Homepage redesign

[anjhero]

This refers to this issue#186. The discussion in the previous issue has become too long and is quite hard to follow.

Here's the design with suggested changes:

@jedm You mentioned the countries and resources sections from the current design as well. Do you think it would be necessary to have those regions with the map and the stats section (with 3 big numbers)?

@anjesh @manishgs @charlesyoung @KaitlinCCSI @anderspeders

[anderspeders]

Thanks @anjhero,

I have previously requested to have the menu located in bottom right corner as horizontal view: https://github.com/NRGI/resourcecontracts.org/issues/186#issuecomment-193579274

Keen to hear other comments?

[SamCCSI]

CCSI feedback:

The page is now very long. Is this necessary / useful / effective?

the page is very busy and pulls your attention in two directions (1 - the search box and 2 - the new pop-out box box with the set of three numbers and contract below).

Will the contract that is shown in that pop-out box be a set contract, or will it change each time a user visits the page? As is, it is not very intuitive to have it there. What is its function?

The "burger" menu on the top left is quite small, so users may miss it.

Some ideas to address this

• Maybe we could de-emphasize this box by reducing the white space around the numbers?
• Or, perhaps the numbers (of docs, countries, resoucres) should be grouped above or below the search bar.
• Maybe we should delete the sample contract.
• Having a button that says "explore" is a good idea, as we have all noted in the past that it is counter intuitive to click on a "search" button with no search term entered.

[jedm]

@SamCCSI and CCSI team

I think that the "explore" option is offered quite effectively by the numbers and the sample search.

I'm sure we could consider resizing things a bit but I would argue that the different elements now on the page are the right ones. (If I was going to eliminate any it would be the map.)

When we requested the Country Partners section it was requested as a list not as images. So I agree that these boxes (while pretty!) may add to a sense of visual overwhelm -- especially if we want to list multiple country partners.

Otherwise, I think this is a good direction.

Instead of making this thread super-long, may I suggest that Anders or Chris share any thoughts next?

Best,

Jed

[anjhero]

Here's the same design but without the Country Partner section:

If we're good to go with this design, we can start implementing it.

[jedm]

Anjan please stand by for final feedback notes before implementing.

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Here's the same design but without the Country Partner section:

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[jedm]

@anjhero here is final feedback and questions:

for Country Partners section We like the graphical approach you added. However, before sign off please make the following changes:

• make each partner box 40-50% smaller
• 3 or 4 partner boxes should fit by default (not only 2)
• confirm admin function to add and edit partner boxes
• add "carousel/slideshow" feature (see sample image), so user can scroll through many partners

for Map Thank you for changing default map image. Final adjustments:

• Can you reduce empty space at top and bottom of map?
• Remove the (i) icon and make font bigger for text
• Move the text from above map to below map
• What is the heat map for? Suggest removing it and simply having 2 colors - 1 for countries with documents, 1 for countries without any documents

Under the "3 numbers" For space to right of Search bar under the 3 numbers, please ask your designer to make following changes:

• Remove image
• Make font bigger
• Change first line of text to: "Explore contract terms"
• Add three (3) links below first line:

"Arbitration and dispute resolution" (goes to http://www.resourcecontracts.org/search?q=&country%5B%5D=cd&country%5B%5D=lr&country%5B%5D=mn&resource%5B%5D=Gold&annotation_category%5B%5D=Arbitration+and+dispute+resolution%2F%2FArbitrage+et+règlement+des+différends)

"Environmental impact assessment" (http://www.resourcecontracts.org/search?q=&annotation_category%5B%5D=Environmental+impact+assessment+and+management+plan%2F%2FEtude+sur+l%27impact+environnemental+et+plan+de+gestion)

"Income tax: exemptions" http://www.resourcecontracts.org/search?q=&annotation_category%5B%5D=Income+tax%3A+exemptions%2F%2FImpôt+sur+les+bénéfices%3A+exonération

Search box Change "An online repository of" to "A repository of"

New "Intro text" bar For text currently reading "This site applies extensive machine-based..."

• @anderspeders to provide new text
• change "Learn more about us" to "Learn more"
• remove arrow after "Learn more" (this has not been used anywhere else so is not consistent)

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for scrolling of 3 or more Country Partners

[KaitlinCCSI]

And since OLC does not yet have country partners, the country partners area should be hidden on the OLC home page until we do have one to feature there. Thanks.

[anjhero]

Hi all,

We will send you the design update on Monday, 30th May, 2016.

All the questions/ suggestions will be addressed in the new design. For one of the questions asked by @jedm :

• What is the heat map for? Suggest removing it and simply having 2 colors - 1 for countries with documents, 1 for countries without any documents

The colors in the map are for displaying quantity of documents in each country. The countries with lighter shade of documents have less number of documents and the countries with highly saturated hue has the largest number of documents. The greyed out ones are countries without any documents. Since we have data that represent numbers for each country, we'd suggest to go with this choropleth map. Looking forward to hear from you on this.

[anjhero]

Hi all,

Here's homepage design based on the feedback:

I've added a country selection portion in the search section referred by @anderspeders in #803 . Because of the space constraint, I've simply added a globe icon to represent countries. This work as follows:

However, my initial understanding was the country option will appear on the advanced search option:

Looking forward to hear from you.

[jedm]

Dear @anjhero - please post an "annotated version" of the mockup naming font names and font sizes for all fonts visible (except in footer). More notes to come below. Thanks.

[jedm]

1) Text inside Search box:

• Text should be: “Search [n] documents”
• Text should be Initial caps as it is in live site

2) Remove country drop down function (We decided against this)

3) Change button text to “Search” (one word)

4) Remove pop-up function from Advanced Search link. This link should go to Search page (see #895)

5) For section with intro text:

• Anders/NRGI to provide intro text (as noted here)
• Move “Learn more” link up, to make it inline with blurb
• Reduce height of section

6) For map section: Change intro text to “Explore contracts:”

7) For “chloropleth” I recommend changing to two-color system (has contracts/has no contracts) and removing heat map. Otherwise it is too busy and confusing. @anderspeders what do you think? Also please confirm that zoom function works on all browsers and mobile platforms

8) Change “Our Country Partners” to “Country Partners” as requested

9) Change to “An online repository of” to “A repository of” as requested (Also, per current live site, this should not say “directory” as that is not accurate to functions or depth of site)

10) Change shortcut from “[n] contracts” to “‘[n] documents"

11) Add colon to “Explore contract terms:”

12) For contract terms list:

• Confirm this list is editable by admins
• Make sure to spellcheck

13) Confirm site logo is the exact same file/font size for ALL site pages. Confirm that burger menu is the exact same for ALL site pages (remove the word “menu” and add the arrow, same as on other pages)

[KaitlinCCSI]

I agree with Jed's recommendation of changing to two-color system (has contracts/has no contracts) and removing heat map.

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Jed Miller notifications@github.com wrote:

1. Text inside Search box:

2. Text should be: “Search [n] documents” 3.

   Text should be Initial caps as it is in live site 4.

   Remove country drop down function (We decided against this) 5.

   Change button text to “Search” (one word) 6.

   Remove pop-up function from Advanced Search link. This link should go to Search page (see also #895 https://github.com/NRGI/resourcecontracts.org/issues/895) 7.

   For section with intro text:

3. Anders/NRGI to provide intro text (as noted here https://github.com/NRGI/resourcecontracts.org/issues/873#issuecomment-218681637)

4. Move “Learn more” link up, to make it inline with blurb 10.

   Reduce height of section 11.

   For map section: 12.

   Change intro text to “Explore contracts:” 13.

   For “chlorpleth”

5. I recommend changing to two-color system (has contracts/has no contracts) and removing heat map. Otherwise it is too busy and confusing. @anderspeders https://github.com/anderspeders what do you think? 15.

   Please confirm that zoom function works on all browsers and mobile platforms 16.

   Change “Our Country Partners” to “Country Partners” as requested 17.

