'Get MediaWiki'? We've already got that in the sidebar. We have a
mainpage to go beyond what's in the sidebar. What are the current
releases? What's the status? Is there any important security information
we need to know about? This stuff is important, and not everyone
subscribes to the release lists (and even if they do, we can't expect
people to rely on them). The mainpage would be the obvious place to look
for updates.
Also some other random thoughts -
What's the Publish/Discuss/Translate/etc blocks for? They look like
navigation but don't seem to go anywhere or correspond to anything.
They're also not consistent - for instance 'Translate' is an active verb
probably referring to TWN (I guess? TWN isn't exactly specific to mw;
they handle translations for a lot of other projects too), and 'On the
go' is a random statement that I don't know what it's referring to at
all. I mean, 'Ready for mobile devices and tablets' certainly isn't true
of MediaWiki. It can be made to work for them, but it can be made to do
just about anything.
I also still haven't seen an answer to what that big picture is actually
for. So what's it for?
Images being used to illustrate links should also link to the target as
opposed to the image (such as the documentation, support, etc), because
people are more likely to click on the image than the small text
caption. You will need to find PD or other non-SA licensed images to do
this, however, because you will lose the attribution for the images.
Bugzilla should have a prominent link. Sysadmins and other users who
found bugs are not necessarily looking to 'get involved'. They found
bugs and want to report them or find fixes. They're looking for a bug
thing. Where is that?
On 24/02/14 21:06, Quim Gil wrote:
On 02/24/2014 01:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
Most of the visitors to mediawiki.org <http://mediawiki.org> just want
to download the software. I don't see any way to do that in the proposed
redesign.
This is the design we are after:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:MediaWiki_Homepage_Mockup_Graphic_With_Help_Links.png
The big picture needs to be cut and be converted in a panoramic image.
Then the "Get MediaWiki" label needs to be converted in a propoer button
styled by mediawiki.ui... if you can help us to make the CSS work:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:MediaWiki/Homepage_redesign/Preview#mediawiki.ui
Ryan Kaldari
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Brena Monteiro
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I would like to invite you to take a look the preview [1] of
MediaWiki Homepage. Your opinion, contribution and help are very
welcome.
Thank you.
Best regards,
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/Homepage_redesign/Preview
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