Perhaps one of these buttons can be used as the "Join OWW" button?<br><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Design/Support_OWW">http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Design/Support_OWW</a><br><br>~R<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jason Kelly <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
sure, sounded like everyone thought that was a good idea.<br>
<br>
We need someone to make a design for the new logo. Should just be the<br>
current logo + "openwetware, share your science" underneath (see the<br>
wikipedia logo for inspiration)<br>
<br>
if anyone makes one up, send it out to the list.<br>
<br>
Also, the "join OWW" could be as simple as a link in the toolbar, to<br>
begin with. though a small image with join OWW might be good there<br>
too.<br>
<br>
thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">jason<br>
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On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:32 PM, julius.lucks <<a href="mailto:julius.lucks@gmail.com">julius.lucks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Aren't we going forward with a new icon with words on the upper left<br>
> and a 'join OWW' button too?<br>
><br>
> J<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Ilya Sytchev <<a href="mailto:ilyas@MIT.EDU">ilyas@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Perhaps but it won't solve a larger branding problem which I think<br>
> > is important for building an online community. When a user ends up<br>
> > on a lab page via a search engine, they don't see any indication<br>
> > that there's anything beyond what they see (except for "OpenWetWare"<br>
> > in the page title and a tiny link "About OpenWetWare" at the bottom<br>
> > which are not very user-friendly).<br>
> > Right now we have a bunch of islands/dead ends (labs, people, etc)<br>
> > that are not really connected to each other and to other things on<br>
> > OWW. Visit any successful social networking site and you'll see how<br>
> > everything is tied nicely together.<br>
> ><br>
> > Ilya<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Ricardo Vidal wrote:<br>
> >> I agree. Change it to "Contact OWW" and things become crystal clear.<br>
> >> ~R<br>
> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Lorrie LeJeune<br>
> >> <<a href="mailto:moltogatti@gmail.com">moltogatti@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:moltogatti@gmail.com">moltogatti@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >> Why not just change the link to say "Contact OpenWetWare"?<br>
> >> --Lorrie<br>
> >> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Ilya Sytchev <<a href="mailto:ilyas@mit.edu">ilyas@mit.edu</a><br>
> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ilyas@mit.edu">ilyas@mit.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
> >> Sure but this points to a larger problem of insufficient<br>
> >> branding on the<br>
> >> site. When people visit a particular page (usually from a<br>
> >> Google<br>
> >> search) they have no idea that it is a part of a larger<br>
> >> community, so<br>
> >> they think that "Contact Us" link is directly related to the<br>
> >> content of<br>
> >> the wiki page they are viewing (for example:<br>
> >> <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Maureen_Hoatlin" target="_blank">http://openwetware.org/wiki/Maureen_Hoatlin</a>).<br>
> >> Ilya<br>
> >> Julius B. Lucks wrote:<br>
> >> > Maybe we should put something on the feedback system to let<br>
> >> people know:<br>
> >> > "Use this feedback page to tell us what you think about the<br>
> >> OpenWetWare<br>
> >> > website. If you are trying to contact a specific user, try<br>
> >> looking on<br>
> >> > their [[Special:Listusers|User Page]] for their contact<br>
> >> information."<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Cheers,<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Julius<br>
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