Okay, I know I will probably get criticised a bit for this topic, but I thought I'd throw in my 5 cents anyway.
Please use a development server to test and accumulate updates on, before rolling them out to the actual d2jsp server.It's perfectly fine that you guys are doing incremental CSS updates (this happens a lot on any website), but the way they are being pushed live is a tad bit annoying for the users, and (presumably) embarrassing for the admins and moderators. I've done my share of web developing, and I have never worked in an environment that did
not have a development server to test updates on before pushing them live. In case you want to know about the pros and cons:
Pros:
- People don't get strange "transitional" stages where the website's layout is sort of inconsistent because it's phasing from one layout to the other.
- People don't get to experience bugs, because they are all tested and corrected on the hidden development server before being pushed live.
- There won't be numerous threads of people asking what is going on all the time.
- There will be no issues with old cached CSS files, since browsers will only ever save CSS files that work completely.
Cons:
- It makes development a little bit slower.
- It may be tedious to setup a development server, depending on the setup you already have.
Again, I'm not trying to be annoying or snide with this thread, but I really think this is a suggestion that should be taken into consideration. It will make njaguar's life (and General Help moderators' lives) a lot easier in the long run.