[ckan-dev] Changelog box hidden behind resource details

Mon Apr 2 09:20:32 UTC 2012

On 2 April 2012 10:10, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:

> Try again... maybe somebody was rebooting Apache. Works fine for me.
>
>
> hmm,

I got the home page (once) but now it's hanging again (504)  I'll try a bit
later

At some point we should have a chat as one of my tickets is to separate TDH
from core moving TDH into an extension.  We need to establish the line at
where core stops and TDH starts.

Toby

> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 30 March 2012 19:54, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've done another sweep of this UI -- converting much of it to use
>>> Bootstrap's JS code and layout framework; getting it to display
>>> consistently in different browsers. I've flattened the form into the page
>>> and I think it looks rather nice. You can check it out on test.ckan.net:-)
>>
>>
>> this link seems to be down :(   bad gateway
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28 March 2012 19:10, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The procedure is for me to keep tweaking it until the level of
>>>>> complaints falls below a certain threshold :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> We try to avoid design-by-committee and generally I take these kinds
>>>>> of UX decisions (and for the most part they are simply accepted) but I'm
>>>>> happy to try something else here.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> consistency of design is a good thing - I'm not sure how best to
>>>> achieve this
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure what you mean about "it does delete" -- it doesn't,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you create a dataset and then add a resource by adding a link and
>>>> pressing add then click the x and go somewhere else the resource is not
>>>> saved.  As I clicked save and then x, logically the x deleted it (the fact
>>>> that save didn't save doesn't mater) - not sure what happens if you add the
>>>> resource when creating the dataset
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> its a button to close the form, it's meant to look like the
>>>>> close-window button on your OS
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> my OS has no close buttons - but should we be looking like we are a
>>>> window in the os? we are part of a web page
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -- but clearly the floating form isn't working. I'm considering
>>>>> switching to a modal dialog or flattening the form into the page,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd prefer the as part of the form as this in my mind is clearer
>>>>
>>>> Toby
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> perhaps with some animation to make the opening/closing really crystal
>>>>> clear.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28 March 2012 09:26, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 27 March 2012 17:02, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> > The box does have an X in the top right corner you can use to
>>>>>>> close it...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Minimize style button rather than X (which I too though meant
>>>>>>> delete!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does delete it so the x is correct in that sense (the page does
>>>>>> complain about not being saved but that just adds to the confusion),
>>>>>>
>>>>>> how do we make these user interface decisions? is this the sort of
>>>>>> thing sam will be looking at?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Toby
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Rufus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Mark Wainwright <
>>>>>>> mark.wainwright at okfn.org>
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On the 'add/edit resource' page, the box for the changelog reason
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> >> hidden behind the drop-down gizmo for the resource that's
>>>>>>> being/been
>>>>>>> >> edited. Screenshot attached. Of course, you can click 'new
>>>>>>> resource'
>>>>>>> >> and then put your text in the box, but it would be better not to
>>>>>>> hide
>>>>>>> >> it in the first place. (Also, clicking 'new resource' might lead
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> >> nervous to fear that their changes to the old resource were being
>>>>>>> >> discarded.)
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Mark
>>>>>>> >>
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