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. > > 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). > > I'll prep a new zip for Rob. Thanks! >
The content experiment is now integrated into the website. 10% of visitors to the homepage will be sent to one of the four page variations and we'll see after two week which variation leads to the most social follows. Then we can propose it (or a variation on it) to be the default version. Thanks! -Rob > 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 >> >>> >>
