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Chris Colman commented on WICKET-3341:
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[~dashorst] Do you believe that any/all of the issues that you raised:
* no carousel
* overview on main page
* no ad for github (a commercial entity)
* clearer how to contribute/get help
* logo smaller and to the top left
should be regarded as showstoppers/blockers preventing the upgrade to the new
website or could we go ahead with the new website and deal with the above
issues after the update?
I'm just concerned that while ever we keep the old styling we're not doing
Wicket justice for the reasons many have discussed since this ticket was raised
in January 2011 - I have just demo'd a wicket-bootstrap app that we built for a
client and they loved it because it looks so sexy and modern and it's full of
slick, AJAX/partial page updates - and all via Java - their company language. I
think this client could really benefit from doing their own in-house
development using wicket as well but I'm holding out on sending them to the
wicket home page until the styling/layout is upgraded ;)
I think that moving to the updated site now still represents a net positive
that represents a x10^6 improvement - even with the issues you raise - which,
to my thinking at least, could be dealt with after the new site is live as I
don't think any of the issues that you raise, if they persisted only for the
immediate short term, represent a risk to reputation or image.
> New design for wicket site
> --------------------------
>
> Key: WICKET-3341
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-3341
> Project: Wicket
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: site
> Reporter: Martijn Dashorst
> Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--Alternative design.jpg,
> Keynote001.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz001.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz002.png,
> KeynoteScreenSnapz003.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz004.png,
> KeynoteScreenSnapz005.png, logo.wicket.ai, logo.wicket.jpg,
> wicket-flat-new-top.002.png, wicket-flat-new-top.003.png,
> wicket-flat-new-top.004.png, wicket-flat-new-top.005.png,
> wicket-flat.001.png, wicket-logo-big.png, wicket-logo.svg
>
>
> Our current site design has been with us for quite a while. It looked fresh
> in the 1980s, but now it has gone stale.
> This is a proposal for a new, fresh design of the home page and sub pages.
> The home page will feature a prominent download link, a list of feature
> descriptions, screenshots of sites powered by Wicket, official blog items and
> Buzz by our users.
> The screenshots of wicket powered websites will link to short descriptions of
> the sites under /meet/poweredby. Links to the websites will of course have
> nofollow
> Other pages will feature a menu on the right side of the page providing
> direct links to content.
> Attached are a couple of screen shots of how the site might look like.
> Screen 005 is an alternative of the home page without the list of features,
> but including the introduction to wicket article.
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