[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Dave Clements]

Hi Mark,

Yes.  See
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Order_of_elements

Dave C.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Mark A. Jensen <maj at fortinbras.us> wrote:

> I liked the idea of moving the search box up the page, but couldn't make it
> happen from the wiki; it appears to be added internally after the sidebar is
> rendered...Can this be done? cheers MAJ
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Brian Osborne
>   To: Mark A. Jensen
>  Cc: BioPerl List
>   Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:42 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal
>
>
>  Mark,
>
>
>  I don't love the italics in the version that Chris made but that's just
> personal preference. He's right in thinking that putting more in the top of
> the page is good: less scrolling.
>
>
>  One could color the backgrounds of his tables, that might look nice.
>
>
>  Either way, or a combination of both, is preferable to what we have. There
> really is no need to wait since the current page is abysmal. I can say that
> freely since I'm probably one of its authors!
>
>
>  One thought though: move the "search" up to a center-left location, below
> "main links". The Wiki search is pretty good at finding pages so if someone
> doesn't find what they're looking for in the main section they might be
> drawn to search for it.
>
>
>  Brian O.
>
>
>
>
>  On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>
>
>    Cheers, Brian-- I am becoming swayed now by Chris' whack at it, on his
> talk page. My thought is that we'll hammer out the final version after the
> release, then pull the trigger-- Your thoughts?
>    MAJ
>    ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Osborne" <
> bosborne11 at verizon.net>
>    To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
>    Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
>    Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:13 PM
>    Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal
>
>
>
>      Mark,
>
>      Really nice, and a significant improvement over the existing.
>
>      You've gotten good feedback, you've considered these thoughts and
>  incorporated them - is it time to move the beta to Main? Yes. In my
>  opinion your 'beta' is far superior - just do it.
>
>      Brian O.
>
>      On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>
>        A nearly completely minimal solution is at Main Page Beta
>
>        ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Messina" <
> David.Messina at sbc.su.se >
>
>        To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
>
>        Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
>
>        Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:03 PM
>
>        Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal
>
>
>
>
>
>          Hi Mark,
>
>          Thanks for taking on this (much needed) refresh.
>
>          I think your current version is substantially better than what we
>  have now.
>
>          Still, I'd argue that something much more concise like the
>  Biopython page
>
>          would make a bigger impact on visitors' ability to find what
>  they're looking
>
>          for.
>
>          It's not that the details you have under each section shouldn't be
>
>          available, but rather that they could be clicked through to
> instead  of being
>
>          on the front page.
>
>          The About section is a good example. I would bet most visitors to
> the
>
>          BioPerl website skip over the About section because they already
>  know what
>
>          BioPerl is, and that section has the most valuable real estate on
>  the page.
>
>          Those who don't know and are curious will probably be able to find
>  it (the
>
>          word About on the front page of a website has become an idiom for
>  "click her
>
>          to read the details about this").
>
>          Dave
>
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