menu items; i was humming and hawing about these. i would like simple yet representative.
'Organisation' on the Workshops image above would contain info on WGs, when the next meets are, BB links, etc.
but then again, this could be merged with the Volunteer/Get Involved page?
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- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:47 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:44 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
Re: Web wireframe discussion next week - doodle poll
issues; splash - doesn't have expanded facilities links (Cave, Darkroom, Screen-printing, Tool+Metal Workshop, Action Room.. that is it, yes? actually, studio balconies also, but do these need a prominent link? i don't think so) facilities - the way i've drawn it there is ugly. if each facility is l...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:13 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
Re: Web wireframe discussion next week - doodle poll
some better images
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:58 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
Re: Web wireframe discussion next week - doodle poll
a very quick and rough sketch. i'll work on better/clearer ones in the next couple of days, thought i'd post this to show for now. the sketch of the splash page is wrong in that i missed out the the main menu links, with which the dynamic info boxes would probably be placed best in another location....
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:44 pm
- Forum: Volunteering
- Topic: How The Forest works
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6201
How The Forest works
a basic draft infovis of Forest organisation.
this was drawn whilst away from the net. i've printed out the Volly Guide to check later, but i thought i'd also ask folk here; what is wrong?
this was drawn whilst away from the net. i've printed out the Volly Guide to check later, but i thought i'd also ask folk here; what is wrong?
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:09 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web links opening in new page
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23180
Re: web links opening in new page
new window links, eek! from the same site, #1 & #2.
n.b. one can set firefox to force new window links to load as new tabs if they'd so like.
n.b. one can set firefox to force new window links to load as new tabs if they'd so like.
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:58 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
Re: Web wireframe discussion next week - doodle poll
anyone else want to come along and help provide input on how the website should work? vote now!
i worked on some layouts for both the splash and other pages while away on Arran this weekend just past.
i worked on some layouts for both the splash and other pages while away on Arran this weekend just past.
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:55 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Film makers wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11676
Re: Film makers wanted
great idea on the programme listing being descriptive! from http://edinburgh.thingsandstuff.org, some groups you could contact; http://www.futureshorts.com/htmlViewer.php?id=44 - http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=8521299156 http://emps.spheredev.org/ - http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=25445944368 h...
- Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Web wireframe discussion
- Replies: 22
- Views: 32974
Web wireframe discussion
a meeting so we can come to a final decision on the page elements, features and information architecture of the revamped website. these are the bits that will be themed in some manner. http://www.doodle.com/g4bp83qcnt9thq8p what is a wireframe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe or if th...
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:22 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Giant Marble Run
- Replies: 45
- Views: 57773
Re: Giant Marble Run
*imagines flaming ball bearings flying around and down the stairwell of The Forest*
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Does anyone want to play 'The Forest' on Twitter?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7145
Does anyone want to play 'The Forest' on Twitter?
people talkin about Forest on twitter; http://twitter.com/#search?q=the%20forest%20edinburgh http://twitter.com/#search?q=forest%20cafe%20edinburgh i wish i had the time to interact with such folk via the foresttweets account. would anyone be interested in this? more than one person could get involv...
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:19 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: new bristohall poster comments?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20616
Re: new bristohall poster comments?
looking good, though a higher resolution version would be better.
- Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:01 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: The splash/landing page
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26413
Re: The splash/landing page
both sound good ideas, albeit different - not that that's an issue in itself. different splash themes could have different emphasis on what is linked to, although it would be good to make obvious what groups people can get involved with.
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:16 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: The splash/landing page
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26413
The splash/landing page
Lets discuss this! I've been chatting with Joachim and our thoughts for a compromise solution that includes both static and dynamic content. We're thinking that a mural style layout with large graphical links to the sister sites (the graphics being easily changeable by non-techies), plus a couple of...
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:38 pm
- Forum: Facilities
- Topic: Printer in Action room
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8895
Re: Printer in Action room
put this in the Action Room subforum. i don't think this that sensitive and issue, and it's worth others knowing about such things. thanks for getting it organised though!
you mention there is still an issue from the office - you're unable to print from all of the machines, but you can get net fine?
you mention there is still an issue from the office - you're unable to print from all of the machines, but you can get net fine?
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:05 pm
- Forum: Workshops
- Topic: Architecture does talk(s)!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9606
Re: Architecture does talk(s)!
ooh, sounds ratha interesting. clashes with my Beltane group though, doh. i'd so like to spraff about my pipedream and related..
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23958
Re: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
soz for fucking up your post nix, but do you mean http://www.theforest.org.uk/system/file ... orplan.gif or no?
