Comments on: Fine Gael’s New Website – thanks to the BBC (And Twitter!) http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/ Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rónán Mistéil's blog - Musings and meanderings about anything and everything… http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-261496 Rónán Mistéil's blog - Musings and meanderings about anything and everything… Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:10:42 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-261496 [...] Don’t steal things from other sources and blatantly use them as your own without permission. You will get caught out. [...] [...] Don’t steal things from other sources and blatantly use them as your own without permission. You will get caught out. [...]

]]> By: Fine Gael, Brazil and Ravi Singh http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-246068 Fine Gael, Brazil and Ravi Singh Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:59:27 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-246068 [...] things are never as they seem and techies and website developers discovered that Fine Gael had a little help for their design from a freelancer who used BBC code in the [...] [...] things are never as they seem and techies and website developers discovered that Fine Gael had a little help for their design from a freelancer who used BBC code in the [...]

]]> By: » How Fianna failed and the Fine-gall of it all. http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-106132 » How Fianna failed and the Fine-gall of it all. Wed, 20 May 2009 23:06:53 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-106132 [...] back to Mamapoulet: “Above all this incident is about the second biggest party in the state and another example [...] [...] back to Mamapoulet: “Above all this incident is about the second biggest party in the state and another example [...]

]]> By: Fine Gael and the BBC website – On Chris’s Blog « Sam’s Blog http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-105146 Fine Gael and the BBC website – On Chris’s Blog « Sam’s Blog Thu, 07 May 2009 22:18:40 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-105146 [...] of talk on the blogosphere about this issue, including posts on Politics, and the original post on Maman Poulet. Steph, a web designer and developer whose blog may be found here observes: “Their [...] [...] of talk on the blogosphere about this issue, including posts on Politics, and the original post on Maman Poulet. Steph, a web designer and developer whose blog may be found here observes: “Their [...]

]]> By: Michele http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-104065 Michele Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:33:24 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-104065 Why are people so surprised? FF outsourced its website to a US company, yet is "doing its best to bolster the Irish economy" - even if their online presence is in the US ... FG ripped off the BBC - it would have been even more amusing if the "Republican party" had, but no matter ... The Greens spammed a load of bloggers. I'm not sure what labour have done ... Anyone? Michele Why are people so surprised?

FF outsourced its website to a US company, yet is “doing its best to bolster the Irish economy” – even if their online presence is in the US …

FG ripped off the BBC – it would have been even more amusing if the “Republican party” had, but no matter …

The Greens spammed a load of bloggers.

I’m not sure what labour have done … Anyone?

Michele

]]> By: Maman Poulet » Cheap Job, Badly Done. http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-104018 Maman Poulet » Cheap Job, Badly Done. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:00:42 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-104018 [...] 4 hours after the initial revelation that there was BBC code all over the new FG website design Enda sent an email to members and subscribers - 6.26pm in the evening. It was rather hurried as I pointed to when I posted it on Thursday night. [...] [...] 4 hours after the initial revelation that there was BBC code all over the new FG website design Enda sent an email to members and subscribers – 6.26pm in the evening. It was rather hurried as I pointed to when I posted it on Thursday night. [...]

]]> By: Dorothy Ryan http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-104017 Dorothy Ryan Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:59:21 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-104017 Without even looking at the code it is the most blatant rip-off I've seen. They've even used the exact same widths, margins and back-ground colours. More embarrassement for our nation. I wonder how the BBC feel about it? I would be livid. FG ought to be ashamed of themselves. Without even looking at the code it is the most blatant rip-off I’ve seen. They’ve even used the exact same widths, margins and back-ground colours.

More embarrassement for our nation. I wonder how the BBC feel about it? I would be livid. FG ought to be ashamed of themselves.

]]> By: steve white http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-103954 steve white Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:49:45 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-103954 theres difference between design and content, obviously the russian guy didn't take the video of pascal, but fg spokesperson is mudlling the percentages, the rip off was fine gael's doing. theres difference between design and content, obviously the russian guy didn’t take the video of pascal, but fg spokesperson is mudlling the percentages, the rip off was fine gael’s doing.

]]> By: Maman Poulet » Mandatory Stance http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-103945 Maman Poulet » Mandatory Stance Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:04:01 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-103945 [...] to self ….And I just thought I’d got the scoop on FG’s new website before the launch huh? I must continue to learn to never underestimate bloggers especially the non political junkie [...] [...] to self ….And I just thought I’d got the scoop on FG’s new website before the launch huh? I must continue to learn to never underestimate bloggers especially the non political junkie [...]

