Open Context - small design fixes for SAA 2015

[phoebefrance]

Here are some small details I noticed that could be relatively easy to fix and will improve the look and feel of the site to make it more consistent with the updates you've made using the bootstrap CSS.

Is it better to create separate issues or separate comments, or just list them here under one issue?

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Location: About Page: Main Issue: Side bar font doesn’t match site fonts from bootstrap css defaults Fix: update font in left side bar to match the font in the body text on the rest of the site. It looks like the side bar content is pulled in newsroom widget (probs from AAI wp site), and that the default body text from bootstrap.css is Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans serif, but double check this and make sure you pull the right one from bootstrap Note: I’m not sure which font size will work the best in this space, or whether bold or regular (or medium) will look better. If you set it up, I could take a look and we could tweak it. The spacing in the left side bar may need to be adjusted as well to compensate for font updates.

Location: About Page: Main Issue: Open Context graphic won’t match the updated logo design Fix: update when updates finalized

Location: About Page: Privacy Issue: Open context privacy policy in old font Fix: update to sans serif as on the About page main left sidebar

Location: About Page: People Issue: Phoebe France says “starting fall 2012” Fix: remove text Note: Is Francis still “on staff”? On the AAI page, he is listed as consultant, not as staff. This is a small detail I noticed because of the way the People pages are set up into similar sections on the two different sites. Maybe he serves two different roles?

Location: About Page: People Issue: Past OC devs alumni tabbed alignment and spacing don’t match the other section; they are less indented and more tightly spaced). Fix: have all sections spaced the same way, choosing one or the other format. It would be easiest to just change the Alumni section to match all the other sections; If you choose tight, other sections and pages will need to be updated to match.

Location: About Page: APIs and Web-Services Issue: left sidebar shrinks in width compared to all the other pages Fix: make sure left sidebar with is consistent on all pages Note: Eventually the left sidebar (if there remains one) should stay the same width on all pages. Note how it changes slightly between the different data pages

Location: Header: Weblog link Issue: clicks into the same window even though you’re going to another site. Fix: either have the link click out to a new tab or window, or change the blog design to match the open context site (potential future choice, not urgent) Note: I might also change the link name from Weblog to say either News or Blog

Location: Distributed across site Issue: RSS and PDF icons matches older style Fix: find and insert “flat design” icons, such as the style prominent on newer websites and the noun project; could be in color, black, or dark gray

Location: Heritage Bytes website Issue: aliasing issue with bytes logo (sampled background color too dark and edges look choppy) Fix: try replacing with this image, which has been dithered with the actual background color of the hb website header (also find in google drive folder): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxnjgkTSbmMFc2hJbzVYTE1KRHc/view?usp=sharing

[ekansa]

Excellent! I'll also make sure the fixes in the current site get incorporated into the new site.

[phoebefrance]

Oh - I didn’t add anything to it yet. That was just a test to make sure I could.

On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Eric Kansa notifications@github.com wrote:

Excellent! I'll also make sure the fixes in the current site get incorporated into the new site.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/ekansa/open-context-py/issues/62#issuecomment-77404993.

[ekansa]

I'm going to use this issue as a reference in developing the additional "About" content for this new version of Open Context.