[Cc-webedit] Swoop section - some points

[Jon Leighton]

Thanks. Yes I'm aware of the bug with viewing previous versions, I
intend to fix it ASAP, probably tomorrow. Sorry.

I'd like to make a point about linking to sections within the page. At
the HTML level, there are basically two ways to do this. You can either
write <a name="foo"></a> or you can add an "id" attribute to the HTML
element at the point which you want to link to.

I think the former (<a name...>) is a bad idea for two reasons:

* If it's just an empty element that's not very semantic
* If it's there is some text inside the <a> it will be styled as a link,
but will not be clickable, which looks bad

Therefore, I propose we adopt the "id" syntax. The good thing about this
is you don't even need an <a> tag - you can just assign an id to any
HTML element (for instance a paragraph or a heading at the desired
point). If people agree, I suggest we add this to the style guide.

(One thing to note with this is that unfortunately it's not possible to
do through TinyMCE, as the "anchor" functionality in TinyMCE creates an
a tag. So this needs to be done in the "Simple Text" view.)

Secondly, if we are creating lists of links for navigating within a
single page, I suggest we do that as a UL in the sidebar. I propose we
add this to the style guide. I have done this on the transport page, see
http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009/transport

Any objections?

Jon

On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 12:29 +0100, Neil wrote:
> I've updated the swoop info and transport pages. What happened to the
> what to bring stuff I was given at the gathering? I put it up, now it's
> gone. 
> 
> You can't view previous versions!!! What's wrong.
> 
> Alistair, where's your extra content.
> 
> In peace Neil
> 
> 
> Also some comments on this page:
> http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009/swoop-information
> 
> * The headings are h3 - we should use h2 instead of jumping straight
> from h1 to h3.
> * The page is basically a number of lists of things, so it would be good
> to actually use lists (numbered or bulleted where appropriate)
> * Can we rename it to "What to bring", and then move the bit about
> transport to the transport page
> * The last title is in all caps - it should not be
> * Generally the text has clearly been pasted in from an email. When
> putting text up we need to read through it and ensure it make sense in
> the context of the website. For instance, saying "keep an eye on
> http://climatecamp.org.uk/actions/climate-swoop-2009 for more details
> soon!" does not make sense when you're already on that website.
> 
> 
> 
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