Would it be possible to alter the layout of the groups.drupal.org/scotland page to use a panels layout? The default 'River of News' layout as is currently implemented is not a great way to see what's going on. As an example, the LA Drupal GDO site uses this already.
I contacted the LA Drupal co-manager @christefano, and he confirms that the LA Drupal site was built with OG Panels. He documented how this was done - both technically and organizationally - during a Drupal Dojo webcast: http://drupaldojo.com/session/organicgroupspanels-gdo (it is an hour long with some flakey audio). I'm not sure whether the Group Organizer would be willing to do this directly, as making changes requires admin rights and some spare time... or whether this is something that should be delegated.
Regardless, what should the homepage look like?
I'd like to see more prominence (distinct panels) for:
- Events
- Discussions
- Jobs
- Recently joined members
Any thoughts??
Rob
(BTW I'm a volunteer to help this re-design, if there is support among the community for change)