New-website-optimization

This page is used by the BioDIP website relaunch team. Here we will collect all changes needed to optimize the new BioDIP website (including display and usage on mobile devices).

On September 14th 2015 the very first draft of the new website has been released: new BioDIP website. The following changes are necessary:

Browser compatibility

• Firefox works but it should say "BioDIP", not "Startseite"
• Internet Explorer works but no favicon

No favicon in IE 11.0.9600.18015

• Chrome works
• Safari: not the complete page is displayed, the triangles in the top and in the bottom are lost

Device compatibility

iPad

• both landscape and portrait format
  • zooming in is not possible
  • the left corners of the search field are rounded (the right corners as well as the corners in other device versions are pointed); I think the rounded corners look nicer...shall we stick with them for all versions? What do you think? VC: agree, rounded corners look better
  • artifacts in search field, left of magnifying glass
• only portrait format
  • pictures next to EVENTS, NEWS and CONCEPT boxes only stretch over half the box height

iPhone

• both landscape and portrait format
  • zooming in is not possible
  • the left corners of the search field are rounded (the right corners as well as the corners in other device versions are pointed); I think the rounded corners look nicer...shall we stick with them for all versions? What do you think? VC: agree, rounded corners look better we should used in all versions
  • artifacts in search field, left of magnifying glass

Android 4.3 phone

• No triangles in the navigation
• Triangles at top (around search field) and bottom (around partner logos) are lost ... makes top and bottom appear completely white/empty
• on subpages weird php warning above contact form
• zooming in is not possible

• general question: on the subpages of the mobile device pages, where are the right side buttons that lead to Equipment, Publications, FAQ? There is no other way to get to the Publications page, is there?

Main page

(from top to bottom)

• Grey bar on page top VC and BSD: this bar looks like an error message, like the screen shot, maybe with another color.

No favicon in IE 11.0.9600.18015

• • Make it a bit more slim
  • Is the greenish line on the very bottom of the bar intended to be there?

Main navigation

• BioDIP instead of Biodip
• Remove the item Archive
• Increase the font size slightely
• Use latest version of the BioDIP logo (see owncloud)
• German version not available yet

Search

• at the top of the search field, when the page is charged the letters in the sentence "Biopolis Dresden Imaging Platform" are separated "Bio polis D resden I maging P latform"

SW: it does not do that for me in any browser (tried Firefox, Safari, Chrome on Mac OS 10.7.5) ... Valeria, which browser/OS where you using?

VC: i'm using Chrome and iOS 10.7.5, maybe is a problem in my computer, i will check in others.

ST: In my firefox and internet explorer its fine

Sub-menu

• triangle should rotate into horizontal position when a sub-menu item has been clicked

Slide show

• please use the real images
• let us know in case the required format is somehow special
• the little white/grey points indicating the number of images and the actual image with white point are not needed in the slideshow at the frontpage

Triangle background

• Do not use the exact same pattern for the top (search field) and bottom banner (logo area)

Main page boxes

• Use the real images
  • Latest versions sent to Hr. Kossack by email on 15.09.2015
  • Images can be found hier: ownCloud\Shared\BioDIP website relaunch team\images and movies\Photo selection front page\About-News-Event

• two upper boxes have artifacts when the page zoom is changed (I will upload a screenshot for illustration)

Artefacts when zooming into upper boxes at the main page

• Link the "more info" buttons to the correct subpages (eg. the "more info" of ABOUT should link to BioDIP, not to Education)
• Stay with english for this version: change "weiterlesen" into "more info"

ST: do we want to skip the ABOUT because its already in the image?

IR: I wouldn't leave it blank - perhaps we find sth. else like "Who we are?"

SW: agree with Isabel, but would call it "Who are we?"

• The headlines ABOUT, MISSION, EVENTS …. should link to the same page as the more info button

"Belt" & three round icons in between the boxes

• Please highlight buttons when hovering over it.

Footer

• Add real partner logos (use high resolution logos in the owncloud)
• User voice icon is not linked correctly
• Is the position of the user voice icon correct?
• Put a question mark behind "NEED HELP"

Scrolling behaviour

According to the meeting minutes of June 15

• Main navigation always visible. VC and BSD: The top should be always visible, but the side navigation should not "spam"
• Search field and main page area scrolls over the image
• When search field reached main navigation area, it remains and is getting a bit more slim (keep headline "Biopolis Dresden Imaging Platform".
• Main page area scrolls as block with footer

Sub pages

• There will be a separate slide show for each subpage and the main page.
• If there is only one image in the slide show, this will be the static image.
• If no image is specified, the first image of the main page slide show is used to avoid empty space.
• The time interval should be customizable by us.
• Please write contact form in English

Timeline

• Date should be given like this: 08 September 2015 not 08. SEP 2015

SW: really? wouldn't the circle get much too big when the month is spelt out(or the font too small)? I think three letter - appriviations for the month is fine..

VC: I'm agree with Silke

• Highlight the month, day and year a bit smaller font

VC: in this case should not be highlighted the year?

• Show only headline-sentences to start with, rest upon click
• Highlight date-circle only when respective item is clicked
• Box with image: are there other text alignments possible around the image?
• Timeline top will end: with dots
• Timeline bottom will end with the circle
• Thinking item will only be displayed while update time when scrolling – should be very fast
• Oldest entry will be on the page bottom

General Questions

• How are movies implemented? Would it be possible for them to start playing automatically when the respective page/accordion is opened? Or could it start playing when the mouse is hovered over it?