   Change to “An online repository of” to “A repository of” as requested 18.

   Also, per current live site, this should not say “directory” as that is not accurate to functions or depth of site 19.

   Change shortcut from “[n] contracts” to “‘[n] documents" 20.

   Add colon to “Explore contract terms:” 21.

   For contract terms list

6. Confirm this list is editable by admins 23.

   Make sure to spellcheck 24.

   Confirm site logo is the exact same file/font size for ALL site pages. Confirm that burger menu is the exact same for ALL site pages (remove the word “menu” add the arrow, same as on other pages)

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[anjhero]

Hi @jedm and all, 1) Text inside Search box:

• Text should be: “Search [n] documents”
• Text should be Initial caps as it is in live site

done

2) Remove country drop down function (We decided against this)

Removed

3) Change button text to “Search” (one word)

Done

4) Remove pop-up function from Advanced Search link. This link should go to Search page (see #895)

Done

5) For section with intro text:

• Anders/NRGI to provide intro text (as noted here)
• Move “Learn more” link up, to make it inline with blurb
• Reduce height of section

Done

6) For map section:
Change intro text to “Explore contracts:”

Done

7) For “chloropleth”
I recommend changing to two-color system (has contracts/has no contracts) and removing heat map. Otherwise it is too busy and confusing. @anderspeders what do you think?
Also please confirm that zoom function works on all browsers and mobile platforms

Done

8) Change “Our Country Partners” to “Country Partners” as requested

Done

9) Change to “An online repository of” to “A repository of” as requested
(Also, per current live site, this should not say “directory” as that is not accurate to functions or depth of site)

Done

10) Change shortcut from “[n] contracts” to “‘[n] documents"

Done

11) Add colon to “Explore contract terms:”

Done

12) For contract terms list:

• Confirm this list is editable by admins
• Make sure to spellcheck

Done

13) Confirm site logo is the exact same file/font size for ALL site pages. Confirm that burger menu is the exact same for ALL site pages (remove the word “menu” and add the arrow, same as on other pages)

We'll make sure the logo and menu used here will be replicated throughout the platform.

Homepage design:

Homepage design with font annotation: All of the fonts belong to Open sans family.

[jedm]

@anjhero This design looks really good! A few small final requests:

• Above the map, please change "Explore Contracts" to just "Countries"
• For introduction text, @anderspeders and NRGI to provide description. (Or maybe @jimc33 or Lee can advise).
• Thank you for marking the font sizes. For more visual consistency, please change two of the font sizes slightly:

[deepak-shah-np]

@jedm Please review new homepage design of rc and olc.

http://rc-site-demo.elasticbeanstalk.com/rc/public/ http://rc-site-demo.elasticbeanstalk.com/olc/public/

[SamCCSI]

Looking forward to @jedm's comments!

Here are the OLC team's comments on the OLC site:

Main section

• Background image needs to be changed to OLC’s background picture
• Change “Search [#] and Associated Documents” to “Search [#] contracts and associated documents” (ie add “contracts” and make all words but “Search” lower case)
• White band at the top is distracting. Does it need to be white, or can it be layered over background image as it is currently on the live version?
• Font is not the same as that used for the current OLC homepage, and the fonts used in the new version are not consistent. Can you please use font from current live version?
• Advanced search links takes you to the “All contracts” page, but is supposed to take you to the “advanced search” page
• Can the numbers of documents/ countries / resources also be hyperlinked?
  • Too much white space around the numbers - draws eye immediately to the numbers rather than to the “OpenLandContracts” title
• Explore contract terms: The dark green box is not evenly located within the light green box. It needs to be the same distance from the top as from the bottom.
• Explore contract terms: Can we set which annotation terms appear here?
  • Also, the links used here may not be working - clicking on “Income tax: exemptions” leads you to a results page with 1 contract, but when you apply “Income tax: exemptions” as an annotation category filter and run a search, 18 docs are returned.
• Change “The site applies extensive machine based processing of each PDF contract added to the site in order to it searchable and enable download as text based document. Learn More” to “OpenLandContracts.org is a repository of publicly available investment contracts for land, agriculture, and forestry projects. It features plain language summaries of key provisions and provides tools for searching and comparing contracts. Learn more.”
  • Change background image to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n3dk37pq5mv76zl/shutterstock_106573904.jpg?dl=0
  • Please apply an appropriate color filter to this image.

