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- Elaborate recent news feature, with a short news listing & clicking on an item expands the view.
- Older news under "more research news", featuring only the headlines
- New books, featuring a thumbnail listing of books and some metadata
- Access to the RSS feeds for news
- Searchbox
General observations
- Only 20% of web users scroll "below the fold" of portal homepagesÂ
- There's little use for any information included below the fold
- Graphic elements are nice
- Opposed to other systems, DSpace homepages are relatively "dry".
- Opposed to other systems, DSpace homepages are relatively "dry".
DCAT discussion preparation
This request touches more broadly on the look & feel of a DSpace frontpage and the essence can be broken down into 3 questions:-
- Ideally, which features should be offered on the DSpace homepage?
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- Should all of these features be standard & fixed, or should an admin be able to enable or disable some of them?
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- Which tools or modus operandi should an administrator use to alter the homepage?
DCAT review
ToDo
DCAT initial assessment
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