We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in preparation for an
eventual redesign of our site and guides, e.g.:
http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff
Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides
side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own template,
moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote our own styles to make
the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found that a 50/50 or 75/25
split next to the left nav looks pretty good.
Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus left-nav...
In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy to work with.
Ben
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm wondering if
> anyone would be willing to share their experience/choices regarding
> templating. (Or even some code!)
>
> I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the main content
> column into two smaller columns? Done that with a column-width-spanning box
> atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas?
>
> We are in the process of building a "style guide" for all libguides authors
> to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help enforce the style
> guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all authors to
> left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution would be to require
> left-nav of all but to have a variety of custom left-nav templates to
> choose from.
>
> Any thoughts are much appreciated!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brad
>
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> Brad Coffield, MLIS
> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian
> Saint Francis University
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