On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Jonathan S. Katz
<jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:
> On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Jonathan S. Katz
>> <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:
>>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 04:31:37PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>>> David Johnston <polobo@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>>>> Jonathan S. Katz wrote
>>>>>>> Here are a couple of suggestions:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. We list >= 5 events on the homepage instead of 3.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the way the page is laid out (with that column being shared with
>>>>> training) this is not going to be an effective use of space. We'd need
>>>>> some actual redesign not just a quick s/3/5/.
>>>>>
>>>>>> A short blurb like "showing 5 of 17 events
>>>>>> in the next 3 months - click <here> to view all of them" could point people
>>>>>> further into the bowels of the website/wiki.
>>>>>
>>>>> We've already got a "More" link for that purpose. I think the real
>>>>> problem here is that the "More" link looks like it's for more training,
>>>>> not more events. Can we just move the "More/Submit/RSS" line up above
>>>>> "Upcoming Training", so it looks like it has something to do with events?
>>>>> I think that might be a sufficient fix all by itself.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed. The "More" needs to be moved, and the Events and Training need
>>>> to be split into separate pages.
>>>
>>> Here is a proposed patch that increases the number of events shown on the home page to 5 and also moves the
"More/Submit/RSS"links above "Upcoming Training"
>>
>> I haven't actually tested it since I don't currently have the testing
>> data, but isn't this going to make the events column significantly
>> "longer" than the ones to the left and right (news and planet)? Maybe
>> we need to increase the number of news and planet items as well?
>> (Which wouldn't be a problem, I believe, since there is nothing below
>> them ont he page anyway that would get pushed down). That way it would
>> be properly balanced?
>
> Fair point - attach is a patch that extends the news and Planet postings to 7 items on the homepage, to maintain the
balance.
Seems fine to me. Sorry about the delay in the "quick" review. Please
commit and push :)
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