On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> I'd like to run this by as an idea. > > Today, the announcement at the top of our website is controlled by this > file: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/brand.mdtext > > The "announce" and "announceurl" values then enter into the > templating process via: > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/templates/brand.html > > Specifically: > > {% block announce %}{% if headers.announce %}<div id="announce"><a > href="{{ headers.announceurl }}" title="{{ headers.announcetip }}">{{ > headers.announce }}</a></div>{% endif %}{% endblock %} > > So what if we want to support images there as well? > > Two approaches: > > 1) Add additional possible value for brand.mdtext, "announceimage". > Change logic in brand.html so it follows some precedence order, say > look for announceimage first, if that exists, put an <img> there, > otherwise look for announce and display that as a <a> hyperlink. > > 2) Or, we could just change announce so it is the contents of a <div>. > So brand.html is actually simplified, and brand.mdtext would contain > the actual markup. For example, it could be: announce=<a > href="foo.html"><img src="foo.jpg" alt="foo"/></a> > The Announcements line already has a div generated for it --- see generated source: <div id="announce"><a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html <view-source:http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html>" title="Read the announcement">Volunteers needed in all areas — Help us make 4.0 the best OpenOffice ever!</a></div> If this helps. Style is in: http://www.openoffice.org/css/ooo.css But you are correct, the WAY this is generated would need some changes. > > #2 has the advantage of flexibility, that it allows other kinds of > markup to be inserted there, including lists, tables, etc.. Of > course, UI-wise, there is not a lot of space to play with, but it > would have that flexibility. > > Any thoughts? > I would need to see some examples before any more thoughts on this. Right now I think the format of the Announcements really needs some improvement -- via margins especially. Any images etc well might not work real well with current design. If you have something particular in mind, some mockups would help. > > -Rob > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."
