Progress as of 2/27/14

• Working with the IRT responsive template is proving to be good.  I am able to modify it to work for us fairly well.
• Used information from the HomePage links survey to determine what might go on the Navigation Bar.
• Finally figured out how to make the bar wider to accommodate 7 items instead of 6.
• Temporary drafts can be seen on http://library.austincc.edu/designtest.php
• NOTE: testing different things on different drafts so none really represent what the page will look like yet.
• Worked with a subgroup of the Banner subteam (Dave Wilson & Ashley Carr) to determine if a use the library icons might work for both IL and all LS web stuff.
• They like the idea so will work that into a draft for others to view.
• Ashley and Dave also gave me ideas about the place of elements on the home page and maybe subsequent pages.
• NOTE: will develop a subpage idea template to find out how subpage authors might like their information to look.  Need meeting with page authors.
• Currently working on an image slider for the Read Thumbnails. {See UPDATE}
• The IRT template has some slide code which I will test.
• I've also found a javascript slider code that provides randomness of display that I think might be a better solution. (http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/randomslide.shtml)
• I've massaged it and it works in a separate html page.  
• Need to put into a responsive draft to test
• The issue of updating the code files when we add new images is a minor problem
• {UPDATE} Because of the testing we did with several people, Read Poster thumbnails will not reside on the home page but will reside in the left side bar on some next tier pages. The current php rotate script works just fine for this purpose.  Reason: Every person said that the thumbnails were too distracting and did not contribute anything in particular to the page.  See link to Read Poster gallery in the Nav Bar - About Us.

Adding Spotlight on ... and What's New Feeds to What's new area

Added the following Feed scripts to the What's New area of the library web site so that the text updates as new entries are added to the blog.  Note:  When needed, one can add the static blog url for a particular posting such as the reminder to watch your belongings. (http://lswhatsnew.blogspot.com/2013_06_01_archive.html) above the feed scripts.


<div id="feed-wrapper" style="margin-top: -15px;">
<!-- listing for what's new -->

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Flswhatsnew.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault&num=1&targ=y&utf=y"  charset="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<noscript>
<li><a href="http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Flswhatsnew.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault&num=1&targ=y&utf=y&html=y">View RSS feed</a></li>
</noscript>

<!-- listing for Spotlight on -->
<div style="line-height: 0.9em;padding-left:10px;margin-top: -10px;">
<p style="margin-bottom:-8px;font-weight: bold;">Spotlight on ...</p>
<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fspotlightaccls.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault&num=1&targ=y&utf=y"  charset="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<noscript>
<a href="http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fspotlightaccls.blogspot.com%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault&num=1&targ=y&utf=y&html=y">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;View RSS feed</a>
</noscript> </div></div> <!-- end of spotlight style end of feed-wrapper-->

Ay14 Redesign - Screen resolution

I'm working on page widths, etc. and decided to check for the most common screen resolution for web-designing.  So, I'll be designing for 1366x768 as a maximum size.

I found a very good site with comparisons for this year:

Best Screen Resolution to Design Websites
Last Updated: January 7th, 2014 |By Shaun Anderson
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/best-screen-size/

This is supported by earlier web articles:

 W3 Schools - Screen Resolution Statistics
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

Statcounter Finds 1366 X 768 To Be Most Popular Screen Resolution For The First Time
By Donald Melanson  April 11th, 2012
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/11/statcounter-finds-1366-x-768-to-be-most-popular-screen-resolutio/

AY14 Redesign Begins

New Library Services Web Site Redesign

With the implementation of the new ACC Web Redesign in October, the Library Services Web Team begins the process of redesigning the library web site to align it with second tier ACC pages.  {Team members:  Ashley Carr, Courtney Mlinar, Steven Self, Margaret Peloquin (LS Web Manager) plus Carrie Gits (Social Media Point person)}

The new ACC site is Drupal-based.  After reviewing the possibility of becoming a drupal site and after discussion with other IRT web designers, LS will remain an HTML site for the near future.

A redesign planning map has been created and can be viewed using an expandable pdf file at

http://library.austincc.edu/presentations/webdesign/

The general timeline -- October 2013 - July 15 2013 -- is outlined in more detail on the map.

Two surveys have been implemented thus far:

• A survey of all LS staff as to the importance of home page links for the new LS Home Page.
• The survey was conducted during November and the results distributed to the LS Web Team after Thanksgiving.
• Comments and suggestions from that survey will determine, along with input from other library web site users, which links should remain on the home page and what they might be called.
• A Quick Survey asking users of the LS Web Site why they were/are using the web site each time they use it was implemented on 6 December and will closed on 31 January.

New Library Services Logo

Simultaneously, an ad-hoc group lead by Web Manager Margaret Peloquin is looking at redesigning the LS logo for a more recognizable look.

Carrie Gits Courtney Mlinar Steven Self Melinda Townsel Dave Wilson Betsy Young

A section in the wiki has been set up to add ideas and other web sites or logos for all members of the ad-hoc group to review. A tentative deadline has been set for early June 2014.

Adding language options to the LS Online Catalog

After a meeting with the Spanish language subgroup -- Teresa Ashley, Carrie Gits, Melinda Townsel, Jen Weber -- it was decided to

1. Stop creating separate Spanish Language catalog pages.
2. Adopt a Google language widget.
1. Melinda Townsel consulted with the International Students Office to determine which languages would be most beneficial for ACC students.
2. Margaret Peloquin implemented the widget:
1. Arabic
2. Chinese (simplified)
3. Chinese (traditional)
4. French
5. Indonesian
6. Japanese
7. Korean
8. Russian
9. Spanish
10. Vietnamese
3. The public implementation will happen in January 2014.  An announcement will be made at the All-LS meeting January 8.