On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:22 AM, ,Josh williams <joshcwilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Carol, > > Thanks for the kind words. That's a good idea for providing a screen > shot, that's what they do at addons.mozilla.org . It might be somewhat
Yes, I think screenshots will be an important visual element on the "detail" pages for each activity. > difficult however to implement an enlargeable thumbnail because the > developers would have to create two images, and I would probably have to Not necessarily. You could probably hook up a simple ImageMagick script which took a full size screenshot in the submission form and created a separate thumbnail from it. There might even be code around to make this happen; I know some CMSs (Expression Engine, for instance) support this already. > jump through a few hoops writing the javascript and editing the current > a.sl.o code. I haven't looked at the code yet, so I don't know what the It might actually be a remarkably easy addition, if it's desired. Take a look at Shadowbox (http://mjijackson.com/shadowbox/index.html). In my opinion, this is the best solution out there, as it's 100% standards compliant, supports all media types, is extremely easy to skin/customize, works in all browsers, and basically works "out of the box" with the addition of a small rel= to a link. This technique can also be used to create a gallery, such that the page itself can be kept simple (just one primary image), but link to a series of screenshots in the shadowbox. > developers are looking at when they're uploading an activity or what > would be involved for me, but it's a good idea. Good thoughts so far! I'll have more comments later. - Eben > Cheers, > > Josh > > > Carol Farlow Lerche wrote: >> I think a simple design such as Josh's is ideal to use for all kid >> facing pages. The school server could benefit from a similar theme. >> Personally, while I think someone talented (as Josh obviously is) >> could make a related theme for adults and kids, it is much more >> important to have a less text-intensive, more kid-friendly face for >> the target audience, which is kids. One comment on the design >> itself...perhaps have a thumbnail screenshot of the activity visible >> for enlargement if available? We could encourage authors to supply >> one when the activity is submitted. >> >> >> >> Things are kind of confusing right now >> > with the different styles of wiki, trac, addons, schools, >> gitorious, api, >> > buildbot, etc. planet is the lone exception, it seems to follow >> > wiki.sugarlabs.org <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org> nicely :) >> > It would be great if the Design Team could comment on this decision. >> > Here are a couple other web infrastructure ideas: >> > + Improve theming consistency among various SL.o sites. >> > + Single sign on cookie among all SL.o sites - perhaps OpenID based. >> > + Standard nav header atop all SL.o sites rather than the >> various nav >> > headers in different places, with different links. >> >> The various gnome sites such as build.gnome.org >> <http://build.gnome.org> and www.gnome.org <http://www.gnome.org> are >> very nice examples of common theming tying sites together. Some thing >> similar for SL would be great. >> >> david >> >> > + Better splash page for Gitorious, looking more like GitWeb - a >> page with a >> > small search box at the top and the rest being a list of >> projects, sorted by >> > recent activity, showing owner and last commit details >> > Best regards, >> > Wade >> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, ,Josh williams >> <joshcwilli...@gmail.com <mailto:joshcwilli...@gmail.com>> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, I'm working on the design of sugar labs add-ons with Mick >> Weiss. >> >> I've created a mock up at >> http://sugarlabs.org/go/AddonsPortal/Design >> >> but I've haven't been able to contact anyone on the design team >> as of >> >> yet. I would also like to volunteer some of my time for other >> projects. >> >> I'm primarily a front-end designer with XHTML/CSS JavaScript >> skills, but >> >> I also know some PHP/MySQL and have a background in Linux. I >> also enjoy >> >> creating icons, so if there are any activities developers that need >> >> icons please contact me. My portfolio is over at >> http://tucsonlabs.com . >> >> >> >> If you're a member of the design team or have some use for my >> skills, >> >> please let me know. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Josh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org <mailto:i...@lists.sugarlabs.org> >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org <mailto:i...@lists.sugarlabs.org> >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> <mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> >> >> >> -- >> "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary >> depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel