[NCUC E-team] Widget issue

[Brenden Kuerbis]

I've spent a few more hours this morning addressing the events
information and updating navigation on the website. You'll see the
links are sparse, but its all the time I have. This really requires
building a table in the db and using that to dynamically generate
content on those pages (similar to how our member page works).
Unfortunately, I don't think the data for that table can be harvested
from various places (e.g., ICANN, IGF websites) easily.  So I would
suggest also building a member accessible form that individuals
associated with the events (e.g., organizer) can use to enter relevant
data that will then be displayed on the NCUC website in the
appropriate place.

As for losing the global map and intro vid on home page, I think space
should be reserved for what we want to advertise prominently to people
right now. After the Singapore conference we can revert to a global
map or whatever next event is happening.  In the meantime, I revamped
the About pages to include a "What is NCUC?" page with the intro
video. As for member numbers, they're dynamically generated on the
Member page, and if I have time I will look into building a
counter-like widget for the home page, since the global map image
_does not_ update numbers automatically.

Overall, I think the site looks much better.  I may make a few more
tweaks over the next few days, but I don't have too much time with
deadline for Netmundial, etc.

Enjoy PS and don't get a sunburn (as I freeze my arse off in SYR).

-- B

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:38 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi from Palm Springs
>
> Thanks Brenden, good to have the event on the front page.  But I wonder for
> the pix don’t you think the loss of the map with membership numbers is sort
> of a drag? The map wasn’t swank looking but the numbers were good…
>
> I still think the stuff I wrote about before would be good to do, especially
> if the conference starts to drive traffic to the site.  I just talked with
> the heads of comms at ICANN and they intend to PR the event, so we could get
> more looks, which makes the events, vid, etc. pages a bit of a drag…..
>
> Best
>
> BD
>
> On Feb 26, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at EUI.eu> wrote:
>
> Brenden,it is lovely :-)
> I also liked the earlier version, though.
> Re: widget. I didn't have a single minute today to look into that, but
> curious as well. Will let you know if I find the trick.
> Thanks for all the work you have put into the website, at the right time
> Stefi
>
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> di Brenden Kuerbis <bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org>
> Inviato: giovedì 27 febbraio 2014 01.26
> A: e-team NCUC
> Oggetto: Re: [NCUC E-team] Widget issue
>
> Fwiw, I went with plan B and totally revamped the home page. So no need to
> put it back to what it was.  Although I would like to know what happened to
> that widget...
> On Feb 26, 2014 3:43 PM, "Brenden Kuerbis" <bkuerbis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Wilson or really anyone,
>>
>> When updating plugins today, one of the boxes (Latest News) on the
>> home page got botched up.  I cannot find any widget in the Appearance
>> section (in fact, only 3 of the 5 on home page show up), so I'm not
>> even sure if its a widget or plugin that someone created and edited.
>> Any ideas? Can you help fix this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Brenden Kuerbis
>
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