[opensuse-wiki] Working on transition: Portal and article layout (by example)
http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:Support *** Thinking about navigation. Navigation field (or frame; not sure about correct term) should be placed always on the same spot that is almost impossible to miss. One option is current Navbar with small change in style to appear as part of the Bentofluid. See preview: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Template:Navbar_1 and http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:Support The other option is right column starting from the top of the page. Example you can see on the same Portal:Support. Why right column? On the top of the page we have global openSUSE navigation, left side column is current server navigation and, in case of the wiki, toolbox. For local article group, related links, list of topics covered with current article we can use right column. Additional benefit is that it will shrink content area (middle column) which will make it easier to read. Advantage of Template:Navbar is manual control of sort order, but at the same time that is disadvantage as any update is manual too. With tens of templates, one for each article group there will be some work to keep that up to date. Advantage of right column is that once set it will be automatically updated with new articles added to appropriate category, but there is limited ability to control sort order. What will be included in navigation depends on portal content, but in general there should be: * closely related content like "Support topics" or "Related" * wider group like "All portals" The site map links can be included at the end, just for user convenience, but they should lead to separate page. The exact implementation of the right side: * as one subpage, like now * few pages in separate frames, * one frame with multiple pages depends more on taste then function. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
Hi, On 05/02/2010 05:36 AM, Rajko M. wrote:
*** Thinking about navigation. Navigation field (or frame; not sure about correct term) should be placed always on the same spot that is almost impossible to miss.
One option is current Navbar with small change in style to appear as part of the Bentofluid. See preview: http://wiki.opensuse.org/Template:Navbar_1 and http://wiki.opensuse.org/Portal:Support
The other option is right column starting from the top of the page. Example you can see on the same Portal:Support.
Why would you need inter-portal navigation? I don't see any connection between Portal:Distribution and Portal:Wiki except that both of them are Portals. So why do you need Navigation between them? Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 03 May 2010 07:51:50 Henne Vogelsang wrote:
Why would you need inter-portal navigation? I don't see any connection between Portal:Distribution and Portal:Wiki except that both of them are Portals. So why do you need Navigation between them?
Just as you said, they are portals, and that is more topics then few related portals. Something between related and sitemap. Currently Category:Portals is duplicate of Special:AllPages for Portal namespace, but articles will be sorted in subcategories, as time permits. It is proposal for all articles and portals, to have navigation section on right side of the window, with same basic layout: * related, * expanded related * and maybe sitemap, all trough categories instead of manually created and maintained navbars. -- Regards Rajko, -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help@opensuse.org
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