‘Explore Contracts’ Map section

• Can we make the horizontal range for this map wider and minimize the vertical negative space? Right now when you zoom in, most of the map is quickly cut off by blank blue space.

‘Country Partners’ section

• Remove this section for now from OLC, but keep the ability to re-include it once we have our first OLC country partner.
• When viewing on a mobile device (iPhone), the images used to represent each partner are cut off.
• Should these be linked to the relevant sites? The links don’t work (either on a computer or mobile device)

Sidebar

• Change “About ResourceContracts” to “About OpenLandContracts” and link to correct page (currently links to RC)
• Link to the “Guides” page does not work.
• Link to “Glossary” needs to be changed (currently links to RC)

Footer

• Delete “Content partners” section and Open Oil icon
• Delete World Bank logo
• Delete “Founding Partners” label and “Donors” label and just have CCSI logo and UKAID logo side by side as on current live version
• “Resources” under the Menu should be “Guides”
• “About”/ “FAQs”/ “Resources”/ “Glossary”/ “Publish Contracts”/ “Contact”
  • all linked to RC rather than OLC
  • We would prefer these be listed horizontally, rather than vertically. @jedm any thoughts?

[jedm]

For RC also:

Main section

• Change “Search [#] and Associated Documents” to “Search [#] contracts and associated documents” (ie add “contracts” and make all words but “Search” lower case)
• Make sure all fonts match site standards and mock-up YI posted earlier of exact fonts and sizes
• Can the numbers of documents/ countries / resources also be hyperlinked?
• Explore contract terms: Can we set which annotation terms appear here? YI please confirm easy editing by admins as previously requested
• Change “The site applies extensive machine based processing of each PDF contract added to the site in order to it searchable and enable download as text based document. Learn More” @anderspeders or @jimc33 please provide final intro text as previously requested

‘Explore Contracts’ Map section

• New version rolls back the change YI already made to reduce empty space - per Sam's comment too. Please confirm this can be restored, to conserve vertical and horizontal space.

‘Country Partners’ section

• YI please confirm easy editing by admins as previously requested
• When viewing on a mobile device (iPhone), the images used to represent each partner are cut off.
• Should these be linked to the relevant sites? The links don’t work (either on a computer or mobile device)

Sidebar

• The font/logotype at top of sidebar must match size and font of standard site font, as previously requested.

Footer

• Partner logos are blurry - please use vector files previously provided to create new versions that are sharp the same way current site is
• Delete “Content partners” section and Open Oil icon @anderspeders @jimc33 Please confirm if this section is to be kept or removed

@SamCCSI please email me to confirm what you mean by bold question below. Thanks!

• “About”/ “FAQs”/ “Resources”/ “Glossary”/ “Publish Contracts”/ “Contact”
  • all linked to RC rather than OLC - We would prefer these be listed horizontally, rather than vertically. @jedm any thoughts?

[SamCCSI]

For the OLC footer:

How difficult would it be to keep the OLC footer exactly as is in the current live version (with the exception of needing to remove WB logo and changing wording of that list if we're making any changes there)? If it's not too difficult to keep it as is but make changes to RC, then that would be our desired approach.

[rprajapatii]

I am confused regarding changes to be made in footer section. Whether to keep footer as in new design with suggestions given by SamCCSI earlier (deleting some sections and horizontally aligning menus ) or revert the footer changes to the older design as in current live version.

[SamCCSI]

@rprajapatii For RC We are happy for the new proposal by @anjhero to proceed:

For OLC We do not need the vertical layout because there is only one founding partner logo, one donor logo, and no content partner section. Therefore we would be happy with a horizontal arrangement. This could be:

(1) leave the footer as it currently is on the live version (but remove the World Bank logo).

