[p2pu-dev] Join! Current P2PU Front Page Taskforce

[Jessica Ledbetter]

For color checking, maybe run it through:
http://www.checkmycolours.com/
<http://www.checkmycolours.com/>or
http://wave.webaim.org/
<http://wave.webaim.org/>
Some more accessibility checkers especially for color contrast:
http://www.bestdesigntuts.com/30-free-online-tools-to-test-your-website/

I personally think the contrast needs to be a little higher in the orange
box, but I understand wanting to keep artistic value :)

2011/1/30 João Antonio de Menezes Neto <tonyhomes at gmail.com>

> I simulated some ligher colors (please refer to the PNG attached).
>
> 2011/1/30 Alison Jean Cole <alisonjean.cole at gmail.com>
>
> +1 to all your comments - I think giving the showcase the prime spot on the
>> right will be good because we can "showcase" favorite wiki links there,
>> too..?
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>> ALISON
>> p2pu.org/users/alison
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>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Stian Håklev <shaklev at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Alison,
>>> I also had fun with some mockups of the P2PU site previously. Some quick
>>> thoughts
>>>
>>> - if MyAccount is consolidated to one button, whcih I am happy with, it
>>> seems to take up a huge amount of screen realestate to have it on it's own
>>> line. Maybe move it somewhere else (I had proposed this earlier, but I think
>>> some people thought my proposal was too crowded).
>>>
>>> - I think random rotating things from showcase would be great on the
>>> frontpage if we could do that.
>>>
>>> - for calendar, we have a google calendar right now, whcih generates a
>>> widget which we could insert there, with all the community calls, course
>>> dates etc
>>>
>>> - I don't think uservoice is very useful on the frontpage. Not convinced
>>> OSQA is too useful on frontpage right now, but it might become.
>>>
>>> I also wonder if we should have some direct links to stuff in the wiki
>>> from the frontpage, there is so much amazing stuff, but I feel a lot of
>>> people never discover it... Maybe a link dirctly to course organizers
>>> handbook etc... Not sure. And maybe blog should also have links to
>>> P2PU_planet and webcraft-planet.
>>>
>>> Stian
>>>
>>> Stian
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Alison Jean Cole <
>>> alisonjean.cole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The current front page needs a wee make-over. We will be using it for a
>>>> few more months. Please reply to this email if you would like to join a
>>>> temporary P2PU front page task force!
>>>>
>>>> I, Alison Cole, have taken ownership of this mission. In NYC spent a few
>>>> hours attempting to clean up the primary menu. It was my first time diving
>>>> into drupal. I figured out menus (yay!) but then I met blocks (ahhhh!).
>>>>
>>>> I've done some mock-ups and would love to have a team of drupal-pupils
>>>> help me.
>>>>
>>>> There are 3 images attached.
>>>> 1. Current front page .PNG
>>>> 2. My personal mock-up of improvements .PNG - changes are highlighted
>>>> with red text
>>>> 3. A .PXD layered image if you want to add/edit mock-up changes on
>>>> http://pixlr.com
>>>>
>>>> 4. An ancient drawing from John Britton and myself:
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndbritton/4807973506/in/set-72157624409203067/
>>>>
>>>> I didn't cross-post to p2pu-community because I assume anyone wanting to
>>>> work on this is already here.
>>>>
>>>> ALISON
>>>> p2pu.org/users/alison
>>>>
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