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marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 12 1:56 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

I think a re-label is probably the simplest solution. If we hide it I'll have to add yet another bookmark to my browser or I'll forget where it is.

Does that mean I'm right in assuming that the home page login is only relevant to Mods?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 12 2:02 pm Post subject:
I'm not sure. I think that if you've written an article you can go back in and edit it whether you're a mod or not. So maybe just calling it editorial log-in or something would be the way forwards.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 12 2:17 pm Post subject:
Fairy nuff. Thanks for taking my point on board. I'll leave it with the Mods and techies to decide what, if anything, should be done.

Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 10:42 am Post subject:

Historically any DS member has been able to submit an article for consideration by logging into the main site. Same goes for suggesting a web link. These days however, potential articles are generally discussed in the forum and/or submitted via email. So in that regard, you're right - the login link is only useful to the publishing group - and indeed we took off the submit article/web links feature on the revamp.

A.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 3:29 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

Maybe it could say "publishing log-in". The impression that it's only for mods is the wrong message. how can we improve that?

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 3:42 pm Post subject:
The wording could be changed, or the link could be moved away from the main menu and placed on the copyright bar at the bottom. A.

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 4:01 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Maybe it could say "publishing log-in". The impression that it's only for mods is the wrong message. how can we improve that?

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

The wording could be changed, or the link could be moved away from the main menu and placed on the copyright bar at the bottom.

A.

Both suggestions make sense to me, could you do both?

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 4:04 pm Post subject:
I shall defer to the folk who use that link the most. A.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 4:05 pm Post subject:
I don't think people would see it down at the bottom.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 4:05 pm Post subject:
The people who use it would be the people who know where it is... A.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 12 4:07 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

The people who use it would be the people who know where it is...
A.

Hmm. If you only use it once in blue moon you might forget. I might forget and I use it as much as anyone other than you!

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 12 8:26 am Post subject:

I'm afraid I'm going to resist changing the text to something longer like "publishing sign-in" or something along those lines - it renders the menu imbalanced IMHO.

There has always been a login link on the front page - although admittedly this wasn't in such a prime location as it is now. Perhaps we could adjust the text on the sign-in page to make its purpose clear, and distinguish it from the forum login.

A.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 12 9:04 am Post subject:
Would 'publish' be too long or too cryptic?

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 12 9:19 am Post subject:
Is it really an issue?

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 12 11:01 am Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

There has always been a login link on the front page - although admittedly this wasn't in such a prime location as it is now. Perhaps we could adjust the text on the sign-in page to make its purpose clear, and distinguish it from the forum login.

A.

That would work - could you put a link to the forum sign in on that page?

"This page is for editorial sign-in, to sign into the forum please got to this page"

Presumably it's not a big issue if no-one but me has commented on it, but I do think a small adjustment would help make things clearer.

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