Possible alternatives to 'Drop a comment' and 'Blog & Trackback' links texts
It's superficial, I know...
I've changed 'Drop a comment' to 'Leave a comment' on my site, because it is more common, and 'Blog & Trackback' to 'Comment elsewhere', because I think that's what the link is for. 
Though I think it's excellent that YACS includes fields like 'source' and all those other ones for new articles, I'm thinking of using this cross-platform javascript code to hide that stuff by default, and only show it if I click on 'advanced' or some such title.
Though I think it's excellent that YACS includes fields like 'source' and all those other ones for new articles, I'm thinking of using this cross-platform javascript code to hide that stuff by default, and only show it if I click on 'advanced' or some such title.
Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6807 posts |
OK, your english is probably better than mine  I will reflect this change in related source files of YACS. Regarding the source and other such fields, I agree with you. We should be able to use the DOM structure and some Javascript to hide/display panels, etc. Ideally, the edit form for articles (i.e., articles/edit.php) should be structured into several tabbed panels, and some CSS / Javascript would be involved to display this correctly. User agents with poor CSS capabilities and/or disabled Javascript would display a plain page as today. Any suggestion regarding the number and content of panels? Thank you for your involvement |
| Eoin 23 posts |
Your English is way better than my French (and I live in France!!), so no worries.  While I'm at it though... I would also change "Look also" to "See also" in sections/index.php (169,24) and categories/index.php (151,24). Regarding how to do the show/hide interface, SPIP and Textpattern do this quite nicely. The link I included in my post above goes to a cross-platform, gracefully-degrading javascript show/hide script. I'll try and set it up on my local site and send you what I've got if it works. |
| Eoin 23 posts |
On reply to eoin: Another few suggestions on wording:  Change "On reply to x" above to "In reply to x" Change "Legacy version" link text to "Print" Sorry, I should probably put these all on a page and then write one comment when I'm done... Doing it this way though invites others to contribute their wording suggestions here too.
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| Eoin 23 posts |
Here's a link to the site that I'm working on... http://coastwatch.org/yacs/ ...As you can see it's a work in progress.
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| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6807 posts |
Wouah! It looks very good. On top of lessons in English you will have probably to learn me more on graphical design... Also, maybe would you like to explain publicly how you have proceeded to create a HTML/CSS skin for YACS? To be honest, your site has appeared some days ago at the server list http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com/yacs/servers/index.php The proof that YACS pings actually work... |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6807 posts |
" It's superficial, I know... " Maybe, but changes have been made publicly available today. See the scripts index. |
| Bernard from nearby-an-airport Associate, 6807 posts |
Eoin, Panel folding has been implemented into the new version of YACS. Can you please upgrade your environment against this server, and provide feed-back? Thank you. |
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Posted by Eoin on Sep. 17 2004, edited by Bernard on Sep. 17 2004, (popular)
