Talk:Communication and Media Studies 2011-2012

Table Talk
While I really like the look of the table, I think that it might be too complicated for the average user to add information to and thus we all lose out because we're not getting more info.

Thoughts?


 * I like the table too -- it's a lot easier to navigate than last year's wiki. Personally, I'd like to try this one out unless we get almost no activity. Last year things got all disorganized when people started moving some entries to the bottom of the page. This looks like it might stay more organized and easy to follow. The jump-to thing is pretty cool, too.


 * I've only added one entry, but it was pretty easy. Maybe we should create a really brief tutorial? I can add two cents to get us started:


 * To add the entry, I copied the code that said "copy below this line" (or whatever) to where it said to stop and pasted it where it belonged alphabetically. Then, I filled in the blanks. It seems like lines start with an asterisk, and links start and end with square brackets. Does anyone have other how to ideas that might help?


 * Sounds good to me.

''Is it just me or is this layout incredibly cumbersome and not intuitive? The narrow column entries make the listing very long. Plus, how will updates (i.e. campus interviews, requests for more info) be added?''

"Hmmm...I'd posted a comment a couple of days ago but it was erased. I'll post it again, this time under the warning not to erase material from this wiki.

I had posted originally that I think this format is cumbersome and not intuitive. The narrow column width means there's a lot of scrolling and the whole page is unnecessarily long. Plus, information in the rightmost column gets cut off. I'm not skilled with html or coding so I wouldn't know where to start in terms of addressing the formatting shortcomings.

I was having some problems with that, too, but then I found the little full screen button in the upper-right corner of the table -- that gets rid of the ads and stuff on the side. That made it easier to see everything. I'm okay at html, so I'll try to figure out a way to make the columns wider. Maybe that will help.


 * At this point, there's at least 80 jobs posted. I don't know about everyone else, but I don't have time to convert that many jobs into a different format. But maybe we could vote before somebody sets up next year's wiki. Could we start that here?


 * Just an update -- I tried to tweak the column width. It changed it in the full screen view, but it's the ads in the sidebar that are making everything wrap so much. *sigh* I vote yes for voting :)

I didn't like the table from the get-go, but someone else kept on reverting back to it.

As the originator of the voting plan in 2009-2010 for the 2010-2011, I liked the 2010-2011 plan.

Anyway, I think that we're stuck with the tables for now.