OR

(2) Arrange it like this, if you think it is a better looking design:

[jedm]

Please note that for RC we posted final requests above:

https://github.com/NRGI/resourcecontracts.org/issues/873#issuecomment-239008127

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@rprajapatii For RC We are happy for the new proposal by @anjhero to proceed:

For OLC We do not need the vertical layout because there is only one founding partner logo, one donor logo, and no content partner section. Therefore we would be happy with a horizontal arrangement. This could be:

(1) leave the footer as it currently is on the live version (but remove the World Bank logo).

OR

(2) Arrange it like this, if you think it is a better looking design:

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[manishgs]

Above suggestions have been incorporated and deploy on demo (RC & OLC ) please review and provide us your feedback.

[jedm]

The following changes have not been made yet:

1. Change “Search [#] and Associated Documents” to “Search [#] contracts and associated documents” (ie add “contracts” and make all words but “Search” lower case)

This instruction was not read correctly by YI. Please review and revert to "Sentence capitalizatoon" for text inside box and "Initial caps" for Search button

1. Sidebar: The font/logotype at top of sidebar must match size and font of standard site font, as previously requested.
2. Footer: Delete “Content partners” section and Open Oil icon. Please confirm if this section is to be kept or removed

(@charlesyoung Please confirm that we cannot add this until governance document is agreed and executed. )

[SamCCSI]

The background photo for OLC is wrong.

We wanted to keep the original photo we had for the background, but change the photo for the section below that:

Font is also wrong in that section.

Please add hyperlinks on the numbers above 'Documents' 'Resources' 'Countries'

I suspect the new green used on the search button and background to 'explore contract terms' will clash with our background photo, too. Can you try using the green we use on the current version?

We may have more feedback in the coming days. Many thanks!

[KaitlinCCSI]

For both RC and OLC, the word "Resources" in the footer should be changed to "Guides" so that they match the side menu.

For both RC and OLC, I am confused by the language toggle, as some but not all of the language on home page changes when you move between EN FR AR. @charlesyoung could we discuss this in our call next week?

On Thursday, August 25, 2016, SamCCSI notifications@github.com wrote:

The background photo for OLC is wrong.

We wanted to keep the original photo we had for the background, but change the photo for the section below that:

[image: Inline image 1]

Font is also wrong in that section.

Please add hyperlinks on the numbers above 'Documents' 'Resources' 'Countries'

I suspect the new green used on the search button and background to 'explore contract terms' will clash with our background photo, too. Can you try using the green we use on the current version?

We may have more feedback in the coming days. Many thanks!

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The following changes have not been made yet:

Change “Search [#] and Associated Documents” to “Search [#] contracts and associated documents” (ie add “contracts” and make all words but “Search” lower case)

This instruction was not read correctly by YI. Please review and revert to "Sentence capitalizatoon" for text inside box and "Initial caps" for Search button

Sidebar

The font/logotype at top of sidebar must match size and font of standard site font, as previously requested. Footer

Delete “Content partners” section and Open Oil icon. Please confirm if this section is to be kept or removed

@charlesyoung Please confirm that we cannot add this until governance document is agreed and executed.

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Above suggestions have been incorporated and deploy on demo (RC & OLC ) please review and provide us your feedback.

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@jedm

Change “Search [#] and Associated Documents” to “Search [#] contracts and associated documents” (ie add “contracts” and make all words but “Search” lower case) This instruction was not read correctly by YI. Please review and revert to "Sentence capitalizatoon" for text inside box and "Initial caps" for Search button

Done

. Sidebar: The font/logotype at top of sidebar must match size and font of standard site font, as previously requested.

Done

1. Footer: Delete “Content partners” section and Open Oil icon. Please confirm if this section is to be kept or removed (@charlesyoung Please confirm that we cannot add this until governance document is agreed and executed. )

@charlesyoung @jedm Should we keep the section or remove?

