These links will open a new tab/window of the social profile, if they are logged in, it will let them follow or like us using the native platform's UI. These static links have the least privacy concern. It does not contact the social platform until after the user clicks and is redirected to it.
Here is another screen cap of today fixes: http://s17.postimage.org/3xl5yt9tr/sample.png I'll send a new zip to soon. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > > All great feedback. > > > > 1. The logo can be replaced with an RSS logo (might have to create one, > > easy). This will also make the icons the same size. Thanks for the > help. > > > > 2. Agree breadcrumbs can become large, I would propose this for now as > an > > experiment and see if it wins before we discount it. If it wins, its > > definitely in a spot we want to consider, we might just have to alter the > > topnav bar in the template. Template integration will be separate. The > > home page is a special place because how much traffic it gets. > > > > Right now two things are easy to do: > > 1) Modify the body of the home page (or any other small number of > pages), in the areas not touched by the template. So between the > header and the footer. In particular with the home page the left > panel is easy to enhance. > > 2) Modify the site template to enhance the header or footer area. > > The breadcrumb issue is with deeper pages, like: > http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_great.html > > I'm not sure if we do that more than two levels deep anywhere, but the > risk is with lower screen resolutions we run out of space. > > Above or below the search box might work. Footer has plenty of space > as well, but I bet that would score lower, since it requires scrolling > for most screen resolutions. > > > Because a design wins and experiment we don't necessarily have to go with > > it. We can run a second tier experiment with variations (text, no text, > > below the bar, above the bar but below the search). > > > > Yes. Google used to allow multivariate experiments, where you could > tell them to vary both placement and text in all combinations to find > the optimal one. But now they just allow you to specify alternatives > at the page level. So it make sense to test placement first and then > tune the text if needed. > > Could you describe what these links will do? For example, do they > take the user away from our page to the social network pages? Or are > they doing AJAX calls to follow the pages without leaving the > openoffice.org page? > > -Rob > > > I'll prep a new zip for Rob. Thanks! > > > > Samer > > On Feb 2, 2013 9:29 AM, "Dave Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Cool > >> > >> Position 2 has a problem. Breadcrumbs can be wide on the left so there > is > >> no room for more. I like 1 or 4. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> Attachments are probably being stripped from the mailing-list. > >> >> > >> >> http://s3.postimage.org/v39x8vtpv/sample.png > >> > > >> > Cool. > >> > > >> > Something to note: position 1 works only on the home page, where we > >> > have the two columns. Most other page are just a single column. #4 > >> > is similar -- it only is on the home page. So if we want something on > >> > all pages it > >> > > >> > The ASF Feather logo -- the policy on this is it can be used to link > >> > to the www.apache.org homepage only. Any other use would require > >> > permission. It is really intended to represent Apache as a whole, and > >> > not any specific project or blog. What about the RSS Feed icon > >> > instead? > >> > > >> > > >> > -Rob > >> > > >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Sorry Samer Mansour, I could not find an attachment. > >> >>> > >> >>> With Warm Regards > >> >>> > >> >>> V.Kadal Amutham > >> >>> 919444360480 > >> >>> 914422396480 > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On 2 February 2013 10:14, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Trying again as attachment. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> My mail client gmail is not displaying the image > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> With Warm Regards > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> V.Kadal Amutham > >> >>>>> 919444360480 > >> >>>>> 914422396480 > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On 2 February 2013 10:07, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>>> Update, I've sent Rob Weir a zip with the experiment pages. I'll > >> need > >> >>>>> to > >> >>>>>> touch base with Rob in a few business days. > >> >>>>>> When its set up we can place friendly bets on what we think will > >> win. > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> There are 4 experiments, here they are merged together in a > single > >> >>>>> screen > >> >>>>>> capture: > >> >>>>>> * Note this is screen cap from a working copy on my desktop, > >> >>>>>> icons/background images are not displayed. Hosted copies might > >> look a > >> >>>>>> little different. > >> >>>>>> [image: Inline image 1] > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> I think #1 will win. Which ever one between 2 & 3 gets more, we > >> might > >> >>>>>> integrate into the site's template for the rest of the website. > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> Samer Mansour > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Samer Mansour < > [email protected] > >> > > >> >>>>>>> wrote: > >> >>>>>>>> Hello Everyone, > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Starting a separate thread for integrating a 'Like Us' area > into > >> >>> our > >> >>>>>>>> website templates. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> The Experiment scope would be the home page, to provide users > the > >> >>>>>>> ability > >> >>>>>>>> to: > >> >>>>>>>> - Follow Us on Twitter > >> >>>>>>>> - Like Us on Facebook > >> >>>>>>>> - Follow Us on Google+ > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> This will improve the number of people reached when we > communicate > >> >>>>>>> through > >> >>>>>>>> these relatively new streams of communication we have set up. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> I will draw up some placements of the 'Like Us' (html files) > for > >> >>> the > >> >>>>>>> home > >> >>>>>>>> page for another google experiment. I can have this done > within a > >> >>>>> week. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> Great. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> A few things I learned from the last experiment: > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> 1) It is OK to track the events with the social network as the > >> >>>>>>> "label", e..g, _gaq.push(['_trackEvent','social', > 'shareDownload', > >> >>>>>>> 'facebook']); When we set up the experiment we can tell it > count > >> >>>>>>> all "shareDownload" actions the same. This also gives us a > little > >> >>>>>>> more information. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> 2) I heard from some users who were confused by the weird URLs > they > >> >>>>>>> were directed to. So we might keep it more generic, like > >> >>>>>>> index1-passthru.html, index2-passthru.html, etc. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> 3) Google runs the experiment to see which variation is better > than > >> >>>>>>> the control. But the control is the current page as it is > today. > >> >>>>>>> With the last experiment the default page had no social sharing > on > >> >>> it. > >> >>>>>>> So tracking progress was a little bit weird. I'm not sure what > we > >> >>>>>>> can do about that, except be aware of it. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> What we learn from this google experiment we would integrate > into > >> >>> the > >> >>>>>>>> templates elsewhere on the site(s). > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> Yes. I'm looking forward to this. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> -Rob > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Samer Mansour > >> >>> > >> >
