UT2006: Navigation Template
From 2006.igem.org
Hey guys,
I am only a beginner in website design. This template is purely the result of my lack of imagination - I had no idea what else to make, so I chose iGEM as the theme for my first ever website (well, kind of).
Take a look! Open for any discussion and suggestions. :)
Jessica Yang 20:30, 18 June 2006 (EDT)
Well, three things for now...
- Wiki software makes it much easier to do these tables and formatting things than using HTML+CSS (although there are certain things that can't be done of course) Take for example this list. It's autonumbering and it's easy to remember # (aka number sign) for a numbered list.
- I'm sure you could have come up with a better name for this page :D
- Why, exactly, did you write it on Wikipedia? That's a general encyclopedia and it seems to be the only thing you've written there. Why didn't you put it on the iGEM wiki?
Other than that, it'd look pretty good for a front page.
WingZero 21:55, 18 June 2006 (EDT)
Thanks for your comments WingZero.
- I did realize that the codes are quite messy for other people to edit. But since I just started learning html, I thought I might as well write in html codes (This was only meant to be a practice for myself initially~ :] I'll try to clear up the code a bit later if people like my design.).
- The name "Blue Water" is what the team used last year. Blue is the color for U of T and water represents U of Waterloo, I guess. I'm sure we can come up with a better name. :)
- I put it on Wikipedia because I'm not very familiar with the wiki software. I was worried that I may mess up any page of our iGEM wiki. Of course, I won't leave it in "my talk" forever~
Jessica Yang 22:24, 18 June 2006 (EDT)
Hmm, let's see....
- People here don't seem to go too far down the links and reply to these bulletin board messages. Probably could replace the front page with yours and no-one would mind (though I wouldn't recommend doing it out of the blue of course).
- Well, I meant the name of this page.
- You can't "mess up" a wiki. There's a complete history of every edit you make. That's what makes wikipedia work; if you couldn't revert vandalism, there wouldn't be much incentive to keep re-writing pages. Also, I would like to remind you that "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_free_host.2C_blog.2C_webspace_provider_or_social_networking_site Wikipedia is not a free host, blog, webspace provider or social networking site]" and that page could get deleted by an admin and you'd lose all your work.
Anyway, I've been thinking your design would be good for the front page and the main subpages (ie the Bulletin Board page, Important Announcements page, etc), but on lower subpages, we could just use a sidebar like the one I made here (layout subject to change, perhaps).
WingZero 23:55, 18 June 2006 (EDT)
Well, got bored, so I copied your page onto iGEM. You can access it and edit it however you like on Frontpage Test. I changed it so that there are no tables, and just pure CSS work. Also, took out most of the HTML and replaced it with Wikitext. Now, I made it a bit flexible, so the CSS doesn't seem to be much better than the tables. However, I just learned how to make the table-like CSS, so it was just a fun test (kinda like yours, I suppose). I highly recommend you learn some CSS if you want to do HTML work.
However, just so you can see that you can't mess up a wiki, click the History link at the top of the page, and then the very last (ie oldest) link on the History page. There, you will find your page exactly as it was when you originally wrote it (or at least, last I checked). Note that there are still a few spelling errors in the initial version that I fixed in newer versions.
On another note, how old is that picture of Prof. Davies on his [http://www.ibbme.utoronto.ca/English/S-W-Davies.html IBBME page]? :P
WingZero 02:57, 19 June 2006 (EDT)
Thanks WingZero (I finally know who you are now:). The codes do look much better now. I agree with your idea that we can use both a front page and a navigation bar.
Btw, you could really make a good admin for Wikipedia. :P
Jessica Yang 18:35, 19 June 2006 (EDT)
I agree with Jessica. I would suggest WingZero to head the adminstration of the wiki. We can find a group of people who have significant knowledge of HTML and CSS, and that group can make our wiki look a little bit more cool and sexy. I can be a part of it too. I know HTML and CSS but I dont know how much time I can put on this. But I would certainly lend my advice. It would be good if Farshid approves this.
Herak 9:06, 23 June 2006 (EDT)
