Re: Shale home page

2006-10-20 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 10/18/06, David Geary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to work on the home page, but I won't get much done until I get off the road for awhile, which will be in a couple of weeks. snip/ Great, you'll probably find a short description blurb (not more than 2-3 sentences--I'll try to take in

Re: Shale home page

2006-10-19 Thread Greg Reddin
On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:46 PM, David Geary wrote: If not working on it, I've been thinking about the homepage lately, and it strikes me that I don't really know how to spin Shale. We have so many unrelated features that it's difficult to say Shale is The addition of JPA makes things even

RE: Shale home page

2006-10-19 Thread Kito D. Mann
On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:46 PM, David Geary wrote: If not working on it, I've been thinking about the homepage lately, and it strikes me that I don't really know how to spin Shale. We have so many unrelated features that it's difficult to say Shale is The addition of JPA makes

RE: Shale home page

2006-10-19 Thread Kito D. Mann
Maybe it's something like a meta-framework. It's not really a framework as such because JSF is the framework. But it is some missing parts that integrate fairly seamlessly with the JSF framework. Missing parts and added value - things like Clay and Dialog are added value.

Re: Shale home page

2006-10-18 Thread Rahul Akolkar
On 9/25/06, Wendy Smoak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone on IRC brought up a good point about the Shale home page: We don't say what Shale *is* until 1/3 of the way down the page. I think the information in the paragraph that starts Thus, Shale is... belongs up at the top of the page.

Re: Shale home page

2006-09-26 Thread Craig McClanahan
On 9/25/06, Wendy Smoak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/25/06, David Geary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, IMO, that paragraph and the rest of the Background section are dated now that we've cut ties with Struts. We could probably do with a new introduction altogether. I'm fine with

Re: Shale home page

2006-09-25 Thread Sean Schofield
Not volunteering here but I definitely think we could streamline things so that its easier to navigate. IMO we have too much crammed onto that first page. sean On 9/25/06, Wendy Smoak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone on IRC brought up a good point about the Shale home page: We don't say what

Re: Shale home page

2006-09-25 Thread Wendy Smoak
On 9/25/06, David Geary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, IMO, that paragraph and the rest of the Background section are dated now that we've cut ties with Struts. We could probably do with a new introduction altogether. And a snazzy new logo, dammit. James is running that show. :) Votes,

Re: Shale home page

2006-09-25 Thread Gary VanMatre
From: David Geary [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006/9/25, Wendy Smoak : Someone on IRC brought up a good point about the Shale home page: We don't say what Shale *is* until 1/3 of the way down the page. I think the information in the paragraph that starts Thus, Shale is... belongs up at