Ari, I will be attending a conference tomorrow and the day after, so I won't be able to participate in the process of reshaping the Cayenne site.
Let us focus on the content first. I will try to create a content tree map for the site, which will suggest the navigation items. I like clean HTML, after all this will help building a template if we choose to do it via Confluence export feature. -Borut 2006/9/30, Aristedes Maniatis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
We have tried to incorporate all the issues people have had with the initial design into this updated design: http://www.brucemartin.net/cayenne/ It achieves a few things: * reduce the size of the left menu to not make it overwhelming * increase the size of the left menu to give more choices (especially as we add version 3.1, 4,0, etc) * continue to have a site which degrades gracefully for old browsers, lynx, etc. and also for accessibility * conform to w3c standards * make the introductory text snappier and more appealing * give the news more prominence * give the wordy Apache disclaimer less prominence (but still there) * continue to have absolutely simple and clear html suitable for any future restyling (please look at the html before even contemplating any complaint about Javascript not working on your Amiga internet browser). Most importantly I believe the navigation is easy to use: it doesn't force a user to click through many pages hunting for things. For example, right from the front page it is clear that there is a separate user guide for each of 1.2, 2.0 and 3.0. It makes it clear which versions are stable and which are in development. It provides a simple entry point for new users: "why Cayenne?" and "getting started". It makes it quick for experienced users to go right to the appropriate JavaDocs. Over the next week I'll be experimenting on how to get this working from within the Confluence wiki system. I'll report back on that progress. Ari Maniatis --------------------------> ish http://www.ish.com.au Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A
