Sorry, but I disagree. It's a generic wiki style and there's no ALUG navigation on most pages. The first few links are the front page, searches, Login, RecentChanges, advanced search, wiki help, front page again, editor, metadata, attachments, more actions and then you finally hit ALUG content. Without CSS, the ALUG content is even barely 'above the fold' for me.
As a minimum, I think the wiki-navigation should move to the end or a side, ALUG-navigation move up the page and reduce the number of fonts and colours. As a maximum, let's do most stuff from useit.com.
No need to apologise MJ, but I think we may possibly have a crossed wire, there.
I don't think anyone would disagree that the default MoinMoin wiki doesn't look great. We discussed this in the "Alug Wiki Theme" thread last month. Unfortunately, applying a new one will require someone who has admin access to the website to find the time to play which hasn't happened yet. Rob P has solicited some opinions on other wiki themes and I'm sure someone will - at some point - work on that, simplifying the look and adding things like a consistent menu.
Meantime, I was referring solely to the wiki content of the front page which is something we all have access to and can be getting on with, as it will be automatically reformatted when a new theme is applied. I think once we've settled on a new theme, the front page can be modified again to make sure we aren't duplicating links and to make sure it fits in with the rest of the theme.
I'll do some recoding when I get time, but that's at least a week away. Probably longer. Which is why I asked others to adopt www.alug.
That would be cool ... with a decent wiki it should be easy to separate the maintenance of the site's style from those of you with admin, and the content which the rest of us can be working on. So, meantime, I'll continue trying to find time to add some original content. Hopefully, others will as well.
In general, I think Links would be best in amongst other pages, not in a Ghetto page unless you want to build a ODP-style directory.
Yep, that was my feeling too but it sounds like there are others who think it might be of benefit. I guess we run with it - and if it doesn't look like it's collecting much useful content later down the line, we can always talk about it again ...
Peter.
P.S. Yep, I'm back from my travels to and from the other side of the country ... when, oh, when will we get free net access on trains. Surely the ridiculous cost of tickets covers that by now ;)