[TAG] ISSN

[Kat Tanaka Okopnik]

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 06:08:32PM -0500, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 08:45:15PM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> > On 04/01/07, Mike Orr <sluggoster at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > LG has an ISSN number now and we need to put it on the home page and
> > > TWDT.  ISSN is an international periodical number similar to ISBN; it
> > > makes the magazine look "legtimate" so people can get academic credit
> > > for their articles in LG.  Ben and I have discussed various locations
> > > but haven't found anything that both looks good and is straightforward
> > > with HTML/CSS:
> > >
> > > 1) Left on the menu bar.  Ben tried this but it splits the menu onto
> > > two lines on my Firefox.  http://linuxgazette.net/index1.html
> > 
> > Does removing the 'width' attributes give you what you're looking for?
> 
> Afraid not, Jimmy: It just makes both of the <td>s wrap to two lines.
> However, if we actually wrap it manually at a point where it makes
> sense, then it looks a bit better:
> 
> http://linuxgazette.net/index1.html

You and I have already discussed this, so you already know that I really
dislike this layout.  I think taking up all the space on that second
line for the sake of "not wasting space" makes it look cluttered and
amateurish. (It's a classic style of bargain-basement design - white
space phobia.) (I'm less annoyed by this layout in 800x600 mode,
incidentally, but that's the minority of our readership now.) 

What happens if we try putting all the links on the
*left* and the ISSN last on the list?

OR:
If we take "main site" out of the links list, will the ISSN fit @ 800px?
We can then move "Main Site" into the list of boxes on the right side,
either just above or just below "Web hosting provided by".

OR:
What about putting the ISSN and Main Site and (something else, whether
it's hosted by, or the copyright box, or...?) into the right sidebar?
(This is, I think, the least-preferred solution, as we wanted to have a
solution for both the main site page and the issue front page, yes?)

It's starting to look to me like the "let's redesign the layout" project
needs to be given higher priority now.

I'll be sketching at this for the next few days in between other things,
so as to be putting energy into finding a solution and not just
nitpicking.


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Kat Tanaka Okopnik
Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor
kat at linuxgazette.net

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Kat Tanaka Okopnik
Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor
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