Navigation Menu Items

[Rodney Degracia]

Created the following top-level navigation items, at http://dev.refresh-orlando.org
to mirror what we currently have:

About, Contact/Join, Contribute, Events, Meetings, Refreshing Cities

The content is just the raw text, and will eventually have to be
styled before we go live.

[Brandon Brown]

We may want to consider a few things about our main navigation:

What is the difference, to a first time visitor, between a meeting and an event?

Since our meetings are really what we want to promote, should they not come earlier in the navigation?
e.g. Events  |  Contribute  |  Sponsor(?)  |  About  |  Contact  |  Refreshing Cities  |  Sign-up/Login/Join

I would like to get the website more flushed out before we start building it- don't want to make anyone waste any free time on something that the group may not want or need. It would be nice to have a feature list for our next meeting for us to present to the group. Then from there take the chosen logo concept and build the site around these.

[Rodney Degracia]

'Meetings' was primarily to contain facts about meetings (location, time, day, etc).

'Events' was primarily to contain past Refresh Orlando events (which may include previous meetings)

I think decisions concerning the new site platform should be limited to what is discussed and agreed upon by the member of this list.  

Any member of the main list is free to join this list, if they want to participate.   This has been advertised via Twitter, on Facebook, and on the current Refresh Orlando website.

Opening up discussion by a 'committee of the whole', would slow down the construction of the new site platform, since it would be extremely difficult to get a consensus of the whole group. Also attempting to get volunteers from the whole group, is a non-starter.

I think if a person does not join and participate in this list, they probably don't have the time or desire to really contribute to the discussion and as such their opinion should be taken with a _large_ grain of salt.

Let's move ahead, if there are no objections; we can alway change dev.refresh-orlando.org at any time before launch.

Rodney

[Brandon Brown]

Maybe we should reconsider the term 'Meeting'. It may be easier to attract people if we call our monthly get togethers 'events'. Just a thought. Also, it may be a good idea to simply have an 'Event Archive' instead of dumping all past events into the same area as the upcoming events.

And keeping things within this group is fine with me- I wouldn't mind gathering ideas or feedback from some of the Refresh group though while we are working on it. Fresh ideas and eyes are always a good thing.

Is there anyway to create an ongoing list in groups ala To-Do lists in basecamp? Just so it may be easier to find and keep track of all the recommended features, inspirations, and other content we may share with each other?

[Brandon Brown]

Hey Rodney,

I was just looking through the website backend. I noticed that you
were using the built-in Drupal navigation tools to add items to the
Primary Links. You may want to look into the Module 'Views.' It will
make adding content and modifying URLs easier.

I will put together a list of Modules that I recommend using for the
site
over the weekend.

On Jun 9, 4:45 pm, Brandon Brown <brown.brando...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe we should reconsider the term 'Meeting'. It may be easier to attract
> people if we call our monthly get togethers 'events'. Just a thought. Also,
> it may be a good idea to simply have an 'Event Archive' instead of dumping
> all past events into the same area as the upcoming events.
>
> And keeping things within this group is fine with me- I wouldn't mind
> gathering ideas or feedback from some of the Refresh group though while we
> are working on it. Fresh ideas and eyes are always a good thing.
>
> Is there anyway to create an ongoing list in groups ala To-Do lists in
> basecamp? Just so it may be easier to find and keep track of all the
> recommended features, inspirations, and other content we may share with each
> other?
>

[Rodney Degracia]

Brandon,

Thanks for the heads up about the module views.

In regards to to-dos, or discussions, feel free to create a new thread. Google groups (and e-mail clients) will track the thread, using the subject line.

Rodney

[Rodney Degracia]

Brandon,

Thanks for the info about the Views. Please send me the module list when you get a chance and I'll get them installed.

Rodney Degracia
rdeg...@gmail.com

On Jun 11, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Brandon Brown wrote:

[Rodney Degracia]

Brandon,

Is there a way to layout the page, so that the current/next Event, info about meetings and previous events are all shown on the same page but in some sort of unified manner without confusing the reader ?

Rodney

[Brandon Brown]

Rodney,

Sounds like you're leaning towards an Events Homepage. This would
certainly make sense to do.
I would still like to see separate subsections/pages for upcoming and
past events.

I didn't have a chance to put together a list of Modules over the
weekend. I am in the middle of a Drupal build out though, and when I
get a chance to sit down in front of it again I will collect all of
the modules I am using into this list.

On Jun 15, 10:59 am, Rodney Degracia <rdegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brandon,
>
> Is there a way to layout the page, so that the current/next Event, info about meetings and previous events are all shown on the same page but in some sort of unified manner without confusing the reader ?
>
> Rodney
>
> On Jun 9, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Brandon Brown wrote:
>
> > Maybe we should reconsider the term 'Meeting'. It may be easier to attract people if we call our monthly get togethers 'events'. Just a thought. Also, it may be a good idea to simply have an 'Event Archive' instead of dumping all past events into the same area as the upcoming events.
>
> > And keeping things within this group is fine with me- I wouldn't mind gathering ideas or feedback from some of the Refresh group though while we are working on it. Fresh ideas and eyes are always a good thing.
>
> > Is there anyway to create an ongoing list in groups ala To-Do lists in basecamp? Just so it may be easier to find and keep track of all the recommended features, inspirations, and other content we may share with each other?
>

> > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Rodney Degracia <rdegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 'Meetings' was primarily to contain facts about meetings (location, time, day, etc).
>
> > 'Events' was primarily to contain past Refresh Orlando events (which may include previous meetings)
>
> > I think decisions concerning the new site platform should be limited to what is discussed and agreed upon by the member of this list.  
>
> > Any member of the main list is free to join this list, if they want to participate.   This has been advertised via Twitter, on Facebook, and on the current Refresh Orlando website.
>
> > Opening up discussion by a 'committee of the whole', would slow down the construction of the new site platform, since it would be extremely difficult to get a consensus of the whole group. Also attempting to get volunteers from the whole group, is a non-starter.
>
> > I think if a person does not join and participate in this list, they probably don't have the time or desire to really contribute to the discussion and as such their opinion should be taken with a _large_ grain of salt.
>
> > Let's move ahead, if there are no objections; we can alway change dev.refresh-orlando.org at any time before launch.
>
> > Rodney
>
> > On Jun 8, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Brandon Brown wrote:
>
> >> We may want to consider a few things about our main navigation:
>
> >> What is the difference, to a first time visitor, between a meeting and an event?
>
> >> Since our meetings are really what we want to promote, should they not come earlier in the navigation?
> >> e.g. Events  |  Contribute  |  Sponsor(?)  |  About  |  Contact  |  Refreshing Cities  |  Sign-up/Login/Join
>
> >> I would like to get the website more flushed out before we start building it- don't want to make anyone waste any free time on something that the group may not want or need. It would be nice to have a feature list for our next meeting for us to present to the group. Then from there take the chosen logo concept and build the site around these.
>

> >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Rodney Degracia <rdegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Created the following top-level navigation items, athttp://dev.refresh-orlando.org