Possibly the wonkiest site one could ever see?

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Possibly the wonkiest site one could ever see?

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In a burst of enthusiasm to finally polish off our French (haha), in a nice part of France, we were hunting for total immersion courses.

Take a look at this: francepass which has got a mind of its own. Try and make contact with owner or site designer? LOL. On the other hand, maybe it's our browser?

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Not your browser MG. That's a seriously crap piece of work and they deserve to fail with a production like that!
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and many thanks to RocketRab for steering us to a solution...
Find another course supplier?

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I think it's a great idea - seriously. You can't get any information out of it at all - but I like the mystery - makes you want to try and unearth any single detail that would help make contact with the owner?

Now, where's WHOIS for France?

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It's pretty easy for bits to go wrong on a big site - from their homepage you can see what it really looks like, not too bad.

I send them an email telling them, but I wouldn't let it affect your judgement on their courses.
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Marcus, you're right, this seems to work fine. I take everything back.

12 hours a day and into the night? Not exactly good old Michel Thomas.....cor..

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France has diabolical standards in online design and usability. Of course there are honourable exceptions but it's not a national strong point.

Check this out - recently redesigned too!! I trust this company with my life, as do thousands every single day. The sad thing is that the information available is very good, but the presentation is eye-bleedingly dreadful...

www.compagniedumontblanc.fr/
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I think this may offer a few clues :


<meta name='generator' content='PHP Maximus CMS - Copyright by http://www.php-maximus.org. This is a free software, and you may redistibute it under the GPL (http://www.php-maximus.org/gpl.html. PHP Maximus come with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the licence' />

Although it is OK here : www.francepass.fr



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Mountain Goat wrote:
and many thanks to RocketRab for steering us to a solution...
Aha, just caught up with you guys! And remember, we can find your accommodation for you... prix d'amis...honest!!
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