[dissent-tech] our overflowing side menu

Mon Mar 7 18:26:27 GMT 2005

I'm really am not in to the use of sections and would like to get some
sites as subsections of other main main lists.  e.g. like the ones under
info for action but not linked in such an awkward way on the info for
action page.  Permission to experimnet!

> Yes,
> i agree.  Perhaps a meeting to sort out policy can be in leeds,
> although it usually seems like people are just happy and few show up.
>
> How about putting "Upcoming Events" as the top right menu,
> so it would include [at the moment]
>
> 14/15
> Derby M17
> Convergence Space meeting in Edinburgh
> London/Leeds Dissent meetings
> Festival of Dissent
>
> Then we can have the calendar [and this item can get taken off the
> Main menu], then we can have "recent info" and "random picture".
>
> The weather info can be taken off :( , and the template chooser
> could also be taken off.  There is also a "Sections" menu on the LHS,
> and this is perhaps not needed.
>
> xj
>
>
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, Cat Tracker wrote:
>
>> While i agree the side menue needs to be sorted and simplifed and Jono
>> has made a goos sujestion to this, there are other things we need to be
>> looking at as well; due to actual G8 events starting up and clear
>> momentom in challanging these events seems under way, the web site in
>> the run up too and during the summit is going to get packed with stuff
>> and be very busy and i think we are going to need a meeting to see how
>> we can cope and some policy type stuff as to what goes where!
>>  Derby M17 people have asked for this to have its own menue link so
>> journalists could find it , apparently various groups some linked to
>> dissent some not, are sending pressreleases soon. also the 14/15
>> mininsters meeting is not on the front page and they were asking why not
>> seeing that Derby M17 was, this is just different people putting up info
>> and not having a clear remit on what should and should not be front page
>> material.
>>
>> What do you all think?
>>
>> jono <J.Oppenheim at damtp.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> hi,
>> it is getting a bit hard to navigate the site, and
>> this for people who know what to look for.
>> can i suggest making a primary menu, and a secondary one?
>> So that someone new to the site will find what they are
>> likely looking for right away, while organizing info
>> is in a second section.
>>
>> Something like dividing the menu items as follows:
>>
>> Main Menu
>> ---------------------
>> Home
>> Dissent! Introduction
>> What is the G8?
>> Local Groups
>> Working Groups
>> Funding*
>> Action Information
>> Calendar
>> Networking eList**
>> External Web Forum
>> Media
>> Contact Us ***
>>
>> * [this should soon be changed to "donate" and with PayPal]
>>
>> **[this could be just "email lists" as we should also allow people to
>> subscribe to an "announce list" given the crazy traffic. Can an announce
>> list be created?]
>>
>> ***[new potentiall dodgy item, which could link to working groups, but i
>> think we will need to have an elist which responds to inquiries as we
>> get
>> closer to the summit. At the very least, a clear page which tells people
>> which working groups to contact, depending on the nature of the inquiry]
>>
>>
>>
>> Secondary Menu [need a name for it]
>> ------------------
>> Global & Translations *
>> News
>> Newsletter
>> Gatherings
>> Education Roadshow
>> Climate Action Group
>> Training
>> Legal
>> Medical
>> Past Mobilisations **
>> Image Gallery
>> Document Downloads
>> Web Links
>> Weather in Perth***
>> Administrator
>>
>> * [this is actually a working group, and could go there. What is perhaps
>> more useful is to have "International Page" as an item in the Main menu
>> which has links to the international sites (french, german, spanish, are
>> there others? As well as the international networking elist info. At
>> some point, the front page to dissent could first be where the user
>> chooses their language.]
>>
>> **[could also go in document downloads]
>>
>> ***[do we need this]
>>
>> Events Menu [maybe not needed, but these two items clearly
>> should go somewhere else - perhaps on the right hand side]
>>
>> Festival of Dissent
>> Derby M17
>>
>>
>>
>> I can lend a hand - just let me know what to do,
>> and what is agreed to do.
>>
>>
>> xj
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