[ckan-dev] Changelog box hidden behind resource details

Mon Apr 2 09:23:23 UTC 2012

I get 504 Gateway Time-out too


On 2 April 2012 10:10, Tom Rees <zephod at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try again... maybe somebody was rebooting Apache. Works fine for me.
>
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> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>
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>> 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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