Troy, I'm glad you like it. My idea is to leave the layout basically consistent through the site. I'll mock up a few other pages with some of my other ideas.
by grace alone, Don A. Elbourne Jr. http://elbourne.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy A. Griffitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Web Interface: Mock-up page 1 > Don, > As always, your web interface looks awesome! It did look and resize > well on Linux/Netscape 7.02. I'm excited to hear others comments on it. > > -Troy. > > > > Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote: > > I have one page of the Sword Web interface proposal up. I was hoping to > > have several mock pages together by now, but I don't have them together yet. > > I figured I might as well share this one, because if everyone hates it, I > > can change gears before getting too far along. :) > > > > What you see here http://elbourne.org/swordweb/passagestudy.html is my idea > > of what the "passage study" results page would look like. Everything is > > marked up in semantically structured XHTML without any visual markup in the > > page itself. Everything is done through CSS so that the entire site look and > > feel can be changed at will. This should also make the generation of the > > HTML simpler on the programmer. For example no FONT tags, the headings are > > simple <h1><h2> headings, the lists are marked up <ul> as lists, etc.. If > > you have a browser that utilizes alternative style sheets, I have a blank > > one associated with it in addition to the blue theme to show the structure > > of the document. Perhaps we could have several alternate style sheets and > > allow the user to switch according to his/her tastes/needs. But enough of > > that.... > > > > The heading and navigation items across the top are simply place holders. We > > will have to think about what all will be best to place there, depending on > > what features we end up implementing. > > > > The search box to the top left would appear on the homepage as well so that > > users can jump straight into the two most commonly used features of an > > online Bible. Either a quick search for word/phrase, or a passage look-up. > > Then of course there is a link to a more powerful search where the user can > > limit the search to a particular portion of scripture, search other > > translations, books, etc. > > > > The page I have up now would be the result of typing "Romans 8:26-39" and > > clicking "go." Down the left column is a list of all the Bible translations > > available. The links would already be set to the desired passage. The same > > thing for commentaries would be in the right hand column. The center column > > would contain the text. The passage reference would be displayed as a > > heading and the book name underneath. The sub navigation bar allows the user > > to progress forward a chapter, backward a chapter, or view the entire > > chapter. Of course the links in the side columns should follow the focus of > > the main content in the center. > > > > I have a lot of translations there listed. Perhaps it would be best to limit > > the list to a default group, for example only English translations. The user > > could then change what translations are included with their preferences. I > > also have several commentaries listed in the mock-up. I'm assuming that it > > would be trivial to limit this listing to only those books that have entries > > for the current passage under investigation. > > > >>From the homepage the user is only two clicks away from any content related > > to their desired passage. > > > > Two features can be built into this view page that I do not have shown yet. > > > > 1. Using the KJV2003 text, each word could contain a link into a "Word > > Study" page where the definitions from any available lexicons/ dictionaries > > would be displayed, along with a concordance listing of every occurrence of > > that word. > > > > 2. Cross references could be included between each verse from the Treasury > > of Scripture Knowledge. Perhaps this feature could be toggled off an on in > > the user preferences. > > > > > > Back to the layout... the template is very simple. Basically: > > > > <body> > > <div id="header"> > > <h1>Insert Header Here</h1> > > </div> > > > > <div id="content-wrap"> > > > > <div id="content-sub-1"> > > <!-- Insert Search Box --> > > <!-- Insert Translation List --> > > > > <div id="content-sub-2"> > > <!-- Insert Commentary List --> > > </div> > > > > <div id="content-main"> > > <!-- Insert Main content --> > > </div> > > > > </div> > > > > <div id="footer"> > > <!-- Insert Footer Info --> > > </div> > > > > </body> > > > > CSS takes care of the layout. I still will probably need to tweak it some, > > but this is the main idea. I've not tested it on all browsers yet, so give > > me some feed back on how it looks. It should fill your browser window no > > matter what size or screen resolution you have set. The center column is > > fluid and the two side columns are fixed. Go ahead and resize your browser > > window and see. :) I swiped the basic CSS from a template site and then made > > a few changes as needed, so it should be ok. It is supposed to even degrade > > and work for NS4. The page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. > > > > > > > > by grace alone, > > > > Don A. Elbourne Jr. > > http://elbourne.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
