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Graham.

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 10:20AM

Dusty Miller

A few typos, but what can you do?

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Aitchbee

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 10:58AM

Hello Graham - I presume you constructed that website. It is very good. You may have started something.Most people have the potential to construct their own website.ISP packages usually come with that facility but I reckon nobody gives it a go. Well done.

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Graham.

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 12:03PM

AitchBEE No, it's not my website. I briefly mentioned the errors to the landlord, but I might as well talk to the cat.

It is quite good in itself, though. The picture of the pub is a mirror image, and the stately home in the distance has been superimposed.

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Covergirl

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 12:16PM

LoL " . . . within just a few minuets dive"

One of our local eateries has a few menu items with a decimal point missing - £890 for Scampi & Chips for example.

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Legolas

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 1:43PM

Spotting typos and other errors on a web site or elsewhere can be hard. I do a weekly News sheet for my local church and I never spot a typo or other error until I have printed it off no matter how many times I read it through beforehand, very annoying.

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spuds

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 2:00PM

Legolas

I know the feeling. We have a community newsletter, and you can guarantee when the print runs are done, someone spots the inevitable 'major' error. Yet you can proof read the items over and over again, and not find the fault. We blame the printer, not that they take much notice :o)

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Graham.

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 2:13PM

Matbe in another life I could have been a proof-reader. These things jump of the page for me.

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Graham.

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 2:29PM

I look away for 5 minutes and y has changed to t in maybe.

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Forum Editor

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 6:33PM

There really is only one way to proof text, and that's by printing it. You'll spot typos far more easily. No self-respecting web designer would rely solely on an on-screen read through.

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shellship

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Posted April 21, 2011 at 6:59PM

Legolas Like wise only our church mag is only monthly. FE You are so right - as usual - but it is possible to miss things even then if one has become bug eyed.

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Posted April 22, 2011 at 7:03AM

and thats why I wish we had an edit button.

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