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I actually really like the left nav, even though it takes up place. It
gives everyone an idea of what is available on the site. The new design
makes it more difficult to tell what is there. The headings in the top
nav don't seem prominent enough.
Just some thoughts,
JoAnn
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:57 AM
To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
Subject: [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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