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Carol,
Great progress!
I would like to see the Knowledge Base given more emphasis in this
layout. I think the navigation at the very top of the page gets lost.
The overall look is excellent but the navigation to the pages does not
stand out sufficiently.
JoAnn
JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
President
Comtech Services, Inc.
710 Kipling Street, Suite 400
Denver CO 80215
303-232-7586
joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Day [mailto:dond@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:18 AM
To: Carol Geyer
Cc: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [dita-fa-edboard] First pass at a new theme
Some additional thoughts about the interface:
1. A "Search" bar to let users readily search for pages with matching
content (metadata-enriched as a goal)
2. A "Save as DITA" function from either the reading interface or the
edit interface (more sensible, I guess) that allows the content of a
topic to be converted into at least a generic DITA topic (echo in a new
window, if nothing else, for the user to copy/paste into a file) so that
we can begin harvesting good DITA stuff as reusable content.
3. A "Print" link that minimizes the page interface gorp for someone who
wants to print a meaty article (either from the drupal source or --if
the DITA OT could be interfaced--via the DITA form of #2 above).
Combining all thoughts, it would be really neat if users could do
something like this from the DITA Focus Area interface: :-)
AGGREGATION OF CONTENT AS A PERSONALIZED DOCUMENT
http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=SG96607&F=0&RPN=AU781901&D
OC=c8a44bf29940febd7535eca46d26cd9d44&QPN=AU781901
(listed under the European Patent Office as an Australian and Japanese
patent--not a US patent)
Regards,
--
Don Day
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
IBM Lead DITA Architect
Email: dond@us.ibm.com
11501 Burnet Rd. MS9033E015, Austin TX 78758
Phone: +1 512-838-8550
T/L: 678-8550
"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
--T.S. Eliot
"Carol Geyer"
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04/13/2006 09:57
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[dita-fa-edboard] First pass at a
new theme
Attached is a *preliminary* mock-up of the custom theme we're developing
for dita.xml.org.
Our goal is to eliminate the left nav, in order to make more room for
the body text (and get more entries on a screen, which would be
especially nice for pages like news, products, etc.) To do that, we've
put links to the major site sections at the top, and created a 'site
map' footer for all the links that now appear in the left nav. We've
also created a second horizontal nav below the header graphic to feature
the major pages on the site. I think this provides a nice snapshot for
people to quickly get an idea of what the site is about.
Obviously, there's still a lot of work to be done, but in general, I
love the overall feel, the fonts, leading, and color.
Some of the areas that still need to be addressed are:
--integrate 'search' and 'login' into the header or right nav.
--move the sponsor logos to appear higher on the page, not as shown
here.
--determine the correct space for the latest headlines box (now in upper
right column as Block Title 1); I'm not sure if this box should contain
headlines from news or blogs or mixed; if it should be on all pages or
just the homepage
--make room for the poll, again do we need this on all pages or just the
homepage?
--make room for 'who's online'
Let's discuss further on today's call at 2:00.
Carol
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