21 April 2006

FAQ list page draft

Initial steps:
  • Got ideas from Web Cmte
  • Reviewed their ideas and suggested sites
  • Checked my previous searches for sites and reviewed those
Things I tried to do:
  • Keep the look as uncluttered as possible.
  • Keep the list on one page.
  • Eliminate the miscellaneous category by merging into other categories
What I've done in the draft:
  • I liked the idea of showing the most often used FAQs as I saw on the NCSU Libraries site.
  • I looked at those most often viewed on the Web reports.
    • Used the top 7
    • Some of the top 20 surprised me.
    • Most didn't. See report.
  • Structure of the page (help1.css)
    • Kept the right Need Help box but removed the bgcolor and only 3 elements.
    • Put Most Frequently Asked box across two columns
    • Created a table to group the list of all FAQs
    • Created block headers for the categories.
    • Made a TOC to jump to a category.
    • Haven't made the links to each faq active yet.
One styling issue I haven't figured out yet:
  • Why the gap between the "Categories" header and the next subcategories headers?
    • gap appears in Firefox; not IE
    • probably the cumulative effect of something that Firefox reads

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