916084 - Redesign: Need a way to get a list of all zones, with links to them

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect, P3)

Description

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

In order to implement the "All zones" link on the home page, we're going to need a way to get a list of all zones and their URLs, probably from KumaScript code, so that we can populate the page that link presents.

If we do only launch with a scant handful of zones, we won't need this at launch, but as soon we have more than 4-5 zones, this becomes mandatory.

Comment 1

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

The homepage as presented by Sean does not have an "All zones" link, and we will be launching with only a scant 4-5 zones.

I am going to mark this as invalid due to the former point, and remove it as an MVP blocker due to the latter point. If I am wrong about the "All zones" link, please just reopen this.

Comment 2

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

Given that I was asked to come up with the content of the homepage by listing 4-5 top items with "More X" links, and one of those boxes is "zones", then actually we do need this. We won't have more than 4-5 zones immediately, but we will exceed that within a matter of days, a week or two at the outside, after launch, I expect.

So if this doesn't block launch, make it not block launch, but that doesn't mean we don't need it. :)

Comment 3

[ali spivak]

We should do this, but does not block the launch as we can do manually for the short term.

Comment 4

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

We currently have five Zones. The "Zones" section of the homepage can fit five links (five Zone links, or four Zone links plus a "more" link) so one unfortunate downside here is that as soon as we have six Zones, the "Zones" section will become misleading.

Comment 5

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

To clarify, what I mean is that without a page that lists all Zones, we cannot provide a "more" link and therefore the section will become misleading. Once we do impmenet a page that lists all Zones, we will not risk the issue described in comment 4.

Comment 6

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Looks like we recently crossed that threshold. We have more than Zones than can fit in the "Zones" section of the homepage, so without a "more zones" link the section is inaccurate.

http://i.imgur.com/3L9x9qJ.png