LS Web Design

02 May 2014

Progress 5/2/14 templates

Progress has been made on some types of pages. Templates are saved in the /templates/ folder.
So far, these templates have been completed:

Dir-template-2cols.php
FAQ-Template.php
GenInfo-template.php
ls-accordion-base.txt

In general, the template is comprised of the code for the general structure of the page with example php includes where page specific data is to be pulled in. Example {Gen-Info Template}:

<!doctype html>
<html class="no-js" lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>General Information Template</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://library.austincc.edu/css/app-LS.css" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://library.austincc.edu/css/extra-LS.css">
    <script src="http://library.austincc.edu/bower_components/modernizr/modernizr.js"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"
src="http://library.austincc.edu/scripts/dynacrumbs-love.js">
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <header>

<?php include("http://library.austincc.edu/includes/header-next.php"); ?>
    </header>


<?php include("http://library.austincc.edu/includes/navBar.htm"); ?>

    <section class="content" id="LScontent">
    
<div class="row">
<div class="large-12 columns"><span class="crumbs"><script type="text/javascript">createBreadcrumbs()</script></span></div> 
</div> 

    
    <div class="row">
        <div class="large-3 columns">
            <h2 style="font-size: 100%;">See Additional Resources:</h2>

<?php include("includes-GenInfo/SeeAddResources-base.txt"); ?>


<?php include("http://library.austincc.edu/includes/ReadThumbs.php"); ?>
        </div>
        <div class="large-9 columns">

<?php include("includes-GenInfo/whateverGenInfo.php"); ?>
        </div> 

    </div> 
    </section>

    
    <?php include("http://library.austincc.edu/includes/footer-LS.php"); ?>

Folder and includes subfolder design

Folder and includes sub-folder design

Using the Services folder as the inaugural example:
... /gen-info/services/includes-svc

So, any page in the services folder would contain scripts pulling page content from the /includes-svc/ folder. Example: Reference Librarians by Campus page
http://irtstaff.austincc.edu/peloquin/AY14-Redesign/gen-info/services/RefLib-byCampus.php
<?php include("includes-svc/ref-libs-campus.htm"); ?>

Thoughts on the InfoLit pages:

Information on Information Literacy has been in two different folders within the HELP folder:

InfoLit
KnowHow

This happened because the Know How initiative was conceived and implemented without consulting the web master or the web team.
Some elements of the original Know How initiative are no longer active.
Conclusions:

KnowHow pages should be subsumed into the InfoLit folder.
Inactive elements should be archived and not linked on the redesigned pages.

Any related broken links from outside the LS Web Site reported to us will be resolved by redirects.

Structure of the /help/InfoLit/ folder:
... /help/InfoLit/includes-InfoLit

10 April 2014

Summary of meetings with LS Web Content providers 4/4/14

Summary of meetings with LS Web Content providers 4 March 2014 {10am-noon HBC 301.7 and 2-4pm HBC 215}

There were two separate meetings where most of the web content providers met to see the structure of the redesigned site and some first drafts of page possibilities. In addition, the Circulation Facilitator, the Reference Team, the E-Resources Librarian, and the Information Literacy Team discussed their ideas of what would happen in the future in their areas. Note: Some participants attended both meetings.

Content providers have been looking at the pages for which they are responsible. Some of them have already submitted changes and desires. Some have chosen not to review at this time and told the Web Team to simply move all pages over. Some will be submitting changes before the end of the session and/or asking to meet with Margaret.

Meeting agenda:

Website Structure

Where you fit in
Responsive Design - row/columns
Content Folder Structure
Page Structure

Demo Draft Pages

Draft Home Page
Simple info page in Help folder
Use of Library logo icons to brand a page:

Same info lit page with info in two columns
Simple info lit Know How logo page in Help folder
Example FAQ page

Long info page in Services folder with printable brochure
Hours pages to test accordion display and tables
Directory pages
Search the site

What's next?

Margaret and Ashley test pages with students/faculty
Pages revised using comments from our tests
LS staff review and offer additional idea

Questions
Plans for the future discussion

Circulation
Reference
IL
E-Resources

27 March 2014

Next Tier Pages Template

Included in the basic page template:

common styles (css), scripts, includes files (header, navigation bar, footer)
simple row/column structure which can be altered to best display the content.

How rows and columns work in responsive design is illustrated by this web page:

Next Tier Template with Rows

Content providers should review this and other draft pages before consulting with the web manager about the pages for which they are responsible.

25 March 2014

Update 3/25/14 People Responsible for Web Content

Preparations for a meeting of those responsible for LS web content is underway.

Email sent to participants 3/24/14:

Caveat: This is a large group of people who are responsible for the content on LS Web pages. This doesn't necessarily mean that you do the actual page input. Think big picture. What is said. How it appears. How it fits in with other content.

I'd love to have everyone in the same room to express ideas but with a group this large it may not be possible. So, I've created a Doodle scheduling poll with some possible meeting times the beginning of April. We may have to have one or two different meetings that can accommodate people's schedule. You are expected to meet with only one of those. If you cannot meet, please talk with your team/group to make sure that at least one person with appropriate knowledge can attend. I would like for a member of the IL team to be at both meetings.

For those of you representing services -- Reference, Circulation, Info Lit, eResources -- who have lots of content on the LS Web Presence, no matter where, please be prepared to talk about what you think will be happening in the next 3 years so we can make our site flexible enough to include those plans.

Email sent to participants 3/25/14:

After consulting the doodle, I've determined that the best times are on Friday, 4 April. Choose your meeting time and send me an email so that I'll know who is attending what.
Group One: 10am-noon HBC 301.7
Group Two: 2pm-4pm HBC 215.0

I'll give an outline of how the site will be generally organized and show the draft pages for an idea of what to expect. You should

Be prepared to talk about your plans (vis-a-vis web content) for the next 3 years.

Be prepared to listen to other content planners and discuss possibilities.

The Web Team will take all information into consideration when planning the LS Web Presence and new site redesign and organization.