{"id":1852,"date":"2010-05-05T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T19:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2010-05-05T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T19:40:15","slug":"election-each-to-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2010\/05\/election-each-to-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Election: each to their own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My local candidates, assessed on the quality of their web sites.<\/p>\n<h2>Tessa Jowell, Labour<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tessajowell.net\/\">http:\/\/www.tessajowell.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IA and Design<\/strong>: Nice use of YouTube and Google Maps (don&#8217;t re-invent the wheel, use the market leaders where suitable). Two equal width content columns means the user doesn&#8217;t know which piece of content is more important. Labour Party banner ad at the top looks like a banner ad. Accessibility and Privacy links go to labour.org.uk so how can we tell whether they apply to this site?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong>: Claims to be XHTML 1.0 Transitional, has 10 validation errors. Layout breaks in Opera 10.53. Email sign up things <code>doo.doo<\/code> is a valid domain name and <code>dfsfsfd<\/code> a valid postcode. JavaScript for TinyMCE and something call <code>admin-interface.tao<\/code> are loaded on every page &#8211; maybe these should only be loaded on admin screens?<\/p>\n<h2>Kemi Adegoke, Conservatives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kemi.adegoke.com\/\">http:\/\/kemi.adegoke.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IA and Design<\/strong>: Best looking site, not much else to say about it &#8211; simple but efficient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong>: Based on WordPress. Claims to be XHTML 1.0 Strict, has 85 validation errors. Kemi claims to &#8220;enjoy web development and writing the occasional bit of code&#8221;. Layout breaks very slightly in Opera.<\/p>\n<h2>Jonathan Mitchell, Liberal Democrats<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanmitchellsblog.com\/\">http:\/\/www.jonathanmitchellsblog.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IA and Design<\/strong>: It&#8217;s a Blogger blog &#8211; with commenting disabled. Only been blogging since February apparently. Black text on a mid-green background. All the text is in bold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong>: It&#8217;s a Blogger blog &#8211; claims to be XHTML 1.0 Strict, has 363 (!) validation errors.<\/p>\n<h2>Shane Collins, Green Party<\/h2>\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t find an individual site, so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensarecoming.org.uk\/ShaneCollins\">http:\/\/www.greensarecoming.org.uk\/ShaneCollins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IA and Design<\/strong>: Video should probably be instead of mugshot instead of tucked away at the bottom. Otherwise clean and efficient, if a bit basic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong>: Claims to be XHTML 1.0 Transitional, has 41 validation errors.<\/p>\n<h2>Elizabeth Jones, UKIP<\/h2>\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t find an individual site, so <a href=\"http:\/\/candidates.ukip.org\/index.php?pg=show&#038;eid=578\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/candidates.ukip.org\/index.php?pg=show&#038;eid=578<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IA and Design<\/strong>: Photo looks like it came from MySpace. Nice use of UGC in the Q&amp;A section (but &#8230; how can blood sports be &#8220;a matter for the individual to decide&#8221;?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical<\/strong>: Claims to be XHTML 1.0 Transitional, has 131 validation errors. URL is terrible from an SEO perspective.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ve learnt that the big parties spend more on web sites than the little ones; that no candidate can make a site that actually validates; that XHTML is hands down winner over ye olde HTML 4 or bright shiny new HTML5. Not much help in actually deciding to vote for. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My local candidates, assessed on the quality of their web sites. Tessa Jowell, Labour http:\/\/www.tessajowell.net\/ IA and Design: Nice use of YouTube and Google Maps (don&#8217;t re-invent the wheel, use the market leaders where suitable). Two equal width content columns means the user doesn&#8217;t know which piece of content is more important. 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