[OWW-Discuss] I vote for putting text under OWW logo & joinbuttonRE: Oww-discuss Digest, Vol 18, Issue 27

[Steven J. Koch]

I wasn't exactly clear on my concern either.  Just unintended consequences,
I guess, and I was thinking of it screwing up formatting or something.  For
me personally, I am fine, but there may be other users who want their
content showing up exactly as they set it each time?

Another alternative would be to replace two of the top right links (IP
address, talk for this IP, which I think are useless, right?) with a "what
is OpenWetWare?" link (next to the "log in/ join" link which I just realized
is there).  This would have the advantage of showing up on all non-logged-in
visits, as opposed to only the first visit.  And to me it seems less subject
to bugs and maintenance issues.

--Steve

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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 6:40 PM
To: Austin Che
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Subject: Re: [OWW-Discuss] I vote for putting text under OWW logo &
joinbuttonRE: Oww-discuss Digest, Vol 18, Issue 27

I really like the idea of the "new visitor banner", as I understand it
there wouldn't be any changes to the wiki-code underlying any page -
it would just pop-up a small bar at the top explaining what the site
is (and would only do this the 1st time you visit the site).

I think having the 'join oww' link and the name 'openwetware' under
the logo are good ideas, but they don't tell the visitor what
openwetware is at all.  And without being told, unless they are very
curious, I doubt many will click a "join OWW" link.

It seems like this is a very easy thing to try out for a week or two,
and we can see if there is an uptick in new accounts.

I'm thinking something like this:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:New_visitor_blurb
(I inserted the DNA ligation page below it as an example)

keeping in mind jason's comments about treating the spiders properly,
what other downside is there?  I wasn't clear on exactly what your
concern was, steve.

thanks,
jason


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> "Steven J. Koch" <sjkoch at unm.edu> wrote:
>
>  > 1.  Text under the wonderful OWW DNA handshake logo, similar to
Wikipedia
>  > (title plus motto) is a great idea for branding.
>
>     Agree.
>
>
>  > 2.  A Prominent / Permanent "Join OWW" would be nice.  I too have to
search
>  > when referring people.
>
>     Agree.
>
>
>  > 3.  I am hesitant to endorse the one-time "new visitor" addition.  It
does
>  > sound fine as described, but I'd vote for erring on the side of caution
when
>  > automatically modifying the page content.  A different idea would be to
add
>  > an OWW "motto" to the title bar (again similar to Wikipedia), instead
of
>  > just "OpenWetWare" as it is now.
>
>     I think adding a motto to the title is a great idea and less
>     intrusive than adding a banner to all pages.
>
>  --
>
>
> Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
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