Re: Expanding "Upcoming Events" on the Homepage

On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 04:31:37PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> David Johnston <polobo@yahoo.com> writes:
>>> Jonathan S. Katz wrote
>>>> Here are a couple of suggestions:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  We list >= 5 events on the homepage instead of 3.)
>>
>> Given the way the page is laid out (with that column being shared with
>> training) this is not going to be an effective use of space.  We'd need
>> some actual redesign not just a quick s/3/5/.
>>
>>> A short blurb like "showing 5 of 17 events
>>> in the next 3 months - click <here> to view all of them" could point people
>>> further into the bowels of the website/wiki.
>>
>> We've already got a "More" link for that purpose.  I think the real
>> problem here is that the "More" link looks like it's for more training,
>> not more events.  Can we just move the "More/Submit/RSS" line up above
>> "Upcoming Training", so it looks like it has something to do with events?
>> I think that might be a sufficient fix all by itself.
>
> Agreed.  The "More" needs to be moved, and the Events and Training need
> to be split into separate pages.

Here is a proposed patch that increases the number of events shown on the home page to 5 and also moves the
"More/Submit/RSS"links above "Upcoming Training" 

Jonathan