]]> By: David Cochrane http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fine-gaels-new-website-thanks-to-the-bbc/comment-page-1/#comment-103923 David Cochrane Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:09:08 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=1572#comment-103923 In an email last night in response to some queries that I emailed him about finegael.org, Ciaran Conlon (The FG Communications Director) said the site on finegael.org wasn't the finished project, yet it seems to be precisely what is on finegael.ie now with a few tweaks. He also said what people saw on finegael.org may not necessarily be what people see on finegael.ie today - it's clear that what was on finegael.org *is* now on finegael.ie - indeed the finegael.ie website seems to be pulling alot of code and content from finegael.org at present. Quote: "The site that some people have viewed at the .org address is not necessarily what people will see tomorrow." - Ciaran Conlon Ciaran Conlon acknowledged that the getafreelancer.com job-ad was indeed by FG - and that ad does ask for a website that looks like bbc.co.uk. Ciaran Conlon also said the ad represented 5% of the final product, 5% or 50% is unimportant, an email in Enda Kenny's name yesterday (posted by Suzy on this blog) said the site was done in Ireland in-house or by a third party. Yet this "5%" of work was done by someone in Russia. Thus what was sent on behalf of Enda Kenny appears to be incorrect, at least with respect to 5%. Quote: "2. The ad u refer wasn't about the website design - which was done inhouse - but for some freelance programming for about 5% of the site." - Ciaran Conlon http://www.getafreelancer.com/projects/PHP-XML/Web-portal-Ajax-PHP-mySql.html The ad clearly asks for a design with bbc.co.uk as inspiration, and the gig was won by someone in Russia. I believe the quote above that says the ad was not for the website design is false. "Quote: · All technologies are in-house including the design and creation of the website · All third party services are provided by Ireland based companies - Enda Kenny" Quote: "The new website is not a direct copy of the bbc website." - Ciaran Conlon Quote: "Coz I’m a person who lives and breathes CSS from 9 to 5 I decided to dig a little deeper and boy was I surprised to see that their developers didn’t even bother to change the class names in the CSS files". - Iamsteph.com blog yesterday afternoon around 2pm. I'm a bit peeved, I asked some questions, got a response, but I don't think the responses were honest or truthful, nor do I think they accurately reflect what is the situation - I know that's a strong allegation to make, but the commentary by iamsteph.com around 2pm makes it pretty obvious. For a party that is actively engaged in moves to become the majority coalition partner in the next Government, I'm disappointed, very disappointed. In an email last night in response to some queries that I emailed him about finegael.org, Ciaran Conlon (The FG Communications Director) said the site on finegael.org wasn’t the finished project, yet it seems to be precisely what is on finegael.ie now with a few tweaks. He also said what people saw on finegael.org may not necessarily be what people see on finegael.ie today – it’s clear that what was on finegael.org *is* now on finegael.ie – indeed the finegael.ie website seems to be pulling alot of code and content from finegael.org at present.

Quote:
“The site that some people have viewed at the .org address is not necessarily what people will see tomorrow.” – Ciaran Conlon

Ciaran Conlon acknowledged that the getafreelancer.com job-ad was indeed by FG – and that ad does ask for a website that looks like bbc.co.uk.

Ciaran Conlon also said the ad represented 5% of the final product, 5% or 50% is unimportant, an email in Enda Kenny’s name yesterday (posted by Suzy on this blog) said the site was done in Ireland in-house or by a third party. Yet this “5%” of work was done by someone in Russia. Thus what was sent on behalf of Enda Kenny appears to be incorrect, at least with respect to 5%.

Quote:
“2. The ad u refer wasn’t about the website design – which was done inhouse – but for some freelance programming for about 5% of the site.” – Ciaran Conlon

http://www.getafreelancer.com/projects/PHP-XML/Web-portal-Ajax-PHP-mySql.html

The ad clearly asks for a design with bbc.co.uk as inspiration, and the gig was won by someone in Russia. I believe the quote above that says the ad was not for the website design is false.

“Quote:

· All technologies are in-house including the design and creation of the website

· All third party services are provided by Ireland based companies

- Enda Kenny”

Quote:
“The new website is not a direct copy of the bbc website.” – Ciaran Conlon

Quote:
“Coz I’m a person who lives and breathes CSS from 9 to 5 I decided to dig a little deeper and boy was I surprised to see that their developers didn’t even bother to change the class names in the CSS files”. – Iamsteph.com blog yesterday afternoon around 2pm.

I’m a bit peeved, I asked some questions, got a response, but I don’t think the responses were honest or truthful, nor do I think they accurately reflect what is the situation – I know that’s a strong allegation to make, but the commentary by iamsteph.com around 2pm makes it pretty obvious. For a party that is actively engaged in moves to become the majority coalition partner in the next Government, I’m disappointed, very disappointed.

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