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1. theprattlingsofseverin
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 5:12 AM

   I think that i need to change and improve the layout of this page - http://wp.me/P1oG6X-ag which i put together this morning and would therefore welcome some input and advice.

   I'm aware that i need to keep in mind the following points:

   1) I don't want to infringe any copyright legislation, although YouTube.com et al do seem to encourage sharing
   2) The contents of the page will almost certainly grow
   3) It might include mp3 and other formats as well as other YT links.
   4) I don't want to degrade the performance (loading) of the page, which at the moment is fast
   5) I have no idea whether items should be links or embeds.
   6) I want it to look attractive, even if it's only ever me that visits it.

   All suggestions, advice and ideas welcome and received with thanks.

   sev

2. raincoaster
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 6:23 AM

   1 and 3: what does Youtube and MP3 have to do with page layout?

3. theprattlingsofseverin
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 6:31 AM

   A lot. Do i go for icon, thumbnail, halfshot, fullshot? Link or embed? Will they affect page performance? What look's best and functions best.

   I'm hoping someone will come along who has some experience and can offer some insight into the practicalities as well as the aesthetics.

   Time will tell.

4. thesacredpath
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 6:35 AM

   If you are going to be putting a ton of videos and such on a page, I would suggest using the next-page tag and breaking things up so that page load times remain faster.

   http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/nextpage/

   The other way would be to create individual pages and then set them up in a dropdown tab from your main top navigation menu.

   You might also consider breaking things up by general subjects on separate pages, and also think about having audio and video stuff separate.

5. theprattlingsofseverin
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 6:38 AM

   Ah, good ideas, thanks TSP.

6. thesacredpath
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 7:03 AM

   You are welcome.

7. theprattlingsofseverin
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 10:38 PM

   Going for your 'separate pages' approach i think. Have started to experiment. And it seems to sort of work. Early days though.

   Thanks.

8. timethief
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 10:48 PM

   Here's a follow up to TSP's advice with regard to creating separate pages with dropdowns to sub-pages and creating a custom menu.

   1. You create the static pages your require first.
   > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

   2. Then you create a custom menu > Appearance > Menus. To create a custom menu, give it a name click Create Menu. Then choose items like pages, categories or custom links from the left column to add to this menu.
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

   When you have finished building your custom menu, make sure you click the Save Menu button.

   2. You add the Parent pages you want to display you drag and drop to put them in the order you want. You can also click each item to reveal additional configuration options.

   3. Then you add and drop and drag the sub-pages below the appropriate Parent pages, and when you have everything arranged in the menu that you want, you save the menu.

   4. Then you go to the “theme location” module at upper left on the menu page. Select your custom menu name from the pulldown labeled “primary location.” Click the save button in that module.

   5. Refresh your browser so that it isn’t possibly pulling a cached page, and view see your new menu with Parent pages and dropdowns to sub-pages.

9. theprattlingsofseverin
   Member
   Mar 16, 2011, 10:53 PM

   Wow, that's impressive, thank you. I'll be coming back to this over the next couple of days for reference.

   Thanks a lot @timethief.

10. timethief
    Member
    Mar 16, 2011, 11:18 PM

    Sorry about the double mention of saving the menu in the instructions above. You're welcome. :)

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