The Universal Header on Subsites
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Amanda, Boone and I have been having a conversation over on Github, and I thought I would bring it over to the public forums because more people interact here.
The issue we are seeing is how different themes deal with headers and header menus. With the current implementation of the OpenLab header:
The thread on Github has a conversation about this and includes screenshots.
In my suggestions, I’ve made some assumptions:
So on github I said 3 suggestions off the top of my head (all of which would make the universal header more like WordPress’ default header, which I hope would make it work more uniformly with any theme.)
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I wrote on github, “I’m going to say something that might sound a little hyperbolic, because a little gap in the header or header misbehaving doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I actually believe that the header right now is one of the biggest issues in OpenLab. Other features are nice, but at its core, what we want students to be able to do is making really great-looking websites, and any issue with the header, however small sticks out like a sore thumb.”
What do you think?
Hi Ed,
Thanks for bringing this discussion over to the forum!
I was actually just responding to the related ticket about this that Boone opened (Better control over toolbar display on subsites) to say that we think it’s a good idea to go ahead with this change, in absence of a full rewrite, which isn’t possible now.
However, we would also like to keep that possibility open for a future release, resources permitting, and it would be great to get feedback from anyone who wants to chime in!
Thanks!
Bree
Hi everyone,
I agree with Ed that while it might seem a small thing, the header issues do interfere with what I’m trying to do: provide students and faculty a platform for building beautiful websites. I like all of the things Ed suggests, though I can’t yet imagine how a slimmer universal header like the one on this page would interfere–Ed, can you give an example of the icons that would suffer if this were done? I’ve always thought that the openlab branding on all user sites was a good thing, so I’m wondering what benefits would be lost if certain users could turn it off.
-Mary
If you look at this example:
https://jadestrauss-portfolio.oneonta.sunycreate.cloud/
I’m talking about the SUNY Oneonta logo that might not look as good on a shorter header. I also like the concept of a universal header, so it would be a bit of a bummer if my suggestion would be to turn off the header, but I also want a good fix for these students.
Ed
That makes sense. Anyone who wanted to go with that change would need to be prepared to lose or adjust their custom logo.
-Mary
Catching up on this thread now, thanks All, indeed the most efficient UI and UX plays a role, thanks Bree for reposting this again – (Better control over toolbar display on subsites)
Helpful!