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I'm not as concerned about the screen space, but from a design
perspective, it feels very odd to see the right-hand column outside of
the "frame" of the site .. it seems like an afterthought. If we're going
to have two columns, why not go back to the left and right nav columns
with the content in the middle? Or at least, if the header and footer
extended to the right to enclose the sponsor logos column it would feel
like it's part of the site.
Another option would be to add a horizontal region below the orange nav
bar for sponsor logos .. they may need to be a little smaller or have a
couple rows, but it might work.
I know, it's a little late .. whatever/whenever something can be done
will be good .. overall it looks really nice! :)
...scott
Carol Geyer wrote:
> We can certainly consider other options for the future, but right now, our
> funds are running out and our top priority is to get this design transitioned.
>
> Sponsors really like having their logo on every page all the time. Users often
> object to the distraction of a flashing rotation of logos (as we have on the
> OASIS homepage). Putting sponsors logos with the other content makes for much
> too long of a column (especially if we add more sponsors, as we hope to do).
> I'm not sure alternating sponsors and other content is even possible, and I
> fear it would be confusing. I'm anxious to make the site *easier* to navigate,
> and I think a big part of that is consistent placement of links. To have links
> to "recent posts" for instance, sometimes appear above the sponsor logos and
> sometimes below might detract from usability.
>
> Maybe there are other options where we could retain a distinct sponsor column
> in a more aestically pleasing way. Let's discuss and plan to address with the
> designer when more funds are available.
>
> Carol
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Esrig, Bruce (Bruce) [mailto:esrig@lucent.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:13 AM
> To: 'Carol Geyer'; dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: [dita-fa-edboard] [ two right-hand columns ]
>
> I'm still uncomfortable about the screen space we allocate to having two
> right-hand columns.
>
> Is there any possibility of showing one sponsor at a time, or having one
> right-hand column that alternately contains the sponsors and the other content?
>
> Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Geyer [mailto:carol.geyer@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:51 AM
> To: dita-fa-edboard@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [dita-fa-edboard] DITA tag line
>
>
> DITA XML.org Focus Area Editorial Board:
>
> We hope to transition to the new site design early next week (you may note some
> disruption over the weekend).
>
> The new design (http://dita-staging.xml.org) features a "Learn more" box in the
> right column that provides an extra link into the Knowledge Base. The box
> design that's there now is only preliminary. (I know, the background is way too
> distracting.)
>
> I'd like to create a box with a style similar to the "The Gilbane Report...the
> most widely read newsletter..." box at
> http://lighthouseseminars.com/washingtondc/index.html. I think it would help if
> we could feature a VERY BRIEF, benefit-oriented definition of DITA in this box,
> along the order of Gilbane's "The most widely read newletter covering content
> management technologies."
>
> If you had to provide a compelling statement about DITA in ten words or less,
> what would it be? I came up with a few options, but you guys are the experts,
> so I'm open to any other ideas:
>
> <DITA LOGO>
> Building content
> reuse into the
> authoring process
>
>
> <DITA LOGO>
> For content that's
> topic-oriented,
> information-typed
> and re-usable
>
> <DITA LOGO>
> The XML-based, end-to-end
> architecture for producing
> technical information
> <rule>
>
> In our Focus Area box, this statement would be followed by a rule with "Learn
> more" linked to KB.
>
> If we can agree on a meaningful tagline, we could use it other places, such as
> on the DITA logo gear on cafepress.
>
> Thanks,
> Carol
>
>
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> OASIS
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