Having it hosted where it currently is or on UKB's rosehosting won't make much difference to that really.
as when screen real estate is at a premium they tend to get squished!
(Its a damn good effort getting all of that info onto a working website btw).
Perhaps some savvy browser detection and conditional CSS with/without redirection to a "mobile" optimised site if you're browsing from a smart phone would be useful.
personally I'd say a more usable menu (structure is great but if you don't know exactly where something is there's a bit of backing and forth; top down as in bleau.info menu bar?)
. there are viewing issues with photos moving around the screen, sometimes covering the menus, when loading from some browsers (not as bad as it was though).
Which browser would be useful if there is any hope for it being rectified (although if its that piece of crap that is Internet Explorer I wouldn't hold out much hope as its one of the least compliant browsers and completely fails to meet the HTML specification laid out by the W3C so if you get a web-page rendering fine in IE then it will likely not be using the correct HTML specification and won't render, see for example this).
. use font and V and UK tech grades I know this will pain some on UKB but the BMC guides use V/UK tech grades and (also have converters from the old B grades somewhere)
Not sure about "Top 20 Problems " being the default here - I'd kind of expect either alphabetical or grade order.If I'm planning a trip to Burbage North I'm either looking for something specific, or how much there is at / around my grade.At present Bling Fig is the second thing I see in the list...it may be great, but this 7a punter isn't getting up that in a month of Sundays!
Quote from: Offwidth on February 16, 2011, 02:18:32 pm. use font and V and UK tech grades I know this will pain some on UKB but the BMC guides use V/UK tech grades and (also have converters from the old B grades somewhere)Thing is, eventually we'll settle on one system for this country - and given that I like font grades (needn't go into the debate here), I think a resource like this should be using them, rather than prolonging the mish mash that currently exists by having three grades by each problem. Better would be to have hypertext (not sure this is the right word) for each font grade that'd bring up the equivalent V grade(s) when you hover the mouse pointer over it.
Quote from: Duma on February 16, 2011, 02:51:39 pmQuote from: Offwidth on February 16, 2011, 02:18:32 pm. use font and V and UK tech grades I know this will pain some on UKB but the BMC guides use V/UK tech grades and (also have converters from the old B grades somewhere)Thing is, eventually we'll settle on one system for this country - and given that I like font grades (needn't go into the debate here), I think a resource like this should be using them, rather than prolonging the mish mash that currently exists by having three grades by each problem. Better would be to have hypertext (not sure this is the right word) for each font grade that'd bring up the equivalent V grade(s) when you hover the mouse pointer over it.I agree. I think in time the UK will fully adopt the font system for grading boulder problems. We are after all a European nation, why have an American grade system.Unfortunately the BMC jumped the wrong way at the start of the current grit guide series at a time when it was not clear which system would become favoured and understandably, to avoid inconsistency within the series have been lumbered with V grades ever since. This doesn’t change the fact that the UK will opt for font grades in the long run.Websites and books continuing to use V grades is retrograde (no pun intended) and simply prolonging the misery. If climbers don’t understand the font system by now really they should put in the 5 minutes of effort required to figure it out. The sooner books and sites stop using V grades the sooner the UK will get used to using one grading system.
"its that piece of crap that is Internet Explorer I wouldn't hold out much hope "Although I fully sympathise with your view, that's not the most viable attitude for a mainstream site.
Unfortunately the BMC jumped the wrong way at the start of the current grit guide series at a time when it was not clear which system would become favoured and understandably, to avoid inconsistency within the series have been lumbered with V grades ever since. This doesn’t change the fact that the UK will opt for font grades in the long run.
Just remembered anther one. Commonly used boulder names don't always come up on a search. I'll try and get a list of the BMC guide ones that don't work. There will probably be a similar issue with problem that has two names or has changed name.
... I' know most boulders feel this way but most chuffing punters still feel the opposite and they outnumber you (and buy more guides)...I can see why UK tech grades are very much wanted by punter chuffers who boulder a bit.
