I have to agree with Anastasia that the font is a bit small. (I'd
probably even make the font on the top-nav bigger.)
A few options I can think of: increase the font size and 1) reduce
the whitespace between the "post-its" at the top and the icons below
them, 2) consolidate the 2 paragraphs about Fluid into one shorter
paragraph, or 3) do a bit of both. I'd vote for #3. I like mission
message on home pages to be as short as possible as people often
aren't there to do a lot of reading--they usually want a quick intro
and then be able to find what they need. We could make it easy for
folks to get more info on Fluid by putting a "more" link below it
(similar to what is on the news feed) that links to "About Us."
Additionally, I'd suggest making all the "More" links a bit more
prominent...some options include using some more whitespace, bolding
the link, using the ">>" character instead, and/or putting the link
below the text. Drupal.org does all these things: http://drupal.org/.
Cheers,
Allison
On Feb 25, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Jess Mitchell wrote:
The link we need, for sure!
The font size is smaller than it was on the old site, but we did
that intentionally to keep from too much scrolling and the effect
the other site gave. For a reminder, have a look here: http://fluidproject.org/blog/
My vote would be to keep the text small, but we can certainly
entertain how small.
We also need to address the blog...
I am tempted to put more than just release announcements on the
news. For example, I'd love to reproduce the short blurb here http://www.jasig.org/
and the longer text here http://www.jasig.org/fluid-uportal-collaboration-20
on our news feed.
What do folks think?
It also brings up the blog -- I'm thinking it should be on the Get
Involved page -- we don't have a link to it on the new site at all.
Best,
Jess
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On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Anastasia Cheetham wrote:
I just noticed that there is NO link to the Design Handbook
anywhere on the new website!!
There is a page about the Handbook:
http://fluidproject.org/index.php/fluid-design-handbook
but nothing on that page actually links to the wiki page,
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Design+Handbook
The Products page
http://fluidproject.org/index.php/products
includes links to parts of the Handbook, but nothing to the actual
Homepage of the handbook on the wiki!
(and I will again request that the font size be made a bit bigger?
You're killing my aging eyes, here!)
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Anastasia Cheetham [email protected]
Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
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