[OWW-SC] New icons for OWW Feedback and Lab Notebook

[Reshma Shetty]

Hey all,

Some quick suggestions re navigation on the site ...

1) Let's use the current community portal navigation bar icon (the talk
bubble) as the icon for feedback and remove the community portal link from
the navigation bar.  Although I think the community portal should be useful,
I am not sure that we've effectively figured out how to use the community
portal page on OWW so keeping it in the navigation box on the side is
probably unnecessary.  In the two days since the feedback page was launched,
I think it has shown itself to be more useful than the community portal ever
was :)  Does anyone on the SC use the community portal or object to this
change?

2) I've switched out the community portal button on the main page to instead
point to blogs.  Again, I think blogs are gaining more traction than the
community portal ever did.  Please let me know if you object.  (We talked
about this idea previously at an SC meeting but we never actually
implemented it.)

3) I've removed the random page link from the default mediawiki sidebar.
Again, I don't think it is a particularly useful link to justify being
included on all pages by default.  But let me know if you object.

-Reshma

PS I'm also ok with a new loudspeaker-like icon for the feedback link.  I
just don't like the current icon that's there ... though I think Bill did
exactly the right think in just posting the feedback link with an icon
rather than waiting to get the perfect icon.

On Jan 17, 2008 4:16 PM, Bill F <bill.altmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jenny,
>
> We need to come up with a few icons for OpenWetWare. I'd like some
> advice/assistance from you when you have a chance. If anyone else has any
> ideas, please let us know.
>
> We need two of the tiny blue icons the same size as the house, lab beaker,
> question mark, etc. that used are in the
> navigation links on the left hand side of all wiki pages.
>
> "Donate" will be under the "Random page" item.
> "Feedback" will be the last item, just under donate. If we had a larger
> version of the same icon available, I can include it on the page.
>
> Any suggestions on what to use for these items?
>
> We also would like to come up with a set of icons/graphics for the Lab
> Notebook. We have three levels in the lab notebook:
>
> Main Lab Notebook
> Project
> Entry
>
> We can use consistent icons on all pages or use variations for the main
> level, the project view, and the entry (date) view.
>
> Let me know what you all think about how this might work.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Bill Flanagan
>
>
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