Re: [Vfs-devel] Look-n-feel

[Tony K. <tk...@ca...>]

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From: "Abdul-Wahid Paterson" <ee...@we...>
To: "VFS Developement" <vfs...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:42 PM
Subject: [Vfs-devel] Look-n-feel


> I propose that we move the menu bars into .inc files so that if we make
> changes to them (like adding a new item) we don't have to change it all
> through the site.
>
> I understand Adis has already done some images for the menu bar. Adis, can
you
> upload them somewhere where we can look at them?
>
> I think that we should try to keep the interface as "filesystem" like as
> possible so that users feel comfortable uploading/downloading files. These
are
> some of the features that I had thought of.

I second this one.

>
> 1. Directory browsing (once directories have been implemented).

A must!

> 2. Ordering of files according to name, data, user, size etc. (we need to
add
> date as an attribute in the files table.

Another must if we have a directory type display.

> 3. Javascript pop-up window (ie browser with no border or widgets) for
> uploading of files (This feature would probably be best as a
user_configurable
> option so that Lynx users (and other Javascript haters) don't get annoyed.

As long as it's a option to the operator of the script I say let's do it.

> 4. Some (nice) colour on the page somewhere. The colour at the moment is
plain
> and a bit yucky. Possibly a VFS logo.

If we can't get a logo done, I know someone who would more-than-likely be
willing to do one for us.

BTW. I'm in the process of finishing an install of Postgres 6.5.3 on one of
my Linux systems here. I'm up to the InitDB and User account stage and
recompile of PHP to handle it. Once that's done I'll test the new HEADER
function idea.

Regards,
Tony Kirk