@SamCCSI

The background photo for OLC is wrong. We wanted to keep the original photo we had for the background, but change the photo for the section below that:

Background images updated

Font is also wrong in that section.

Font corrected.

Please add hyperlinks on the numbers above 'Documents' 'Resources' 'Countries'

Done

@KaitlinCCSI

For both RC and OLC, the word "Resources" in the footer should be changed to "Guides" so that they match the side menu.

Menu "Resources" has been renamed to Guide.

[manishgs]

We have added option to manage following contents from admin panel of subsite.

1. Manage Images
2. Home page Links
3. Home page Texts
4. Country Partners

Admin panel link : RC | OLC

Please review admin panel and let us know your feedback.

@SamCCSI @charlesyoung

[jedm]

@manishgs The changes look good. The one thing I noticed was when you switch to Arabic the sections of the page do not look right (see attached).

Also the logo (upper left) switches from align-left to align-right when the language switches to Arabic (because Arabic is R-to-L language I assume), so that should be fixed.

Only @charlesyoung or @anderspeders can answer the OpenOil question. (I expect we will want to add this in the future even if we are not ready to add right now.)

Thank you!

[charlesyoung]

@jedm we can discuss the mention of OpenOil as a partner during tomorrow's Sprint call.

[SamCCSI]

For RC and OLC: Search window should say "Search [#] contracts and associated documents"

For OLC:

• Please remove the green filter on the main background image.
• The French translation might need some work. E.g. Open Land Contracts currently translates to "Ouvert land contracts". E.g. 2: word in middle of sentence is capitalized.
• Is the title font deliberately changed from the current version? (It is fine if we changed it on purpose; I just wanted to check)

[KaitlinCCSI]

For both RC and OLC:

• can you somehow mute the white in the box with the numbers? Perhaps include a color filter on it? It is so bright right now compared to all other page elements that it draws your eye to it over other parts that are more important.
• The language switching still changes some but not all aspects of the home page, and there are extra letters that should be removed. See eg the 2 screenshots.
• The colors for the map at the bottom do not match either site very well. They have some similarities to the RC color filters at the top, but I think they could still probably be better. For OLC, they match nothing and look wrong. Is it possible to do something that complements the OLC color scheme better?

For OLC:

• Aside from removing the green filter on the main background image as suggested by @SamCCSI , the colors used on the rest of the page are ugly and do not match (see screenshot below). The colored filter on the photo/text band in the middle is an ugly brown - once the green filter is removed from the main image, I would guess that a blue filter on the photo/text band might look better? (And the map colors do not match well per comment above.)
• For the French translation, please use the following in the search box: "Un répertoire de contrats agricoles et forestiers" (rather than "Un dépôt en ligne de Ouvert Land Contracts")

For RC:

• For the French translation in the search box, it should be "Un répertoire de contrats pétroliers et miniers" (so "de" instead of "des")
• For the text description, my colleagues think the current text is misleading/problematic (as the relationship is not defined only by these types of documents). They suggest changing it to "ResourceContracts.org is a repository of publicly available investment contracts for oil, gas, and mining projects. It features plain language summaries of key provisions and provides tools for searching and comparing contracts." @anderspeders @jedm @charlesyoung to confirm.
• Can we please change the main background photo, as it's a bit strange (and arguably problematic) to have a man's face as the most prominent feature. @anderspeders @jedm @charlesyoung to confirm.

[jedm]

I do not have a strong opinion but for what it's worth I disagree with @KaitlinCCSI's first bullet and last bullet. I think the white color is ok and I think the image is ok for RC. (NRGI however really should investigate if it still has rights to the image.)

[SamCCSI]

We have noticed some typos, and changes needed on the About page that the new demo links to: http://rc-site-demo.elasticbeanstalk.com/rc/public/about

If I make changes to the current About page (http://www.resourcecontracts.org/about), will these be transferred over? Or is there a better way for me to convey the needed changes to you?

[charlesyoung]

Remove OpenOil as partner.

