[DesDev] Article template concept revision

[Elfur Logadottir]

From: "Isaac Forman"

[warning: my reply is not well constructed, i'm trying to record my
thoughts as they come)

| OK, I've made some changes:
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| http://www.triplezero.com.au/production/evolt/evolt_article2.gif

do you think we could have one page on the wiki with all the sketches (sp?)
you've done so far?

| More links in the sub-site header (including Authors, News, etc).

all of a sudden i feel like home, faq and contact should be seperate ...
cause they are a different kind of links than the rest. they appear on
every section of the site, even though they refer to section related
home/faq/contact don't they?

| Also, a HR that ties the article strip with the author strip.

you mean the one under the title, right?
would it be wrong to have  a title of sorts over the author sidebar?
"about the author" or simply "the author" or something, but then, i'm not
sure myself.

i know i learn pretty soon that this is the author part, but because the
"posted on ... in ... by isaac" part is pretty weak i'm thinking maybe it
should be made more clear for the new visitors.

| Under the article title is text outlining translations of the article.

i like that - a lot.

| Rest is more or less the same.
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| What is left, besides colours, that people might have issues with? Are
| we all 100% happy with the black header? (maybe with adjustment of the
| donate box -- could be text-ad spot?).

yes. the black part of the header is very attractive. i like it a lot.
although, i would like the donation part to be permanent there - i think.

| What about with the login/search bar?

i think it's the search bar meeting the subheader that is the problem for
me. maybe it's cause it's blending in with the background. do you think it
could be thinner? it's the same height as the black header, isn't it? maybe
it's in the relative sizes of these three bars in the header that is
bugging me, but i'm not sure.
the fact that the section related header is framed within that search/login
bar is probably where i'm not quite content. I'm still not getting the
connection from the black header to the blue subheader ... and it has
nothing to do with the actual blue color, i promise.

Do you mind playing with a few things, not sure they'll work, but they
might, or maybe assist you in finding a better solution:

* try nixing the framing of the content (or at least severely minimize the
left and right border)
* try making the leftmostpart of the subheader black and that way have the
section reference absolutely clear, cause it's going to have the same look.
i realize that means that you have a more visible vertical line on the left
sidebar, but it might be something ... if you find a good way to execute
it.

again, i'm not saying it will work, and you don't have to do them both in
one layout, these are just suggestions that might help me make the
connection as to where within evolt.org i am at any given moment.

thanks
elfur