Re: Redesign PECL Updates

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: > On 2011-10-15, at 9:47 AM, Paul Dragoonis wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Hannes Magnusson <bjori@php.net> wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 16:32, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> One of the todo items is "Make pecl/pear section a dynamic list of >>>> recent package changes" >>>> >>>> I have got the RSS feed from PECL of the latest package changes, >>>> however if you look on the homepage [1] you will see content already >>>> in the pecl/pear box. >>>> >>>> Is the text in here just placeholder stuff, should the package changes >>>> be added to it just below it in a nice-looking list of 8 updates? >>> >>> Wasn't the idea to keep it in some sidebar? >>> Or rotate the PECL + PEAR box with text and release info? >>> >>> -Hannes >> >> I'm just going to keep the pecl update on the sidebar (of the >> homepage) for now, it can very easily be moved about later for a more >> comprehensive experience. > > > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for continuing to work on this! I would suggest making the conferences and user group > events lists dynamic. > > The original idea was to have a list of recent pecl/pear package updates in the 2x2 grid, but > the text that is there fits pretty well. The sidebar would be the next logical place, but if we keep > the list of conferences and user group events, it might make the sidebar too tall relative to the > body content? Don't worry about sidebar height, we can collapse the right-side sections (apart from the first 3 sections) nicely just like on this page [1] and I can build a nice accordion-like functionality for you to open/collapse the sections. That'll fit pretty well and will keep consistency. [1] http://docs.php.net/manual/en/reserved.exceptions.php > > Stew > > >