General Notes

I've taken a look at the UI mockups that Paul has been working on - they look wonderful - we're definitely moving in the right direction here (I'm looking forward to the tabbed layout that Tom was telling me about)
These notes related to the function of the new UI, not the form as contemplated by the current or tabbed layouts...
Note: You will need "the key" to understand what I'm talking about here. The key is simple. Print out "upload_file.html" from Paul's most recent mockup. Tape a piece of paper over, or scribble out, the content in the center of the page (we're only concerned with persisent navigation elements for this exercise.) From right to left across the top, write the following numbers above or below the navigation elements at the top:
"Home" = 2
"Settings" = 3
"Logout" = 4
"View" = 5
Down the left hand column, label the current elements starting with "6" for "Search Articles" and continue through to "Invite Readers" and label it "14".
Now you have a key for these notes ;)
Still need mockups for;

• 3
  
• 4
  
• 6
  
• 8
  
• 10
  
• 11
  
• 12
  
• 13
  
• 14
  

Oh yea, forgot to mention - "0" is the persistent navigation itself and "1" is the landing page that you come to after you log-in (currently "main_menu.html")
(now you really have a key)
Page 0

• need to include a link to "Post Article"
  
• compress 7, 8, 9 and 10 into one page (Windows Explorer type as discussed w/ TM)
  
• "Permissions" - change label to "Security Settings" or just "Security"
  
• "Templates" - change label to "Modify Look and Feel"
  
• "Blogrolls" - change label to " Manage Favorites Lists"
  
• "Move "Block IPs" into "Security"
  
• "Invite Readers" - change to "Extend an Invitation"
  

Page 1

• We should include a label indicating the sum of "Readers" and "Groups" for each blog.
  
• Also, each blogname should be clickable and link to the "Manage" link noted elsewhere in the mockup (thus giving the user two options that lead to the same place.
  

More General Notes

• "Trackbacks" should be renamed "Inbound Links" in all cases.
  
• "Blogroll" should be renamed to "Manage Favorites Lists" or just "Favorites" in all cases.
  
• We need to include "Outbound Links" into our thinking moving forward. Tom has all the deets - this is more functionality related than it is UI...
  
• "Manage File" should be renamed to "File Properties"
  

I think that this should suffice for this go-round. I will update this list and the key once we've gone through the compression and re-labelling described here...