[sword-devel] Web Interface: Mock-up page 1

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 15:46:24 -0700

Don,
	As always, your web interface looks awesome!  It did look and resize 
well on Linux/Netscape 7.02.  I'm excited to hear others comments on it.

	-Troy.


Don A. Elbourne Jr. wrote:
>  I have one page of the Sword Web interface proposal up. I was hoping to
> have several mock pages together by now, but I don't have them together yet.
> I figured I might as well share this one, because if everyone hates it, I
> can change gears before getting too far along. :)
> 
> What you see here http://elbourne.org/swordweb/passagestudy.html is my idea
> of what the "passage study" results page would look like. Everything is
> marked up in semantically structured XHTML without any visual markup in the
> page itself. Everything is done through CSS so that the entire site look and
> feel can be changed at will. This should also make the generation of the
> HTML simpler on the programmer. For example no FONT tags, the headings are
> simple <h1><h2> headings, the lists are marked up <ul> as lists, etc.. If
> you have a browser that utilizes alternative style sheets, I have a blank
> one associated with it in addition to the blue theme to show the structure
> of the document. Perhaps we could have several alternate style sheets and
> allow the user to switch according to his/her tastes/needs. But enough of
> that....
> 
> The heading and navigation items across the top are simply place holders. We
> will have to think about what all will be best to place there, depending on
> what features we end up implementing.
> 
> The search box to the top left would appear on the homepage as well so that
> users can jump straight into the two most commonly used features of an
> online Bible. Either a quick search for word/phrase, or a passage look-up.
> Then of course there is a link to a more powerful search where the user can
> limit the search to a particular portion of scripture, search other
> translations, books, etc.
> 
> The page I have up now would be the result of typing "Romans 8:26-39" and
> clicking "go."  Down the left column is a list of all the Bible translations
> available. The links would already be set to the desired passage. The same
> thing for commentaries would be in the right hand column. The center column
> would contain the text. The passage reference would be displayed as a
> heading and the book name underneath. The sub navigation bar allows the user
> to progress forward a chapter, backward a chapter, or view the entire
> chapter. Of course the links in the side columns should follow the focus of
> the main content in the center.
> 
> I have a lot of translations there listed. Perhaps it would be best to limit
> the list to a default group, for example only English translations. The user
> could then change what translations are included with their preferences. I
> also have several commentaries listed in the mock-up. I'm assuming that it
> would be trivial to limit this listing to only those books that have entries
> for the current passage under investigation.
> 
>>From the homepage the user is only two clicks away from any content related
> to their desired passage.
> 
> Two features can be built into this view page that I do not have shown yet.
> 
> 1. Using the KJV2003 text, each word could contain a link into a "Word
> Study" page where the definitions from any available lexicons/ dictionaries
> would be displayed, along with a concordance listing of every occurrence of
> that word.
> 
> 2. Cross references could be included between each verse from the Treasury
> of Scripture Knowledge. Perhaps this feature could be toggled off an on in
> the user preferences.
> 
> 
> Back to the layout... the template is very simple. Basically:
> 
> <body>
>   <div id="header">
>     <h1>Insert Header Here</h1>
>    </div>
> 
> <div id="content-wrap">
> 
>     <div id="content-sub-1">
>         <!-- Insert Search Box  -->
>         <!-- Insert Translation List  -->
> 
>    <div id="content-sub-2">
>         <!-- Insert Commentary List  -->
>     </div>
> 
>      <div id="content-main">
>         <!-- Insert Main content  -->
>     </div>
> 
> </div>
> 
>     <div id="footer">
>         <!-- Insert Footer Info  -->
>     </div>
> 
> </body>
> 
> CSS takes care of the layout. I still will probably need to tweak it some,
> but this is the main idea. I've not tested it on all browsers yet, so give
> me some feed back on how it looks. It should fill your browser window no
> matter what size or screen resolution you have set. The center column is
> fluid and the two side columns are fixed. Go ahead and resize your browser
> window and see. :) I swiped the basic CSS from a template site and then made
> a few changes as needed, so it should be ok. It is supposed to even degrade
> and work for NS4. The page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
> 
> 
> 
> by grace alone,
> 
> Don A. Elbourne Jr.
> http://elbourne.org
> 
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