I was looking for some information about a city council meeting. Am I the only one who thinks the council's website (//%22www.tulsacouncil.org%22) looks really amateurish? It looks like my grandmother put it together for her church. Why does it look so much worse than the city's (//%22www.cityoftulsa.org%22)?
It seems clean and functional.
I am not sure that slick and fancy is a good thing with public dollars.
Not the sleekest, but it is OK. A "very professional" website will set you back ~$5,000 if you want custom templates and all. The City Council website is probably a $1,000 special. I'm OK with it.
Definitely not going to impress anyone, but it is functional. If it was our tourism site, or our business development site... I'd be more concerned.
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Originally posted by Brengine
I was looking for some information about a city council meeting. Am I the only one who thinks the council's website (//%22www.tulsacouncil.org%22) looks really amateurish? It looks like my grandmother put it together for her church. Why does it look so much worse than the city's (//%22www.cityoftulsa.org%22)?
It would appear that yes, you may be the only one...
[:D]
im more interested in the content and I have to say they do a fine job of quickly updating committee minutes on there.
Now if they would just stream TGOV. I was streaming my home web cam 5 years ago so you'd think it would be pretty easy for them with all the A/V equipment they have.
Its better than the State Election Board's website.
http://www.state.ok.us/~elections/
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Originally posted by Nik
Its better than the State Election Board's website.
http://www.state.ok.us/~elections/
oh my eyes! the horror!
i say teach these prisoners they have to design web pages, and then have them spruce em up. I knew a guy that learned visual basic while in the clinker so I know they teach them skills.
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Originally posted by inteller
QuoteI knew a guy that learned visual basic while in the clinker so I know they teach them skills.
Cellmate?
Old Dreamweaver 8 template. I think it functions quite well. Certainly easy to update.
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Originally posted by rwarn17588
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Originally posted by inteller
QuoteI knew a guy that learned visual basic while in the clinker so I know they teach them skills.
Cellmate?
no, former coworker of a friend.
The website of the people who did the council site is a bit dated too, not a good way to sell yourself.
http://www.matrixforce.com/
at least they are local. but I know there is better local talent to be had for the same price.
They should have hired this guy to do it.
http://www.superdesignstudio.com/
I bet it would be cheap, too!
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Originally posted by tulsascoot
They should have hired this guy to do it.
http://www.superdesignstudio.com/
I bet it would be cheap, too!
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We are still growing, so harry up becouse our prices will be grow with us!!!
Man, what a sales hook![}:)]
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Originally posted by tulsascoot
They should have hired this guy to do it.
http://www.superdesignstudio.com/
I bet it would be cheap, too!
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We are still growing, so harry up becouse our prices will be grow with us!!!
Man, what a sales hook![}:)]
Don't we already have someone on the city payroll that should be able to build websites. What good are the techies if they can't build?
Then again isn't Carlos due some more favors from KT ?
The only thing I see wrong with that site is the idiotic shadow effects on the dropdown menu items.
Well, that and the fact the menu is javascript driven. Get with the 21st century CSS design guys. Those of us with modern browsers (and for this purpose, even IE6 is 'modern') get a dropdown menu, those who are stuck in the stone age can still click the menu title and get an interstitial page with the functionality of the menu.
I'm a strong believer in both simplicity and speed, which means both few images and small code size.