[Clipart] BETA OCAL Help Out page changes + navigation ideas

[Greg Bulmash]

I agree with using a different term than "Help Out" because, for the 
sake of usability, links with the word "help" should lead to help for 
users of the site.  It prevents confusion.

Just from a marketing point of view, I think it would be better to 
simply use "Volunteer" than "Volunteer Work".

Some people associate a positive feeling with the word "volunteer" while 
they associate a negative feeling with the word "work".  If you don't 
want to use "volunteer" all by itself, use a more positive word with 
it... "Volunteer Opportunities" or "Become A Volunteer".  But I think 
the word "Volunteer" all by itself works perfectly.  It's short, active, 
and conveys the right idea.

- Greg



chovynz wrote:
> This is my proposed button or something like it.
> 
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:12 PM, chovynz <chovynz at gmail.com 
> <mailto:chovynz at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     RE: BETA OCAL Navigation and Help page suggestion.
> 
>     How would you guys feel if we changed the "Help Out" page title and
>     navigation bar to "Volunteer Work".
> 
>     My reason for suggesting this is to be able to create a basic "Help"
>     page - and Nav button - for people to read about how to do certain
>     tasks or moving around the Beta site. Or we could put the basic
>     "Help" things I have in mind on the "About" page. I am thinking of
>     taking a whole heap of tips and hints from the old OCAL site, the
>     Wiki, and with the new ways of doing things on the Beta, and putting
>     them into an easy to read and understand format.
> 
>     My reason for doing THAT is because ever since I joined up to old
>     OCAL it took awhile to find out how to do certain things. Mostly by
>     trial and error and lots of lots of traveling the web and reading in
>     many places. Because I've been involved in the testing of the Beta
>     OCAL, I have found new ways of doing things (usually by making
>     mistakes.) I'd like to make navigation and doing things on the Beta
>     as simple as possible, and if they don't understand that, I want to
>     make a guide for them to follow.
> 
>     We could use the wiki as a double place (CnP) to put this info, as
>     it's similar to the FAQ, however, I have an almost pathological
>     dislike of going to a different website to read help info on the
>     same website. I feel useability is better when all the main info is
>     right there.
> 
>     Thoughts? 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> Chovynz
> 
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