Request update of list information page
I've been a list owner for several years, using several different list mgt packages. I've also managed web sites and done some help desk work. I'm not a Mailman developer, but the Sourceforge page for bug submission suggested that the developers be notified directly of bug submissions, so here goes.
Bug# 728122: Unsub instructions difficult to find
The default Mailman info page for the list could stand some improvements. I've noticed it over and over and finally decided to contribute to a solution instead of griping about the problem. ;-)
I recommend these two changes:
Move the administrative "$listname Subscribers" section to the bottom of the page. Admins will know where to look and subscribers should not have to read through admin info to get to the section that concerns them (changing subscription options).
Add a standard colored section header titled "Change Options or Unsubscribe". The original format for this section did not clearly indicate that this is the section for unsubscribing. Users have to read the fine print. Reading the fine print is fine for detailed instructions, but the users should have some idea that the unsub instructions are there just by looking at the section header.
A sample HTML page is attached to the Bug record.
Tony
Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@pobox.com%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. <http://www.linux.org/>
Tony, This is easy to handle! Just create a directory in ../lists/<yourlistname>/<yourlanguage>/ if it doesn't exist. In my case this was ../lists/glocklist/en
Copy ../templates/en/listinfo.html into the directory above and modify to your heart's content!
Be aware the listinfo.html interacts with the list information you enter in through the admin interface so you will likely have to edit both.
Marty
On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 05:47, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
I've been a list owner for several years, using several different list mgt packages. I've also managed web sites and done some help desk work. I'm not a Mailman developer, but the Sourceforge page for bug submission suggested that the developers be notified directly of bug submissions, so here goes.
Bug# 728122: Unsub instructions difficult to find
The default Mailman info page for the list could stand some improvements. I've noticed it over and over and finally decided to contribute to a solution instead of griping about the problem. ;-)
I recommend these two changes:
Move the administrative "$listname Subscribers" section to the bottom of the page. Admins will know where to look and subscribers should not have to read through admin info to get to the section that concerns them (changing subscription options).
Add a standard colored section header titled "Change Options or Unsubscribe". The original format for this section did not clearly indicate that this is the section for unsubscribing. Users have to read the fine print. Reading the fine print is fine for detailed instructions, but the users should have some idea that the unsub instructions are there just by looking at the section header.
A sample HTML page is attached to the Bug record.
Tony
Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@pobox.com%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation. <http://www.linux.org/>
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