Hi Simon, all *
Simon Phipps wrote:
On Jul 2, 2006, at 14:04, André Wyrwa wrote:
Sorry, guys, but am I talking german here?
Not really - but I think I did understand you before (perhaps
because I'm German?) ;-)
[... symlinked image to modify the button on foreign pages automatically ...]
That will lead to having a constantly updated graphic pointing at the
home page of why.OOo, yes. That's certainly an option too. So now we
have four options:
1. A generic "WhyOOo" button that links to Why.OOo home page;
2. A campaign-specific button that links to the campaign-specific page;
3. A symlinked redirect that displays the latest campaign graphic, that
points to Why.OOo home page;
4. A more complex JavaScript that displays the latest graohic /and/
points to the sub-page of the current campaign.
Of those four I regard 1 & 2 as essential, 4 as nice-to-have and 3 as
having limited appeal.
There are not four options:
1&2 only make sense, if they are combined - two buttons (and code
snippets) on the page, so people can decide if they want link to a
special campaign or to our main WhyOOo page with informations about
the current campaign and links to the older ones.
Option 3 is quite the same as 1, just with a different button (and
this would work because the actual campaign will take more than a
third of the place on the main page).
Option 4 and André's updated option 3b (I'd call it option 5:
symlinked button and page) direct the user directly to the subpage
with the actual campaign - as I know that our main page will become
great, I dislike this possibility.
BTW: From my POV a symlink is easier than javascript (and can't be
deactivated).
If we want to use the WhyOOo main page as window for users and
decision makers, there is just one question left IMHO:
- Do we want to have a generic button for the whole WhyOOo theme
(combination 1&2)?
- Or would it be better to tell the people that they may have
automatically changing buttons on their websites, so they will be
aware of any new campaign (combination 1&3)?
I don't want you to drop your ideas about symlinks or javascript for
redirection to subpages, but this would counteract our effort to
introduce the WhyOOo page as main starting place.
(Again: only my personal impression!)
And remember - on the main page the only larger amount of text will
be about the actual campaign.
Best regards
Bernhard
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