[OSM-talk] [Design] Banners on the Front Page

[Jeff Meyer]

Richard's ideas make sense and are forward looking.
I'm not sure there's value in bantering around precedence in this case.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>wrote:

> [wider issue, so cc:ing talk@]
>
>
> On 22/03/2013 15:32, Shaun McDonald wrote:
>
>> On 22 Mar 2013, at 14:06, Harry Wood <mail at harrywood.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> ...we have a strip down the left, and this screen real-estate is
>>> valuable space. Here more than anywhere users are eyeballing the
>>> graphics, text, and user interface elements we choose to put there.
>>> We have in the past chosen to put graphical banner ads promoting
>>> State Of The Map conferences and some other events, in the run up
>>> to these events.
>>>
>> >
>
>> How about a rotating banner that rotates round showing all of the
>>
>> upcoming SOTMs? This would then minimise the vertical space needed.
>>
>
> Actually, this is a great opportunity to devolve local marketing to local
> chapters.
>
> Let's call it the "message" space. Allow local chapters to choose what
> marketing message goes in that space for their country (subject to certain
> criteria, i.e. must promote OSM, mustn't give advantage to one commercial
> provider over another, mustn't look dog-ugly).
>
> Use GeoIP etc. to find what country the user is from. Serve the message
> for that country.
>
>
>
> So, to take this example, OSM-US decides its priority is promoting
> SOTM-US. It puts the banner there. US visitors therefore see it. Ideal
> solution for US visitors. Also ideal for Bulgarians who don't really want
> to know about a conference in SF; they have their own priorities.
>
> The beauty is that it doesn't have to be restricted to conferences. Let's
> say the French community has a project to map shops. Fine: they put a
> little banner there which clicks through to the project page. Or let's say
> the US community wants to focus on addressing. Same again.
>
> Of course, OSMF could still override for international messages (like the
> main SOTM conference), though it would be polite to give a couple of weeks'
> notice to the local chapters.
>
> Our local presence and local knowledge is our strength. Let's make the
> most of it.
>
> Richard
>
>
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