If you saw my previous post on the blog design, you’ll note that some of the elements I discussed are now either missing or unclear.
I decided that Short Bits and the commented Recent Links were too similar, so we merged them together. The Resources page is hidden from the main navigation because I’m in the process of organizing and designing it still. I hope to have it up by next week.
We created a flickr account and twitter account now associated with this site. The Current Status area in the middle column is pulling the newest tweet. The photos are still being migrated from our personal flickr accounts to the new, merged account. The photos feed in the right column will be updated to pull from the new feed next week as well.
There are now clearly designated links to the flickr photo sets for each entry that has an associated group of photos. The link will appear at the end of the entry. Also at the bottom of each entry is a new Related Posts area. As we continue with the project this area will populate with links to articles that have comparable content. We’re also in the process of streamlining the Categories and Tags so the site is a little easier to navigate.
I think we’re almost there… Stay tuned! :)
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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.
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