• TOPP Design discussion

  • 20% for Streetsblog

    from rpenate on Sep 16, 2008 12:21 PM
    
    Begin forwarded message:
    
    > From: Aaron Naparstek <aaron@...>
    > Date: September 16, 2008 12:11:10 PM EDT
    > To: Rolando Penate <rpenate@...>, Nick Grossman <nickyg@... 
    > >, Philip Ashlock <phil@...>
    > Subject: 20%
    >
    > Guys,
    >
    > We've got two small but prominent design items in need of thinking  
    > and tweaking that I'd like to get on your radar:
    >
    > - We really need to get our contact information, specifically, our  
    > email address listed much more prominently at the top of Sblog and  
    > Sfilms. I kind of like the way that Gothamist shows "tips@... 
    > " in their sidebar. Or maybe we need another separate little Contact  
    > Us widget.
    >
    > - We still don't do a very good job of linking people to our  
    > sblog.org/contribute page. It strikes me that the big yellow  
    > "Contribute to Streetsblog" button almost looks like we're asking  
    > for money. The Contribute page is actually pretty great and would be  
    > even better if more people knew it was there and that they could add  
    > to it. One thought is to add it to the header along with Comments  
    > and Calendar. In general, the Eyes on the Street / Contribute widget  
    > could use a bit of a re-think.
    >
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