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:21 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Search the BB from your browser
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5100
Search the BB from your browser
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engine ... uthor=milk
click on 'Forest BB' to add the capability to search this forum to your browser's own search box.
click on 'Forest BB' to add the capability to search this forum to your browser's own search box.
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: Giant Marble Run
- Replies: 45
- Views: 57773
Re: Giant Marble Run
fekin a!
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:52 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: site inspiration, etc
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9893
site inspiration, etc
got a website you like the layout and/or features of? please post it here and say what you like about the site!
* http://www.whatisinnovation.com/ - interesting upfront method of asking for new content, i.e., on the landing page. (uses Drupal)
* http://www.whatisinnovation.com/ - interesting upfront method of asking for new content, i.e., on the landing page. (uses Drupal)
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:55 pm
- Forum: Minutes
- Topic: Web meet-o-rama Fri 19 Mar 2010
- Replies: 25
- Views: 45388
Re: Web meet-o-rama Fri 19 Mar 2010
i'm on that, just grabbing some stuff from the currently site first. the change will take several hours to propagate through the dns system before it changes what people see when they go to theforest.org.uk.
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 3:18 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23958
Re: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
i spoke with gareth yesterday evening - he noted that clicking on the arrow graphic does actually download the file. i was thinking the same way as jane, i.e., that clicking the filename should download the file.....
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
well, the BB is better than nowt. it's certainly better than people having to access the web space via ftp, download text files, edit them, reupload, organise, avoid file change conflicts, etc - you get the point - to communicate
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:50 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
heh, this is why we have real life meetings
srsly; please do come to the meet tomorrow - it would be great to get a perspective from an admin
srsly; please do come to the meet tomorrow - it would be great to get a perspective from an admin
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:51 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
what kind of details are you referring to? i mean, as has been said, it's a complicated topic in that there are various concepts to link together when you're trying to talk about things in a holistic sense, but i think these things need to be said so that we all understand each other's perspective. ...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:47 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23958
Re: Download any FOREST image, pdf, mp3, LOGO from the site here
the download page broke somewhat after pogo cleared up the files on the webserver. the links in the page that come up are inforrect - if you add /logos/ to the url linked to for items in the logos folder, i.e., http://theforest.org.uk/download/logos/forest.svg, you can grab them. a proper collection...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
In the meantime, I would like to have a good blog right now with tumblr. i'd like to discuss what features or way of doing things, specifically and exactly, makes tumbr better than the current blog within drupal. i know a lot has been said before in various threads, but this needs to be distilled d...
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:11 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
funnily enough, the Drupal page to create news content is actually less cluttered and confusing than the WordPress dashboard, though the aim is to make it even less cluttered, to the level of tumblr, removing any extranious sections that don't apply to the lay content poster.
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:03 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: web meet-o-rama?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 61430
Re: web meet-o-rama?
> Could we not have tumblr handling the forest blog at forest.org.uk/blog, give it to Chris and Jane or whoever to curate, at other forest.org.uk URLs you could have other pages powered by drupal Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Why give ourselves two sites to admin instead of one? we can make Drupal ...
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:55 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: event calendar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12648
Re: event calendar
there was a hack patch that i tried which was meant to not see an event item as a 2 day thing unless the time crossed 5am on the second date. i didn't get it to work in the end... n.b. this was only an issue during the fringe when we had events finishing at 1am, though these will return again in a f...
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:51 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Website changelog
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33292
Re: Website changelog
done: * Event calendar - get exposed filters for Location and Type on 'event_calendar' working (worth just setting up a separate view to simplify things?)
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:58 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: edit and delete own posts?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25007
Re: edit and delete own posts?
thankin thee!
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:45 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: events listing posters
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15568
Re: events listing posters
no worries! Events and Promo is where we get meta about events and shit.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:31 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: events listing posters
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15568
Re: events listing posters
someone moved this to 'Events', but i've moved it again to 'Events and Promo' where the discussion about the organisation of events and their promotion should happen.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:23 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Forest Website Planning Meet - Sat 3rd April, 4pm
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11983
Re: Forest Website Planning Meet - Sat 3rd April, 4pm
fair dos. i was planning on having it later rather than sooner so joachim and i could focus on sorting out some of the existing bugs, rather than new stuff.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:05 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: edit and delete own posts?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25007
Re: edit and delete own posts?
