@karunyu...awesome analysis I wonder whose budget the state house site is under....it might be next after majani chai (its a joke fellas don't bash me) On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
Let me attempt to do so, other skunkpeople can add and/or correct where I am wrong:
*Technical*
1. The site uses frames, deprecated since HTML 4.01 2. There is no doctypeencoding, meaning browsers can render the site whichever way they want 3. The design seems targeted for mobile devices, maybe the code to detect user agent is not working? 4. http://statehousekenya.go.ke/ does not automatically redirect to http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/, very easily fixed using .htaccess rules. 5. W3C Validator<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statehousekenya.go.ke%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0>reports 15 errors and 2 warnings 6. The CSS used is on-page, this tends to make it harder for browsers to cache it
*Security*
1. The folders which contain the various assets are not secured. The simplest way is to place an empty index.html into those folders. 2. The site is hosted on Apache 1.3.31, which was released on 11th May, 2004. This pag<http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html>e on apache.org has a list of vulnerabilities this particular version is prone to.
*Usability and SEO*
1. There is no search 2. There is no feedback section 3. There is a lot of content that is inside PDF files, makes it a bit harder to get to it from a SEO perspective 4. There is no meta description or meta tags, plus all of the other important meta tags 5. PageSpeed reports that the site could do with: - Compressing HTML - Helping browsers cache the content - Optimizing images - Minifying the HTML - Specifying a character set.
*The smaller details*
- There is no favicon
*The Pros*
1. The site seems super fast 2. At last, a website without JavaScript! 3. It renders well on a mobile device
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:37 AM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
well I dont care much for the design. If i was to be picky I'd say the fact that the site has links supposed to point to speeches that 'dead end' is just wrong.
What I am having an issue with is blanket procramations of site is bad.
If you look back the last time I saw such a rant <http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/05/companies-registry-website-cost-62-million-cant-even-search/> ( http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/05/companies-registry-website-cost-62-million-...) someone complained about the companies registry and gave a very concise list of their issue with that portal.
Im asking you to not compare our statehouse with white house site and instead point out issues with the site that we can actually go out and fix especially since Im sure this site was funded with my tax shillings.
Gitau
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>wrote:
@John Gitau,
Lets first establish where you stand in regards to web design stuff, what do you think of http://www.whitehouse.gov/ in terms of:
- Content "richness" - Aesthetics
To make it even easier, if YOU had to contribute 100k from YOUR pocket for a website, would you rather get whitehouse.gov or statehousekenya.go.ke?
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:56 AM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
ehh whats wrong with the site. What if the designer actually met the requirements? I mean who dictates what a site should look like. As far as I can tell the content there is way better than some 'well designed' sites.
How about maybe offer a suggestion on what you'd like to see, if you did a free site for the state house for instance what makes you believe we would like it more than the one there?
Me devos advocate (though I seriously see lots of bashing here so just before you start on me let me try defend someone:-)) JG
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:50 AM, victor yegon <viktayeg@gmail.com>wrote:
Seriously azin for a whole state house fraternity
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com
wrote:
I actually did a site and offered it free of charge, never got a word from anyone on this or the other lists... (i had addressed it to the PS).
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Garr Patronas < garr.patronas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Vic, you probably don't want to know who did this site. You could > suddenly find it impossible to inhibit the urge to whack the > "web-designer" with a crowbar. > :) > > On 6/13/12, victor yegon <viktayeg@gmail.com> wrote: > > Who did the site? > > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Kibui Maina <mainakibui@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> How much was whoever who did this * > http://www.statehousekenya.go.ke/* > >> paid? > >> > >> Rgds, > >> Kibui Kenneth Maina,* > >> * > >> > >> * > >> * > >> *T:* +254 (0) 721 173 780 *B:* Opticom > >> Solutions<http://opticomsolutions.blogspot.com/> > >> *W*: kit-b.com <http://www.kit-b.com> *T:* > >> @mainakibui<https://twitter.com/#%21/mainakibui> > >> *S:* kenneth.kibui <http://www.skype.com/intl/en/home> > >> > >> > >> * > >> * > >> *Tools I Use:* > >> PHP, Javascript, JQuery, MYSQL, SQLite, Android app dev, Joomla, > Amazon > >> cloud hosting, WHM, Cpanel, Adobe CS2-5, Dreamweaver, OSx, > Ubuntu, Cent > >> OS, > >> Linux, Windows, Networking, Hardware, VM Ware. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Skunkworks mailing list > >> Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > >> ------------ > >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > >> ------------ > >> > >> Skunkworks Rules > >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > >> ------------ > >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > Yegon Victor > > Web Specialist/Internet Consultant > > Extra IT Solutions > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >
-- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
-- Regards Yegon Victor Web Specialist/Internet Consultant Extra IT Solutions
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
-- **Gitau
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
-- Regards, Peter Karunyu -------------------
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
-- **Gitau
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
-- **Gitau