Re: [PROTOTYPE] Can we move the elephpant photos to the footer?

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> It's not really adding anything necessary, but would make great footer > >>> content. We could stick it just above or just below the footer. I > >>> wasn't around for the discussion for the elephpant photos, so I > >>> thought I'd ask before I moved it. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: > >>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Elephpants were just content fillers when building the homepage (above > >> the fold) stuff. > >> > >> Feel free to push them down to the footer as they are not imperative > >> to the homepage and only provide supplementary information. > >> > >> What do you suggest to replace them, with more important above the fold > content. > >> > >> - Paul. > >> > > > > I suggest we move the Recent News portion of the sidebar and place it > > below the 2x2 grid. It would be something like the current php.net in > > that regard. It makes the homepage more useful to have the recent news > > directly on the homepage. > > I agree, this is much more useful space for the homepage. > > This is how I see it working, with semantic markup, feel free to rip > it apart and make it better. > > <ul class="homepage-news-items"> > <?php foreach($newsItems as $newsItem): ?> > <li> > <p class="news-title"><?php echo > htmlentities($newsItem['title'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?></p> > <p class="news-content"> > <?php echo > htmlentities(truncateNewsItem($newsItem['content'], 100), ENT_QUOTES, > 'UTF-8'); ?> > </p> > </li> > <?php endforeach; ?> > </ul> > > - Paul. > I have an initial implementation of the news on the homepage, as well as moved the elephpants to the footer. It's all subject to change, of course, but the basics are there.