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authorMatthew Somerville <matthew@mysociety.org>2010-12-17 13:36:50 +0000
committerMatthew Somerville <matthew@mysociety.org>2010-12-17 13:45:03 +0000
commite88422c78d0ad852db9486dfd15a2ac4df119e8b (patch)
tree77a8d0975107b95fba892202b7b40d2de792c16a /web
parent3f62b70cd98827899f5820290ea1b52643122b5e (diff)
REH text updates.
Diffstat (limited to 'web')
-rwxr-xr-xweb/confirm.cgi23
-rw-r--r--web/css/cobrands/emptyhomes/emptyhomes.css5
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/web/confirm.cgi b/web/confirm.cgi
index 8e51a4555..d070a873f 100755
--- a/web/confirm.cgi
+++ b/web/confirm.cgi
@@ -139,18 +139,19 @@ sub confirm_problem {
if ($q->{site} eq 'emptyhomes') {
if ($council) {
$out = $q->p(_('Thank you for reporting an empty property on
-ReportEmptyHomes.com. We have emailed the empty property officer in the council
-responsible with the details and asked them to do whatever they can to get the
+ReportEmptyHomes.com. We have emailed the lead officer for empty homes in the council
+responsible with details, and asked them to do whatever they can to get the
empty property back into use as soon as possible.')) .
-$q->p(_('Most councils are quite good at bringing empty properties back into use. Even
-so the process can sometimes be slow, especially if the property is in very poor
-repair or the owner is unwilling to act. In most cases it takes six months
-before you can expect to see anything change. This doesn&rsquo;t mean the council
-isn&rsquo;t doing anything. We encourage councils to update the website so you can
-see what is happening.')) .
-$q->p(_('We will contact you again in a month and again after six months to ask what has
-happened. Hopefully the property will be well on the way to being brought back
-into use by then, but if not we can offer advice on what you can do next.')) .
+$q->p(_('It is worth noting however that the process can sometimes be slow,
+especially if the property is in very poor repair or the owner is unwilling to
+act. In most cases it can take six months or more before you can expect to see
+anything change and sometimes there may be considerable barries to a property
+being brought back into use. This doesn&rsquo;t mean the council isn&rsquo;t
+doing anything. We encourage councils to update the website so you can
+see what is happening. It may be a long process, but you reporting your
+concerns about this property to the council is a valuable first step.')) .
+$q->p(_('We may contact you periodically to ask if anything has changed
+with the property you reported.')) .
$q->p(_('Thank you for using ReportEmptyHomes.com. Your action is already helping
to resolve the UK&rsquo;s empty homes crisis.')) .
$q->p('<a href="/report/' . $id . '">' . _('View your report') . '</a>.');
diff --git a/web/css/cobrands/emptyhomes/emptyhomes.css b/web/css/cobrands/emptyhomes/emptyhomes.css
index 293cb271c..c3d514807 100644
--- a/web/css/cobrands/emptyhomes/emptyhomes.css
+++ b/web/css/cobrands/emptyhomes/emptyhomes.css
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ blockquote {
color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 2em 0 1em 0;
padding: 20px;
+ overflow: auto;
+}
+#footer div {
+ float: left;
+ margin-right: 1em;
}
#footer a {
color: #FFFFFF;