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Justinr

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Fit for purpose?
« on: December 10, 2010, 06:54:11 pm »

I was very recently asked to put this simple website together and was keen to use images from my own stock. Having rummaged through a great number of files and folders I eventually sourced them all from the same week in France earlier this year. Do they support the meaning of the text? I'm not entirely sure myself.

www.shalomcentre.net
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Re: Fit for purpose?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 07:04:24 pm »

Justin,

They mostly look fine and appropriate to me, including abstract images to complement abstract concepts. The one image I might want to replace is the one for Prayer, which seems to put a Christian stamp on an otherwise Jewish centre.

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Re: Fit for purpose?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 07:18:11 pm »

Eric

Would it it surprise you if I were to mention that the client is a catholic priest?   :) I was thinking along the exact same lines as you until I came to realise his true calling. We did have quite a discussion concerning the crucifix but not for the reasons you might imagine.

Justin.
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Re: Fit for purpose?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 08:18:07 pm »

A comment that has nothing to do with the images. You can click on the various buttons Home Spirituality and so forth. The Contact button appears able to be clicked on but gives me an error message when I do. And then there are the various contact phone numbers to the right of the Contact button. Does the Contact button even need to be there?
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Re: Fit for purpose?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2010, 09:21:50 pm »

I noticed the glitch that Shutterpup mentions and agree with his comment.

As for your client, given the combination of the name "Shalom Centre" and the crucifix, you might want to discuss with him the possibility of adding somewhere another symbol or two from other religions that share the concepts he is promoting. A Buddha, for instance? The addition of a third symbol would suggest inclusivity rather than incongruity. That's just my personal reaction, for what it's worth.

I do like the directness and simplicity of the website (assuming the "Contact" glitch will be fixed), and the project seems like an intriguing one.

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Re: Fit for purpose?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2010, 03:56:12 am »

It's still a work in progress but it's mostly there, the contact button has not yet got a page attached to it, hopefully that will be corrected today along with some fettling that needs to be done.

The symbolism you mention Eric is an interesting comment and that particular image is the one that has provoked the most discussion this end as well. I will, I think, be looking for something less overtly Christian to replace it although it must be noted that this is still a predominantly Catholic country and where the more metropolitan will see exclusion others might be encouraged by the comfort of familiarity and the reassurance that they are not stepping to far out of line from the teachings amongst which they have lived. A development of ones spiritual orientation rather than a new start and the presence of a crucifix illustrates that the programmes are anchored in the Christian tradition in which most potential clients will be steeped.

Thank you for the kind words re the site itself. Alas, being self taught I can only do simple but that is very often an advantage with many sites being far too complex, trendy and generally tickety boo rather than simply usable. Tiny fonts are my present pet hate, yes they look neat but not everybody has the eyes of a twenty something man bag wielding web development engineer or multi media graphic artist.

Justin.
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