<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi Rob<br><br></div>Well done on progressing the website. I'm not there this month so here's my input:<br><br></div>I think your idea of not having a map on the home page is a good one and I like the idea of some photos of personalities too!<br>
</div>I'm happy to go along with any design for the pages and site you collectively arrive at - the German OSM site might be worth emulating.<br></div>I'm willing to produce/edit any text you need<br></div><div>I'm willing to test navigation/usability - as I'm sure everyone else will<br>
</div>Prominence to my heritage map in the maps section ;-)<br></div>Blog stats <br></div>Blog access details so I can start blogging again!<br><br></div>Regards<br><br></div>Brian<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 3 December 2013 22:32, Rob Nickerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Okay, time to re-focus my efforts on
the Mappa Mercia website. The current version of the site is online
at <a href="http://mappa-mercia.org/" target="_blank">http://mappa-mercia.org/</a> .
And the proposed new version is in development at <a href="http://mappa.stulester.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://mappa.stulester.co.uk/</a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Looking at the new design again (with
SOTM now behind us) I now think we are being too cautious, not
changing enough. I suggest we refocus on the community and potential
things that the Mappa Mercia can work on (e.g. with a local council,
charity or organisation). So I suggest that we:</p>
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<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Make the landing page the “About”
page but update it to include a carousel of images of the local
members, SOTM, GPS surveying and a map render.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Remove the “The Maps” page
altogether keeping just the drop down menu. If wordpress insists we
have a link here then we can just redirect it to the first map in
the list.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Each map page includes a large map
with some text below it. I'm hoping to get a button on there that
opens each map in full screen.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Rename “News” to “Blog” as
previously discussed.</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Make the “Projects” page our
active way of organising projects/current mapping tasks. For now
this can start with a list of current projects with links out to the
relevant page on the OSM wiki</p></li></ol><p>I will be around Thursday evening at our monthly meet-up so we can look through things then. I would also welcome support from outside our normal group, so if you have any web/wordpress skills and can spare a few minutes to help us out, please do get in contact.</p>
<p>Thoughts welcome.</p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Rob<br></p>
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