Category talk:Categories

BrendaWang brenda_wang at openmoko.com
Mon Sep 15 09:34:32 CEST 2008


Minh Ha Duong ??:
>>      * Multilinguism
>>
>> Until we change to any other method, I want to make sure you understand
>> the current one: There is a category tree in English. The same tree is
>> recreated for every language, with same category name, but /xx language
>> suffix (of course these are incomplete). Every category page has a
>> languages bar, this way you can navigate between your language and
>> English any time.
>>
>> Maintaining the copies won't be a big problem if we can reduce the tree
>> a bit more.
>>     
>
> Okay, but how about Search results being cluttered ? Another option could be 
> to keep the suffix-based method and fix the searchbox and the categorization. 
> I am not sure this is easier.
>
>   
>>      * Categorizing templates
>>
>> Why do we need that?
>>     
>
> Because there are many kinds of templates: navigation boxes, warnings, 
> content. But this is not urgent, provided we maintain this list manually  
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Templates  up to date.
>
>   
>>      * Categorizing uncategorized categories
>>
>> I have done this a few days ago, but with English categories only.
>> Categorizing /xx versions would require to complete the copies of the
>> category tree, what I am not going to do until: we decide to keep this
>> method, we stabilize the structure. :-)
>>     
>
> So this is mostly complete, congratulations.
>
>   
>>      * Rewriting the category pages text
>> It's not about: the more links we provide the more chance readers find.
>> It's even the OPPOSITE in many cases.
>>      * Clickable tree is ugly/less functional than directory-style list
>> of subcategories (but automatic ?)
>> Hehe, one can get used to it. Is not forced to. You don't need to use
>> [+], if you go to Applications, you still get a list of subcategories.
>>     
>
> What I want ultimately is to have every page THREE clicks away from the home 
> page.
> - Click on "Site map" go to directory of all categories and all subcategories
> - Click on "X" to display the list of pages marked by that tag
> - Click on the page title.
>
> Actually when browsing works well, I would not be against having the directory 
> on the homepage itself, so every page is TWO jumps from home.
> Of course this will call for some redesign...
>
>   
>> inviting, "we the people" does not include the visitor.
>>     
>
> Well, it was actually a joke I could not help myself sorry. "We the people" is 
> way too culturally marked ! But under this, I meant that I like the "People" 
> category in Brenda's classification.
>
> Minh
>
>   
:-D My Chinese style's classification?!


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