I’ve been working lately to complete the design of this site. I have a few things to tweak but most of the basics are in place. The following is a summary of the design and organization of content.
We had so many ideas on the drawing board but in the end we’ve agreed that it might be fun to change the header image several times in accordance to the phases of the project. In the footer you’ll notice that the current style sheet is called “OFA - Phase One”. Moving forward, each time we step into a new phase of the project we will design a new collage for the header and swap out some of the styles. I’m still working on this but I’d like to make each phase a link so that the user can click to see what each template looked like. (So in a few years, when we’re in Phase Three let’s say, I’d like to have links to Phase One and Phase Two so the user can view the site as it looked during that phase.)
In the main navigation you’ll see a link called “Resources” (if you don’t see it that’s because I’m still styling the site). All content listed in the center sidebar (explained below) will be formally listed as a resource on this page. This is our toolbox and I’d like to share the links and a little review of each with our readers. We’re using the internet a TON right now to find as much info as possible and I think creating a repository of goodies would be beneficial.
To the right of the main blog post column are two sidebars. In the center you’ll currently find “Short Bits” which are mini entries about interesting things we’re reading up on. Short Bits will generally encompass any info that we decide is important enough to write about but is too short to form a full blog post. Underneath you’ll find “Recent Links” which is basically a feed of links from our respective del.icio.us accounts tagged with “ofa”.
The right-most sidebar contains your basic blog navigational items as well as recent relevant photos.
I’ll explain any major changes or additions to the current template layout as it evolves.