[rprajapatii]

Hello all, underneath is jpg of OLC homepage with modification in colors respectively in map section, learn more section and search button.

The overlay above the main image section is also removed as suggested.

The white background of section containing numbers beside the search section is also lightened.

Provide feedback.

[anjesh]

@SamCCSI @jedm Please provide feedback to the above design, we have started working on implementation of that design.

@SamCCSI regarding the about content, you may do the updates, the changes will be reflected in the new design as the content is not static text and is coming from the database.

@KaitlinCCSI do you have any references to the images that could be used in rc, instead of the one with the face currently used.

cc @charlesyoung @anderspeders

[jedm]

I believe Charles was checking with NRGI on the "about"/intro language. And I had posted this question and screenshot regarding Arabic: https://github.com/NRGI/resourcecontracts.org/issues/873#issuecomment-243336099

My only other related requests are:

• the language switcher should be very small and should not appear in upper-right on inside pages (because the top and the upper right are full with key functions)
• the pre-populated instructions in the search box should fit inside the search box

Otherwise, per comment from earlier, it looks really good!

Jed

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@SamCCSI regarding the about content, you may do the updates, the changes will be reflected in the new design as the content is not static text and is coming from the database.

@KaitlinCCSI do you have any references to the images that could be used in rc, instead of the one with the face currently used.

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[SamCCSI]

For OLC:

• for main OLC background photo: restore the color adjustments of current live version www.openlandcontracts.org
• the blurb that starts "the site applies extensive..." is wrong. It should be this one:
• Change the map from brown / orange / white to blue (background / ocean) / green (countries with contracts) / white (countries with no contracts)

For RC:

• @charlesyoung @anderspeders: per @jedm 's comment do we have rights to use that photo?
• some alternatives that would not feature someone's actual face:

These are taken from a google search and I do not know where the files came from, but assume NRGI might have a collection of mining related photos at its disposal?

[JesseCCSI]

Hi @anjesh and @rprajapatii just wanted to confirm that the font used for the revised home page will be the same as that currently used (which from this github thread appears to be Open Sans)? The font used on the demo homepage looks different (think it's Arial). Thanks for confirming.

[rprajapatii]

@jedm

the language switcher should be very small and should not appear in upper-right on inside pages (because the top and the upper right are full with key functions)

For consistency the language switcher is kept at footer in all pages and it is made smaller.

@SamCCSI

for main OLC background photo: restore the color adjustments of current live version

The olc background image is same as in live version

the blurb that starts "the site applies extensive..." is wrong. It should be this one:

Its dummy text in the image. However you can update text from subsite admin panel.

Change the map from brown / orange / white to blue (background / ocean) / green (countries with contracts) / white (countries with no contracts)

changes have been made regarding olc map colors.

@JesseCCSI

The font used on the demo homepage looks different (think it's Arial)

I have made correction about the font.

@charlesyoung AlSF logo is changed.

Do visit the demo site at: "http://rc-site-demo.elasticbeanstalk.com/rc/public/" and "http://rc-site-demo.elasticbeanstalk.com/olc/public/"

However, @SamCCSI we would like to get picture for resource contract homepage. Please provide it soon so that we can deploy the changes on live site.

[rprajapatii]

@SamCCSI, conform a picture for rc hompage so that homepage changes can go live soon.

[SamCCSI]

@rprajapatii The plan is to use current photo for now to avoid holding up the launch of the new page, with the understanding that we may seek to replace with a more appropriate background image later on.

cc @charlesyoung

[JesseCCSI]

Thanks @rprajapatii please see screenshot for some comments from the OLC team:

Please let me know if any of the comments are unclear.

Aside from the above, we have a couple of comments regarding the French version of the homepage, which we will post in a new thread.

We also have some comments regarding the Advanced Search link, which I think @jedm will post.

[manishgs]

New home design has been update on live. Please review once and if you found any bugs/issues in new design please create new issue.

@SamCCSI @charlesyoung @anderspeders You can update Homepage text, footer text and "Explore contract terms" from admin panel.