[Imc-dc-editorial] Concern over small size of important promotion

[matthew bradley]

i don't object to rupert resizing the graphic, unless it created 
technical or page rendering issues.

On Friday, Mar 21, 2003, at 17:00 US/Eastern, D. N. Russo wrote:

> hey folks
> in an effort to PROMOTE the really BIG event at Cada Vez next Thursday 
> with the author talk and book signing, I'd like to ask that the 
> graphic on the sidebar be increased back to the original intended 
> size. It's a promotion, and it needs to be BIG to amplify its 
> importance. I can't even read it on my screen because of the way it's 
> been resized it with HTML. It makes the graphic pixellated. It may 
> look fine on some computers, but the proper way to handle the issue is 
> to change the graphic itself, and not use HTML width code.
>
> I'm really ready to lobby very hard for this, because the producers of 
> this event want to see the website used well to promote it, and 
> currently it appears to be relegated to some standardized size to fit 
> some criteria that are unclear. I mean, isn't this supposed to be a 
> HUGE looking event on our website??
>
> If you could tell me the HEIGHT restrictions in pixels that the 
> editorial group has decided to put on these promotional graphics, I'll 
> change the graphic to fit that and expand the width to use of the 
> wasted space currently resulting from the resize.
>
> i'm not complaining, i don't want to sound that way. i'm trying to 
> PROMOTE. i'm trying to make readers know how important this event is, 
> to raise as much money for the IMC as possible and i feel the current 
> treatment is acting as a handicap. what does the promotions department 
> need to do to convince the editorial department that they should 
> devote a lot of space to promote DC-IMC fundraisers?
>
> thanks for helping resolve it. i respect the standards or whatever 
> you're all operating on, so i raise this issue like this.
>
> i end with a proposal that the event also be promoted on some other 
> part of the real estate of the website. HYPE, folks, HYPE.
> peace
>
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