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

[Oleg Koptev]

I like your Nav bar and help ideas. Also think Greg is fully right with
'Volunteer' instead of 'V. work'. Also it consist from one word, like other
buttons :)

2009/5/15 Michael Krnac <michaelkrnac at googlemail.com>

> Good idea!
>
> On 5/15/09, Greg Bulmash <oneminuteinspirations at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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