Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00295)

Hallo Erica,

Honestly: No not Virgin.

One shortcut to astrology and knowledge about the future is this:
Atma = Brahman.

Greek ?
There must be a reason for this situation of yours.
I know some Greek, but no it is not my job.



from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erica Letzerich" <eletzerich@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 3:11 PM
Subject: Theos-World Re: H.P. Blavatsky, the Mahatmas & Theosophy: Selected
Websites & Other Resources


> Hi Morten,
>
> Your moon is in virgin? Or may be you are born under this sign?
> Interesting how you repair in so many details. Anyways I am building
> the web site of the Theosophical Society in Greece and my main
> problem was to find a design that would be easy to navigate. I am
> not an expert in web sites as you seem to be, but I found very
> practical and neat the new way Daniel have organized the site now.
> By the way anybody willing to type texts in Greek? I am really
> having a hard time with that, here in the T.S. in Greece there is
> not one active member that has typing abilities and the whole work
> remained to me.
>
> Erica Letzerich
>
>
>
> Your moon is in virgo? Or may be you are born under this sign
>
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen" <global-
> theosophy@a...> wrote:
> > Hallo Daniel and all,
> >
> > My views are:
> >
> > I now I am boring. (smile...)
> > I got provocated.
> > But being a webmaster and all, I cannot be so
> > sweet as others have been about your new website.
> >
> > Please: I offer the following as a help.
> > Maybe I should mail you in private, - but let us have it all out
> in the
> > open - right ?
> >
> >
> > Pros.
> > 1. Apart from me having certain disagreements in the written
> content, - I
> > think it is one of the best (if not the best so far) overall
> sources the
> > Internet have about Theosophy in general. (You can be happy about
> that and
> > take your shoes on and have a few --- circlings around the block.
> Smile.)
> > And this is quite important.
> >
> > 2.Your website has improved on navigation. And that is a vital
> issue.
> >
> >
> > Cons.
> >
> > There is a rule within webdesign: You can't please everyone...
> (smile).
> >
> >
> > 1. But being a webmaster I cannot just sit and watch a
> > shall we say 'solid' theosophist use Frames on his website.
> > It is (to me) a 'gray' kind of ugliness, which are not really
> suited to
> > the altruistic promotion of theosophy. And most important: It
> doesn't favour
> > Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
> > Better use Iframes than Frames if you ask me. And even better no
> frames or
> > iframes at all. - Well if possible, because sometimes it is not.
> >
> > 2.And please do make those logo's better - they look like
> something wrongly
> > melted from Dali's painting of the Watches.
> > It reminds me of his "The Persistence of Memory" from 1931.
> >
> > 3.Your "drop-down" menu can be made better, so the mouse much
> easier
> > can hit the square - so to speak. I know because I have made some
> myself.
> > (Aaah, that reminds me of what my own website lacks in content.
> Yes, I
> > know - I am lazy about changing it.)
> >
> > 4. Your sort of akward use of colors through out the website by
> the use of
> > frames - could be reconsidered.
> > And - yet, the "akwardness" makes it perhaps very good indeed -
> > theosophically speaking.
> > I do think though it is not good as it is now.
> > What about color blindness - and statistics ?
> >
> > 5. A much much clearer - statement - if you like about what the
> differences
> > between
> > your "Blavatsky Archives" and "Blavatsky Study Center" is would be
> helpful
> > to the visitors.
> > I talk about the following page:
> > http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm
> >
> > 6. A much much clearer - statement or graphical presentation if
> you like, on
> > what is your Own doing and what is others - would be a great thing.
> > I talk about the following page:
> > http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm
> >
> > 7. The link "about Daniel Caldwell" should instead have a short
> profile
> > about who you are - and
> > then a link to the email or perhaps even an address. It is better.
> >
> > 8. A much clearer statement on what "Blavatsky Study Center" is at
> the
> > following page would be good.
> > http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/
> > The same on the Theosophical Academy
> > http://www.theosophicalacademy.iinet.net.au/
> >
> > 9. Adding a menu to on the left at
> http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/
> > would be an improvement.
> >
> > 10. It indeed impresses me, that you are not using Cascading Style
> Sheets
> > (CSS) as a seprate file.
> > It must be tough task keeping all these different typopgraphic
> styles in
> > check. But ESP is of course always helpful.
> > CSS is much more handy if one is doing it manually and if some
> manual
> > helpers from time to time are
> > posting some of your pages.
> >
> > 11. People on slow Internet connections - gets for some odd reason
> very
> > impatient if they have to wait too long for a page to load.
> > Also students of theosophy has this - quite interesting flaw in
> their aura.
> > So try to keep each page on a maximum of 30-50 kb in size; - text,
> photo's,
> > flash and perhaps javascript included.
> > This is just a rule of the thumb.
> >
> > ...I could offer much more ideas to improve your website. Just ask
> me and I
> > will give it a through investigation for free...
> >
> >
> > The website guru's and other sources of inspiration >:-):
> > a) Jacob Nielsen is one whom you could be inspired from when making
> > user-friendly websites: http://www.useit.com/
> > His book "Hompage Usability" is still one of the most sold on this
> issue.
> > (He has also been working together with the Macromedia Flash
> crew.)
> > ------- His top teen mistakes on webdesign are wellknown:
> > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html -------
> > Not all what he says is true all the time. For instance some
> Theosophists do
> > like - long scrolling pages. A think I know a few at Theos-Talk
> who does.
> > (smile...)
> > b) Another version is Vincent Flanders:
> http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/ (A
> > funny fellow.)
> > c) A third place for inspiration is:
> > http://webreference.com/authoring/design/usability/
> > d) A western portal: http://www.tracecenter.org/world/web/
> > e) World Wide Web Consortium: http://www.w3.org/
> > f) And there are of course much more...
> >
> > There is a rule within webdesign: You can't please everyone...
> (smile).
> >
> >
> > And Some spiritually minded do make their websites entirely
> different with
> > long scrolling pages just to annoy those with slow connections
> > and few money. Some of them I would even call Heretical -
> (smile...).
> >
> >
> > I know, that my own website could be improoved, so who am I to
> tell anyone
> > about webdesign.
> >
> >
> > Did this help ?
> >
> > from
> > M. Sufilight with peace and love...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "christinaleestemaker" <christinaleestemaker@y...>
> > To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 12:18 PM
> > Subject: Theos-World Re: H.P. Blavatsky, the Mahatmas & Theosophy:
> Selected
> > Websites & Other Resources
> >
> >
> > > -Hi Daniel,
> > > Correct and wonderfull sightseeing at ounce.
> > > Easy to find lectures
> > > With compliments of
> > > Christina
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell"
> > > <danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> > > > I have totally redone the following webpage.
> > > >
> > > > I hope that many readers will find it of some
> > > > use and value. Feedback appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > "Selected Websites & Other Resources
> > > > on H.P. Blavatsky, the Mahatmas & Theosophy"
> > > >
> > > > See:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/hpblinks.htm
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > http://www.theosophy.info/hpblinks.htm
> > > >
> > > > Daniel
> > > > http://hpb.cc
> > > > http://theosophy.info
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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