[Helpers] 1-12 lesson files: cleaned up version -> Lesson 1

[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

  Heya:

    Thank you, Sandra.

   In the interests of saving time and energy, I'll reiterate: This check 
is to weed down the pages and find which essay is most current. The pages 
are by no means completed yet, you will find a lot of things wrong that are 
consistently wrong across all the pages and there is no need to report on 
that stuff.

    This is a quick and simple task:  We need to know which version of each 
lesson has the most current essay and sits better in its form, before we 
move forward on other work... no point to fixing all the stuff on both 
versions!

   There are some things, particularly links,  that are broken or missing 
on every page, and there is no need to report that stuff.

    The header is messed up on all the new form pages, and will be repaired 
once we have the pages weeded down. The header contains image files "audio 
only", "Realplayer video" and sometimes the old title gif, because these 
needed to be preserved temporarily so we can drag and drop the links into 
their new place on the navtable.
   In the meantime, none of those links will work, Those links don't work, 
and neither do the audio and video links in the navtable.  The form itself 
is often distorted in size (width) by the old title image link. Ignore 
that, for now.

    You don't need to report on this stuff which will all be cleaned up 
later, and the title and number of the lesson will replace it. Similarly, 
in some places there is a lesson title at the top of the essay box, which 
will be deleted.

   Some links will not work because this working version of the site does 
not have all the subfolders that are on the live site. Some links are to 
pages yet to be created.

At 11:56 AM 5/6/2005, Sandra Davis wrote:
>http://www.fire-serpent.org/fscnew/tantra/25introk.html
>http://www.fire-serpent.org/fscnew/tantra/25introk_18-12-03.html
>
>#2. Introduction to Kundalini
>Both lesson links seem to point to the same 'new' format - the
>following is the review of 25introk_18-12-03.html.
>
>25introk_18-12-03.html is the latest version with the updated essay.

   Yay!! That is the most important thing I need to know. Which essay is 
most current, or whether they are the same.


>I need to scroll? Horizontal scrolling is uncommon and cumbersome to
>me.

   See above..


>The .RAM graphic near the top of the page does not load, and when
>clicked, gives a 404 error.
>
>The two text "Realmedia Video" and "Audio Only" graphics at the top of
>the page are completely illegible on my monitor screen, and both when
>clicked give a 404 error.
>
>I _do not_ like the shape of the header graphic, with the step-down
>text. I also, without having spent time on it, don't have a
>constructive suggestion. It just grates on me as a bunch of separate
>graphical pieces, rather than a congruent whole.

   see above...


>The right-most top graphic of Mystress link gives a 404 error.

   That is odd... the page does exist... for the most part, links can be 
checked automatically and you don't need to test any of them.


>The left-most top graphic of the FST triangle points to the
>25introk.ram link, and this gives a 404 error.

   Yes, the logo points to the video, as before... but the video subfolders 
are not included in the working version. No worries about that stuff.


>"Experiences" graphic does not load (and there is no link to click,
>should there be?).

   Good, that is another important thing to report. This page has an 
"experiences" section already, but it has to be moved into the 
"experiences" text box....


>There is no homework contents given.

   There is none on any of the pages, yet... it is new. No need to report it.


>The sentence at the bottom of the page: "This page is located at..."
>lists both old & new address.

   They all do, except on some it has been made invisible with a comment 
tag. No need to report it.


>Mystweb link gives a 404 error.

   Page doesn't exist yet.


>"This page was lovingly created by... " link gives a 404 error.

   Same link as the image of me top right. No need to report.


>Home link (in two locations, menu column and at bottom of page) gives a
>404 error.

   Yup, no need to report.


>The following menu column links give a 404 error: Home, Video, Audio,
>Renewing, F.A.Q., Sessions, and Shaktipat.

   Yup... not created yet.


>The menu column calls for "Other Links" and then pages to "Lesson
>Links" - is there a reason for going with 2 names for this aspect?

   There are two links boxes, one for experiences links and one for other 
off site links.


>The menu column calls for "Experience Links" and I see it pages to an
>'experiences' section of the essay, plus a right-tab area for links -
>this is confusing. Am I going to see links?

  Yes, once you have found them... we can put them in. Searching the K-list 
archives and tea room for experiences links is a separate things to do list.

>  Am I continuing the lesson?
>
>I had trouble knowing which page I was on as I followed the links -
>could we consider a coloring convention at some point? I.e. one idea
>would be to make lesson pages this darker version as seen, all other
>pages are slightly lighter? Are the .CSS sheets set-up for this kind of
>experimentation?

   Not sure what you mean.. I think it will be easier once the headers are 
fixed and say the name and number of the lesson.


>In the essay area, I see no reason for the small dark-blue text that
>says "Introduction to Kundalini" - it's given just above, and it's not
>a duplicated stylization in any other 'tabbed' contents area.

   It is just a leftover from the search and replace, I'll delete those 
when I edit the essays. No need to report.


>There are no experiences content given in the "Experiences Link"
>right-column area.




>There are no links given in the "Lessons Link" right-column area.

   Yup, it is the same for all lessons, no need to report it.