Re: Give more space on Home page for Upcoming Events

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:02:49AM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > >>>> plus a small indicator that shows how many events are not
> > >>>> displayed (simply use some text to show how many others there
> > >>>> are e.g. "37 more" rather than "more").
> > >
> > > The above makes sense, I just don't see the point of the more
> > > events on the page. As much as making it more obvious where to
> > > click to see a whole page of events.
> > >
> > > I would actually like to see "less" as a whole on the front
> > > page.

Me, too!</aol>

> > I'm somewhat loath do suggest this, but I think it would be a good
> > way to deal with this...
> >
> > What about some kind of flash/javascript magic that will rotate
> > through multiple events on the front page? Not rotate per page
> > view, but rotate like every 5 seconds.
>
> If we go flash, I will retire from the webteam effective
> immediately. But feel free to whip up a proposal :-P

I think flash and javascript are bad ways to approach this, where an
'events' link, possibly with a dynamic rollover showing a few of the
upcoming ones, would be better.

> And I really don't see the need for javascript either, but I can
> agree with a need to show a few more events. Specifically, I still
> like that idea about splitting apart training events and other
> events. AFAIK the holdup for that one is that someone has to get us
> a copy of the font needed to make headers...

What font is it, and who is "someone?"

> There's, IMHO, absolutely no need to fit the entire frontpage above
> the fold as it is now. We only need to fit the most important parts
> for new/casual visitors, which is latest version and latest news.

Right :)

> What's the argument for showing less on the frontpage?

Just the one you made: if it's too "busy," people will be confused and
not enlightened.

Cheers,
D
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