically, I think some people may find them useful to browse, I think as it stands (not edited properly) they stand out too much compared to the ridiculously light grey, all that will change to a more legible and easier to read font just as soon as I work out (*press gang my girlfriends teenage son into action*) how to do it. Did you read my other post on Linseed oil vs Tung oil? If no then that shows you I need to get my slider working and sort out the fonts asap.

I read it, and thought I'd replied to my earlier comment, thanks.

 

[Toby Newell]

Thanks to all.

I spent a whole day learning.

I have a child.

I managed to change all the fonts and colours apart from the cloud tag boxes and I added a contact form and analytics.

It's legible and functional.

I now have wordpress for dummies for bedtime reading.

 

[Penners]

I now have wordpress for dummies for bedtime reading.

That should be the finest cure for insomnia known to medical science.

 

[Toby Newell]

Oh well.

I'm not rich, but I have managed to cultivate a mini, feared 'New York Times art critic' persona.

It's quite amusing. I already got a call from the Sales Director of Pallmann wanting to "discuss" my critique of one of their sanding machines. Yesterday I received a personal call from the mobile phone from the Managing Director of http://morrells.co.uk/ (£18 Million turnover biggest coating company in the UK) who wished to "discus" my views on his products. My article has been published in its current form for over a year, I wonder whether this http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/04/13/oh-rpm-acquires-idUKnPn2NYyRP+9b+PRN20150413 ($4.6 Billion turnover biggest coating company in the World) have anything to do with it? Very LoL and also a little insidious.

Maybe the new American owners want to crack down on dissent.

I am going to email him and tell him

1. Last time I checked I don't live in North Korea
2. What I said was true
3. And as a free spirit, my opinions are valid, as are all other humans.

 

[Flyfisher]

Visions of a $$multi-billion company placing an order for an orange jumpsuit and booking a one-way ticket to a small Caribbean 'resort' . . . .

If Toby suddenly disappears we'll know what happened. :shock: :wink:

 

[Toby Newell]

I'm flattered really, that the managing director of the UK's largest wood finishing company (and now part of the world's largest wood finishing company) has read my articles and wants to talk to me.

He was very polite actually and I have changed my article on the website to better qualify my comments and be a little more generous. Maybe I should tell him that globally I only get 53 visitors a day and that my opinions are hardly likely to cause a dangerous dip in his parent companies' $4,600,000,000 turnover.

Maybe I can wangle some free samples of Morrells new and improved shellac as when the shellac harvest failed a few years ago they started mixing it with all sorts of crap to reduce costs. You never know. Anyone want anything in particular?...

 

[Penners]

the shellac harvest failed a few years ago

Was that the same year that the spaghetti trees failed to bloom?

Dark forces are afoot...

 

[Toby Newell]

I see what you did there... very good

(it does actually 'grow' on trees)

 

[Toby Newell]

Starting to post small articles and project pictures with description which some may find interesting on what can be achieved.

With regard to the Managing Director of Morrells contacting me and afterwards one of his sales managers, my cynicism was unfounded.

The man genuinely seems interested in what people think of his company and more importantly apparently appears interested in improving areas where they let customers down. I did receive terrible service from them at one point but then I have never had a Managing Director of a market leading company contact me personally to repeatedly apologise and ask how they can make things better in the future.

Very impressed. From someone who is very hard to impress. I will sample their current range of traditional products and report back.