I think it's a great contribution, much better on a small screen like smartphone. Still `Apache Brooklyn` doesn't fit nicely though. Also maybe instead of the feather, we could keep a brooklyn logo on the bar that remains when you scroll down, wdyt?
Il 20/apr/2017 18:12, "Thomas Bouron" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Hi Brooklyners > > I just pushed a PR[1] which implement the changes I was proposing earlier > in this thread. I also pushed a demo of the new website and landing page on > my fork[2] > > Best. > > [1] https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-docs/pull/173 > [2] https://tbouron.github.io/brooklyn-docs/ > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 at 09:38 John McCabe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 on Thomas's mock up, looks great. > > > > Being able to see something in action before trying it can be useful, > > perhaps something asciinema-like (https://asciinema.org/a/46498). > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 at 08:21 Thomas Bouron < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 at 00:32 Alex Heneveld < > > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow - really like this! Very clean and elegant. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > I think we should /show/ a little bit more what we mean by > > > > modeling/deploying/managing -- eg for modelling (code snippet), and a > > > > graphic w cloud icons for deploy, and maybe a UI screenshot for > manage > > ? > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure I agree with that. I deliberately went for less because I > > > believe less is more, especially on the homepage. Adding a code > snippet, > > > screenshots abd logos will do the reverse IMO. You started this thread > by > > > saying that Brooklyn is always considered as complicated, doing this > will > > > reinforce this feeling IMO. > > > > > > That being said, we could add a page to have a UI tour, with a link to > it > > > in the "Get Started" menu item? > > > > > > > > > > And not sure about curl-to-bash for install -- some people are > > > > uncomfortable with that (in any case we should curl from an apache > site > > > > for a release, not github). > > > > > > > > > I used github as an example, this is not a real URL. > > > > > > > > > > But some one-line quick start would be > > > > nice. A docker image? (And can say jump to Get Started for other > > > > flavours of installs.) > > > > > > > > > > Why not for the docker image. I went for the curl command because > that's > > > the only one that does not require the user to install anything else. > If > > > you think about it, a quick start guide that starts by "Install docker" > > or > > > "Install vagrant AND VirtualBox" is far from a great way to start for a > > > first-time Brooklyn user. Now I might be wrong about this and if it is > > the > > > case, then I'm happy to change it (again, that's just a prototype) > > > Regarding the other flavours of install, it's specified in a link, > below > > > the shell command ;) > > > > > > Lastly instead of the brooklyn logo font, can you just use the big logo > > > > PNG that is currently in use on the site? > > > > > > > > > I could do that but: > > > > > > 1. the quality is not as nice as pure text > > > 2. from an semantic/SEO point of view, it's better to use the text > as > > > crawler will be able to read it > > > > > > Also, I don't know if you noticed but I rearranged the menu items. I > was > > > planning to do this + update all the web dependencies i.e. bootstrap, > > > jquery, etc > > > > > > Best > > > -- > > > > > > Thomas Bouron • Senior Software Engineer @ Cloudsoft Corporation • > > > https://cloudsoft.io/ > > > Github: https://github.com/tbouron > > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/eltibouron > > > > > > -- > > Thomas Bouron • Senior Software Engineer @ Cloudsoft Corporation • > https://cloudsoft.io/ > Github: https://github.com/tbouron > Twitter: https://twitter.com/eltibouron >
