1. Progress on "Download Share" - Smaller images and text, anti-aliased using inkscape. http://www.winsor.ca/samer/aootest2.htm
2. Progress made on possible template placements for "Follow OpenOffice" http://www.winsor.ca/samer/aootest3.htm - Left Nav Links & Header Links http://www.winsor.ca/samer/aootest4.htm - Title Nav Links & Footer Links In 2. should we eliminate some placements? Or should we experiment all 4 in separate files? On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > Kadal, > > I'm hoping to write some "personas" for user center design, I will take > those stories and integrate them. > My expectation is that a set of personas will be consider when ever we > develop a new feature. > > Rob, > > Google's experimentation feature +1 > - - > It a lazy agreement on Google, Twitter and Facebook's developer sites, > they are cool with you using the logo to drive traffic to their site as > long as you don't alter it. Resizing is generally acceptable: > > https://twitter.com/logo > http://www.facebook.com/brandpermissions/logos.php > https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/share/#sharelink-sizes > > Although I don't know how they enforce it, I've seen some really butchered > logos. > I experimented with smaller icons, problem is pixelation because no > anti-aliasing in MS Paint. Inkscape might fix that, try that tonight. > - - > "I want to stay in touch with OpenOffice" on the home page clicking that > goes here: > http://www.openoffice.org/social/ it needs a little cleaner layout for > the user to see all the sites listed in a smiliar manner and click to go > straight to the profile on the social media site. The widgets there right > now break privacy, which is fine in consensus, but I will generally -1 that > behavior, unless it truely provides value to our users. > > Site wide is 'like/follow'. 'Share' is articles and special pages like > volunteering or download. > > Let me mock up a secondary page that is using the template (eg > http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html) and place the buttons in > different sizes and places. If I have time I could experiment with a > single generic "social" button that creates an dropdown like effect > onmousehover or onmouseclick where the user then makes their social media > choice. > - - > > Ok let me take this feedback and take a few more steps in the above > direction. > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:53 AM, James Grenier < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Rob. >> >> Very interested in social media integration. Looking forward to seeing >> the next set of plans. >> >> >> J. M. Grenier, M.Ed. >> Faculty, Business and Humanities >> [email protected] >> Cell: (339)222-1442 >> ________________________________________ >> From: Rob Weir [[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:35 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Iteration 1] Social Media Integration on OO.org Site >> >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > This thread is focused on completing the ability to share the download >> > page. A separate iteration will be planned for the rest of the site. A >> > following iteration will plan for a better share ecosystem, such as a >> > landing page to convince new users with a video about aoo. I still need >> to >> > draft up a plan. I will post that more likely this weekend to get >> feedback. >> > >> > Moving on, >> > >> > Subject 1: I was asked to provide the change in context. I've hosted an >> > edited HTML file with the open graph meta tags specified, facebook uses >> > this standard. I also added the schema.org tags as google+ uses that >> > standard. >> > >> > Here is the altered file: >> > http://www.winsor.ca/samer/aootest2.htm >> > >> >> Thanks! >> >> I tried it on my machine (Windows 7/Firefox 17.01) and it worked great. >> >> Is there something we can do to make this more integrated with the >> look of the page? Maybe reducing the saturation of the social icons >> would make them blend more? >> >> What's the right balance here? On the one hand we want to emphasize >> the links. On the other hand we want them to blend in well with the >> overall page design. So we want them to stick out, but not stick out >> too much. >> >> > Here is the difference when meta data is provided to the bots: >> > >> > >> https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=www.winsor.ca/samer/aootest.htm >> > vs. >> > >> https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=www.openoffice.org/download/ >> > >> > What do people think? >> >> One text change: It should be "OpenOffice" with no space in the messages. >> >> I like how you mention the 28 million downloads. That number >> increases by around a million every 7-10 days. So if we include a >> precise number this will quickly be out of date. Maybe we can say >> something more generic? >> >> >> > >> > Subject 2: I've placed two different types of social media integration >> > areas. >> > 1. Just below the download area. (These are wall-post buttons) >> > 2. Just below the right hand navigation links. (These are links to aoo >> > profiles) >> > >> >> Something to consider when we look at doing something site-wide. Take >> a look at a typical website page: >> http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_gov.html >> >> The following areas are part of the site-wide template: >> >> 1. The logo and tag >> >> 2. The announcement message >> >> 3. The top navigation menu (Product/Download/Support., etc.) >> >> 4. the footer (everything under the horizontal rule, copyright, etc.) >> >> We can also define additional locations in the template. For example, >> if we want a "social panel" or "social bar" at the top or bottom. >> >> So maybe we do the "share" buttons specifically for the download page, >> but do the "like/follow" ones in a site-wide fashion? >> >> > Subject 3: How many social sites do we add? (Definitely limited to ones >> we >> > already have created and supported.) We could pick a few key networks we >> > know we can support. >> > >> >> You have our current big three: Facebook, Twitter and Google+. >> >> >> > If you choose to reply, provide feedback corresponding to the subject >> > number. >> > >> > Samer >> > >
