On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 2:45, Chad Smith wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As a part of the recent page updates post, I've taken a look at several of > the CD-ROM / ISO related pages. > > I've created a mock-up of what I'd like the new CD-ROM download page to > look like. There are still a few problems with the page I made, and any > advice on how to proceed would be helpful. > > Let me start by saying I have no idea who designed or maintains the CD-ROM > distributors page,
That would be (largely) me, with some assistance from Daniel (the Javascript among other things). > and I do not have the rights or permissions to change > it. This is just my suggestion - I can't make it happen without someone > telling me how and/or giving me access rights to do so. Simplest way would be to download the page from CVS (you can do that without extra privileges), and create a diff with your proposal, which I could then apply and upload to a test page.... > > Here's my proposed site: > > http://ooocdrom.blogspot.com/ > > The changes are mostly cosmetic, but I think it cleans up the resulting > look and feel quite a bit. There's not as much yelling at the user. No > reds, no huge buttons that have nothing to do with buying a CD. Just > simple instructions and a few links. :) I wasn't overly rapt in the buttons, but the general idea there was to make it easier for people to find the downloads and distributor info... > > Like I said, it still needs work. Like, for example, the drop-down menu > doesn't work, but the drop down menu on the current site doesn't work (I > just copied and pasted). The drop-down functions perfectly as far as I can see (just went there and checked). You do have Javascript enabled? and which browser did you use? Are you using a private CSS (the drop-down relies on a combination of JS and <div> tags/CSS). > > Ultimately, I'd like the hide the parts of the chart that don't matter to > the user - either buy some sort of Javascript - That is precisely what the drop-down and JS is designed for. It works fine in Firefox and (last I checked) in Opera 5 minutes ago. > or by breaking the chart > onto a different page - or different pages. In this AJAX Web 2.0 world we > live in - multiple pages seem a bit extreme. But having this huge gangly > chart load every time someone visits the page also seems extreme. Perhaps if I changed the drop-down to have the default entry point to an empty <div>, the page would then come up with only the tops info section and the drop-down.... Not being a JS guru, I'm not sure if that would work, but it is certainly worth a try. Any pointers from JS experts is welcome (although perhaps this discussion should be moved to the CD ROM list). > > Advice is welcome. What do you think? It has possibilities (although I do want to keep the disclaimer in red. perhaps a smaller font would help). > > -- > - Chad Smith > http://www.gimpshop.net/ > http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ > Because everyone loves free software! -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
