After some discussion on the #openguides IRC channel....
It has been noted recently that OpenGuides front pages are often very cluttered. Kake suggested, and I agree, that the recent changes box should be slimmed down as follows:
1) Collapse multiple instances of any given node to just one. 2) Only show node names, not change summary or editor. The actual details off the change are best left on the actual Recent Changes page (which is a "geek thing").
So, in effect, it would be "ten most recently modified nodes" (or maybe five?).
Comments?
Hiya,
FWIW, I think those guides where the navbar is included on the front page (and not tucked away in a banner bar thing) are more prone to looking cluttered than those where it isn't.
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:29:01PM +0100, Earle Martin wrote:
- Collapse multiple instances of any given node to just one.
This would be neat. In the past I've had one particular node take up 9 of the 10 slots on the front page of the Nottingham site, because it's fairly easy for people unfamilar with OpenGuides to miss the 'edit type' option on the edit form, and then go back and keep making small corrections to their new page.
- Only show node names, not change summary or editor. The actual details
off the change are best left on the actual Recent Changes page (which is a "geek thing").
I'm not sure what I think about this. I guess as long as there's a link to the recent changes page, it doesn't matter that much if this information's missed out.
So, in effect, it would be "ten most recently modified nodes" (or maybe five?).
Out of interest, would it be hard to make it "N most recently modified nodes", with N as a config option (and 5 or 10 as a sane default)? I reckon the number that looks best will depend on the layout of a given site's front page, and the number of changes worth showing will depend (a bit, at least) on how frequently that site is updated.
Cheers, James.
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Earle Martin wrote:
After some discussion on the #openguides IRC channel....
It has been noted recently that OpenGuides front pages are often very cluttered. Kake suggested, and I agree, that the recent changes box should be slimmed down as follows:
i concur
- Collapse multiple instances of any given node to just one.
yes, that does irritate me alot currently
- Only show node names, not change summary or editor. The actual details
off the change are best left on the actual Recent Changes page (which is a "geek thing").
aye
So, in effect, it would be "ten most recently modified nodes" (or maybe five?).
i would say five.
Comments?
i think giving a rough(or possibly exact) time of change should be an option, so on sites where changes happen often it can be something to point at and on sites where things dont change often it wouldnt be embarrasing ;)
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