Change title of and introduction to Records 'page' to reflect its actual contents and purpose

[richardofsussex]

As discussed, 'Records' is not a helpful title for this area of the site (for a start, it's more than a 'page'), so we need a better title. Similarly, the initial text and choices offered suggest that it is solely about Districts and counties. It isn't.

[richardofsussex]

@nurifreembd suggests (for page title): 'BMD Records' or 'live records', 'explore records', 'review records', 'check records', 'records report'.

[richardofsussex]

This is what I have come up with so far:

[nurifreembd]

Looks good to me. would it add value to amend the title to read 'Explore the records database'? some seniors or others may not know what a database is ;-) I know a few ;-)

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[richardofsussex]

This is now live on beta, and we have all the page maps working. (But don't do what I just did and use the default values for the date-based page map - there are no records for Q1 1837, as we all know!)

[AlOneill]

I am a little overwhelmed by the link. However, I did see a possible problem:

[richardofsussex]

Sorry, I'm getting the non-image content-type error so can't see your screen shot. Can you paste it into the Freebmd2 Slack channel please?

[AlOneill]

Don't have access to Slack. This sentence seems to be missing a word (Districts that have been?):

"Select a county for a list of links to Districts have been located within that county."

[AlOneill]

Mind you, the sentence is passive voice which is tricky for some people.

[richardofsussex]

"... Districts within that county" should be sufficient.

[AlOneill]

Also, the tabbing order is a little odd: one has to tab to the link in "Database coverage" before being taken to the "On this page" menu. I suggest that "On this page" should be before that first section.

The introductory paragraphs need to have their width limited — too many lines that are too wide to read comfortably (on a wide screen).

[richardofsussex]

OK, I have taken these comments on board, and updated beta accordingly.

[AlOneill]

@richardofsussex
Thank you. That is grand.

For the various form controls, each one should have a programmatically linked label: you might choose to hide the label from sighted users, but it must be there for screen reader users.

There does not appear to be an enclosing div element, say, with margins to keep some of the form controls away from the very edge of the page—this is apparent when viewing in a less-than-maximum-width window, where some of the form controls are hard up against the very (left) edge of the page.

Now, this could be regarded as a matter of opinion: I find the lack of consistent horizontal alignment unsettling; also the (apparently unnecessary) width of some of the form controls.

[KristinaGadzhieva]

@nurifreembd To include in the testing scenarious