Re: Expanding "Upcoming Events" on the Homepage

On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> David Johnston <polobo(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
>> Jonathan S. Katz wrote
>>> Here are a couple of suggestions:
>>>
>>> 1. We list >= 5 events on the homepage instead of 3.)
>
> Given the way the page is laid out (with that column being shared with
> training) this is not going to be an effective use of space. We'd need
> some actual redesign not just a quick s/3/5/.

I don't think we need a redesign for 3 -> 5. If you look at the columns next to where the "Events" are listed, both of those display 5 entries. While those columns are independent (i.e. they do not share "Training" or the like), the call-to-actions on the bottom of all of those do not line up as it is. Thus if we are just expanding the event list, it should not require a re-deisgn.

However...

>> A short blurb like "showing 5 of 17 events
>> in the next 3 months - click <here> to view all of them" could point people
>> further into the bowels of the website/wiki.
>
> We've already got a "More" link for that purpose. I think the real
> problem here is that the "More" link looks like it's for more training,
> not more events. Can we just move the "More/Submit/RSS" line up above
> "Upcoming Training", so it looks like it has something to do with events?
> I think that might be a sufficient fix all by itself.

I do think this would help with some of the basic confusion. As Bruce suggests, we can even consider splitting out Events and Training pages. Listing them on separate pages could be good for search engine purposes and general site navigability

Jonathan