[OWW-Discuss] Feedback form being used for individual contact

[Ricardo Vidal]

Perhaps one of these buttons can be used as the "Join OWW" button?
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Design/Support_OWW

~R

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Jason Kelly <jasonk at mit.edu> wrote:

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