*shrugs*
i don't rememer any change.. possibly we should enable it? but i'd be for turning it off again the second some twat uses it to change what they've said half-way through a debate to make another look bad. i'd like to think that wouldn't happen, but you do get all sorts on the BB..
i don't rememer any change.. possibly we should enable it? but i'd be for turning it off again the second some twat uses it to change what they've said half-way through a debate to make another look bad. i'd like to think that wouldn't happen, but you do get all sorts on the BB..
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:57 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: closing a can of worms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 31612
Re: closing a can of worms
i'll bring cake too!xx
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:51 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: closing a can of worms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 31612
Re: closing a can of worms
I too was wondering why milk hadn't responded when he is active on the bb. i don't have the internet at home and have only been in The Forest a couple of times each week for the last month or so. i'm currently suffereing by using shoddy time-restricted library computers to communicate and do everyt...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:49 am
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: closing a can of worms
- Replies: 21
- Views: 31612
Re: closing a can of worms
no worries, Friday from 2pm works for me. can anyone who's in The Forest/has mobile credit say if the Action Room is available then (as this is more than just two folk discussing and changing things at the same time)? and if not, book it? thanks. ...highly argumentative meetings. Trust me, this is g...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:38 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: events listing posters
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15568
Re: events listing posters
chris - can i ask why this was posted in the FWG forum?
what do people say to moving this to the Events and Promotion forum?
what do people say to moving this to the Events and Promotion forum?
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:01 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: events listing posters
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15568
Re: events listing posters
as was mentioned briefly the other day, part of the plan for the Drupal site will be to make it output all the event information in a format that can be copied and pasted for the printed programme. maybe this could work for a poster also, though that would probably require a bit more graphic design ...
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:54 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Forest Website Planning Meet - Sat 3rd April, 4pm
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11983
Forest Website Planning Meet - Sat 3rd April, 4pm
All interested parties are invited to come discuss design possibilities and plan the roadmap for the Forest's website. It would have been in a forthnight, but I'm on Arran for that weekend.
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: ● Web to do list
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11236
Re: ● Web to do list
* Anon event item submissions for review by the Events and Promo coordinator - sooner rather than later would be good now as the Programme isn't getting posted as news
* Random image for the top of the front page
* Clear out unused modules
* Random image for the top of the front page
* Clear out unused modules
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:33 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: Website changelog
- Replies: 24
- Views: 33292
Re: Website changelog
joachim and I did somethings, including; * added an image field to the News content type for easy addition of graphics, a la tumblr * trimmed down the primary links to internal links * added an 'external site' content type with a linked image field - these power a view block display that replaces th...
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:54 pm
- Forum: The People's Forum
- Topic: The Cafe in need of cups, mugs and teapots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3391
Re: The Cafe in need of cups, mugs and teapots
last time i checked, there are two or three boxes in the crafty room containing mugs (and related?). anyone know if these ours to use?
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:28 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: our website, so big and scrolly
- Replies: 100
- Views: 142940
Re: our website, so big and scrolly
Fab, thanks to all for the ideas and Gaz for the mockup idea for the front page - these are defo worth it for figuring out where folk are coming from with their ideas for the site layout and theme. Myself, Chris and Joachim, a Forest Choir member who does Drupal development for his day job, met up o...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:02 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: our website, so big and scrolly
- Replies: 100
- Views: 142940
Re: our website, so big and scrolly
whats the new design you have in mind? a lighter colour. graphical blocks, larger than the ones that were added 6 months ago, to the front page for the various areas of the Forest (like wot Jane linked to). moving the upcoming event information to the event calendar page and reformatting it so ther...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:48 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: our website, so big and scrolly
- Replies: 100
- Views: 142940
Re: our website, so big and scrolly
i do not have confidence in the current site or in bringing a new team to move things forward. gie me a month or so and i'll get the Drupal site changed to iron out imperfections. it's not like the site hasn't changed in the last two years after suggestions, but i apologise for taking so long to ge...
- Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:25 pm
- Forum: Website/Online
- Topic: our website, so big and scrolly
- Replies: 100
- Views: 142940
Re: our website, so big and scrolly
A simple blog will scale perfectly well, no matter how many posts that you add it will still remain a simple blog. the Drupal site does have a simple blog - that's what the left hand side of the main page is. A more powerful site like Drupal, on the other hand, does not scale well for an organisati...
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:29 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Action Working Group meet - Sat 13th (not Sun), 7pm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4957
Action Working Group meet - Sat 13th (not Sun), 7pm
Instead of Sunday, nix would like to shift it to Saturday due to his schedule. would this work for others? Community Action, Crafty Room, Action Room, Environment & Garden, Workshops This group plans community actions, organises free workshops, plans dramatic performances, works to protect the envir...