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2009-01-05T20:28:36Z

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2008-12-22T19:42:05Z

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2008-12-18T18:37:37Z

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Nkinkade: /* General Improvement Thoughts */

2008-12-18T18:31:52Z

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2008-12-18T12:52:01Z

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2008-12-18T12:45:55Z

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2008-12-18T12:42:59Z

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2008-12-18T12:39:22Z

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Alex: /* General Improvement Thoughts */

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	* Capturing misspelling - are we going with Licences rather than Licenses? We should be consistent. See the top of our new About page. DMP		* Capturing misspelling - are we going with Licences rather than Licenses? We should be consistent. See the top of our new About page. DMP
		+	** "Licences" was my mistake, the English took over. Fixed that. [[User:Alex\|Alex]] 20:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

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	* Should definitely move the blog off the home page to a News page, much as Science does on its website. At most, the blog headlines should go in a latest news column as NK suggests. We should also consider stop calling those posts "blog posts" and instead de-personalize them (no by lines) and have them more CC-official content that ties into our strategic mission (per my note above). We could still have a blog but it shouldn't be featured off the home page, at most on the news/press page. DMP		* Should definitely move the blog off the home page to a News page, much as Science does on its website. At most, the blog headlines should go in a latest news column as NK suggests. We should also consider stop calling those posts "blog posts" and instead de-personalize them (no by lines) and have them more CC-official content that ties into our strategic mission (per my note above). We could still have a blog but it shouldn't be featured off the home page, at most on the news/press page. DMP
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		+	* We are posting a lot of great stories to twitter. Is there a good, sleek way to integrate this on to the homepage? Either a Twitter Box or a Twitter Link? CP
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		+	* We might want to include easy links to CC on Social networks - people will be more ready to join up rather than burying those links on a separate page. Integrate the graphics with the overall design. CP

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 * Info architecture could be worse
 * Seriously problematic that you can't get to the legal code of our licenses without going through 1-2 pages of text.  Our licenses should be accessible via a single click from our home page, or more prominently accessible after a single click.  DMP
 * Capturing misspelling - are we going with Licences rather than Licenses?  We should be consistent.  See the top of our new About page.  DMP

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 * Reduce the size and perhaps placement of the changing header stuff (currently "Help Build the Commons").  My screen is relatively large (1280x1024), and the current feature takes up at a minimum half of the usable vertical space.  As an example, Wikipedia has a pretty big donation banner which is quite prominent, yet it is much less intrusive and there is less wasted space for actual content. [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
-* It is mentioned below in my old comments from the old suggestion page, but I'll reiterate that I think the blog so go away from the front page and be replaced with a slender "Latest News" column.  A possible layout that would use the entire page (no vertical whitespace) would be to have a left column with an abbreviated listing of the CC blog, content in the middle, and then on the right would be the current Jurisdiction News column.  A 3-column layout!  Go go CSS! ;-) [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
+* It is mentioned below in my old comments from the old suggestion page, but I'll reiterate that I think the blog should go away from the front page and be replaced with a slender "Latest News" column.  A possible layout that would use the entire page (no vertical whitespace) would be to have a left column with an abbreviated listing of the CC blog, content in the middle, and then on the right would be the current Jurisdiction News column.  A 3-column layout!  Go go CSS! ;-) [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 *  The news/blog content on the homepage should be focused on telling the CC story and should tie to our strategic messaging rather than being posted seemingly in isolation from what our mission is.  Everything should tie into one of our projects and our higher level strategic mission.  Mike C had some good thoughts about this - we can ask him to expand if it's useful.  DMP

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	* The news/blog content on the homepage should be focused on telling the CC story and should tie to our strategic messaging rather than being posted seemingly in isolation from what our mission is. Everything should tie into one of our projects and our higher level strategic mission. Mike C had some good thoughts about this - we can ask him to expand if it's useful. DMP		* The news/blog content on the homepage should be focused on telling the CC story and should tie to our strategic messaging rather than being posted seemingly in isolation from what our mission is. Everything should tie into one of our projects and our higher level strategic mission. Mike C had some good thoughts about this - we can ask him to expand if it's useful. DMP
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		+	* Should definitely move the blog off the home page to a News page, much as Science does on its website. At most, the blog headlines should go in a latest news column as NK suggests. We should also consider stop calling those posts "blog posts" and instead de-personalize them (no by lines) and have them more CC-official content that ties into our strategic mission (per my note above). We could still have a blog but it shouldn't be featured off the home page, at most on the news/press page. DMP

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 ** I don't like this idea, because it's not what I believe most people would probably be expecting from a search box like that.  And which provider would it search, or would the search control have to get bulky to accommodate the functionality the real search site? [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 ** I don't like that the search results returned are blog entries and you have to check the "search the entire website" in order to search all content.  It should be inverted, so results are returned based on a search of the full site, not just the blog.  DMP
 * Remove most, if not all, of the vertical white space on the sides, *especially* if we end up keeping the blog and Jurisdiction News the way it is.  In this regard I like the [http://www.gnome.org Gnome] site.  I know it makes the layout a little less deterministic, but if I have a big monitor then it makes me sad to see two massive columns of white space (read: wasted space).  If I've got a small monitor, then it doesn't really matter anyway.  Another great example of a layout I like that uses the full screen is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia].  The space is there, make use of it creatively!  Big empty spaces on a page are depressing and a waste, in my view. [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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 * Nothing jumps out and shouts LOOK AT ME
 * Info architecture could be worse
+* Seriously problematic that you can't get to the legal code of our licenses without going through 1-2 pages of text.  Our licenses should be accessible via a single click from our home page, or more prominently accessible after a single click.  DMP
-* Seriously problematic that you can't get to the legal code of our licenses without going through some contortions.  Our licenses should be accessible via a single click from our home page.
+* Capturing misspelling - are we going with Licences rather than Licenses?  We should be consistent.  See the top of our new About page.  DMP
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 * Make Search box use search.creativecommons.org, relegate site-search to the Weblog archive page...?
 ** I don't like this idea, because it's not what I believe most people would probably be expecting from a search box like that.  And which provider would it search, or would the search control have to get bulky to accommodate the functionality the real search site? [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Remove most, if not all, of the vertical white space on the sides, *especially* if we end up keeping the blog and Jurisdiction News the way it is.  In this regard I like the [http://www.gnome.org Gnome] site.  I know it makes the layout a little less deterministic, but if I have a big monitor then it makes me sad to see two massive columns of white space (read: wasted space).  If I've got a small monitor, then it doesn't really matter anyway.  Another great example of a layout I like that uses the full screen is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia].  The space is there, make use of it creatively!  Big empty spaces on a page are depressing and a waste, in my view. [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
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 * It is mentioned below in my old comments from the old suggestion page, but I'll reiterate that I think the blog so go away from the front page and be replaced with a slender "Latest News" column.  A possible layout that would use the entire page (no vertical whitespace) would be to have a left column with an abbreviated listing of the CC blog, content in the middle, and then on the right would be the current Jurisdiction News column.  A 3-column layout!  Go go CSS! ;-) [[User:Nkinkade|nkinkade]] 23:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
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 = General Improvement Thoughts =
 * Make better use of categories going forward?
-** Categories get a thumbnail, homepage displays post title and thumbnail (less PITA to get everyone to post an associated image with each entry.)
+** Categories get a thumbnail, homepage displays post title and thumbnail
 * Clearer basic introduction on CC & mission
 ** Enticing, inviting design/art?