[thesite] [leo/teo/weo] Tip Harvester Links and Member Page

[Dean Mah]

Sorry for the delay...

- added a "tips" pagetitle2 to the member's profile page.
- added an author pulldown to thetips search form.
- changed "Article" to "Tip" in the results numbering.
- removed the unlinked "Prev n Tips" and the "Next n Tips" although
  they do appear in the article results.

The problem with the prev/next tip link when viewing tip is an
outstanding problem.  This is the same problem we discussed before.
Still haven't decided if we are going to pull the next and prev ID
numbers from a special query or if we should brute force a method.

Dean


Michele Foster writes:

> My first suggestion would be to fix the user's page a bit .. and,
> yes, I realize the Members' page will change greatly and is being
> worked on independently.  In the interim, we need to clean up the
> User's Page ..  before we roll teo to weo.
>
> The link to the author's tips is lost ... I'd suggest making this
> part look the same as the articles .. in as much as adding a
> pagetitle2 title called "tips" with the link to search underneath,
> then the articles .. just separate the info out so one can see it
> better.
>
> The Bio should go on this page too .. in the interim .. Jeff, where are you
> putting the "form" for people to enter their bio?
> 
> Back to the tips search ... clicking on the link from the author's page
> displays the tips on leo .. we need to make this page more user friendly I
> think.  Here's my link:
> http://lists.evolt.org/index.cfm/a/harvest/b/search/index.html?userid=4292
> 
> The search boxes at the top of this search result page are confusing ..
> there's no author search available from here .. has one wondering where the
> heck they are .. sure, those of us in the know understand what's going on
> ... but for the average user, wow, they've just entered an entirely
> different realm. ;)
> 
> Ok, some suggestions, open for discussion of course ... things to consider
> the user's experience and the technical feasibility/limitations ..
> 
> (1) On searching for tips by user, eliminate the search box from the top ..
> but put a link on the side bar "search tips".
> 
> (2) Keep the search box, but add the Author criterion, so that it makes
> sense .. right now, it says Results for keyword : .. note, empty keyword.
> 
> Definitely need some more suggestions here .. this leap from weo(teo) to leo
> is confusing .. necessary, I understand .. but still confusing.  Perhaps the
> problem is that we are forcing this results page into the tip structure, and
> there's no continuity back to weo(teo).  With some creative thinking and
> coding, we can make the transition less noticeable.  I'm not sure, its very
> obvious (style wise) that we've moved locations .. but its not helping the
> user's experience.
> 
> Suggestions folks .. please :)
> 
> Ok, back to the search results page for the tips ... a couple of points ....
> if you look at my results, I have 11 tips (link above)...  at the bottom of
> the first page it says:
> 
> Results 1 to 10 of 11
> 1 2
> of 2 total pages
> ‹‹ Previous 10 Articles Next 1 Article ››
> 
> What's with the "previous 10 articles" ?  and the Next 1 article ..
> 
> Both of the above should refer to "tips" not articles .. and the previous 10
> isn't applicable as we're on page 1. ??
> 
> And clicking on that lonely Next 1 .. on the second page the "Next 10
> articles" is displayed yet not linked... can we get rid of that?
> 
> The other thing I found confusing .. and this probably can't be dealt with
> .. is that if I click on a tip to view it, the Prev Tip/Next Tip options
> lead to the next tips within the entire tip collection .. not the next one
> within the search criteria... i.e. the next one of my tips (since that's
> where we started).  Again, I don't think this can be fixed without a lot of
> work.
> 
> Ideas, suggestions .... ?
> 
> Trying to improve the user's experience .. and tying everything in together.
> I'm so amazed at the progress that's been made the past several months... so
> many projects/tasks all coming together at once is just f***ing awesome.  :)