G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > Cna we just stick to words at the moment, please. We have no test space > except on our own servers and that, as you say, is not ideal.
You can't make a 'tryouts' folder? Something like: http://documentation.openoffice.org/tryouts/jean/ Surely, the documentation project doesn't need to go through the website project to experiment with a few ideas. > What I personally would like to do is something > like the contrib page that Daniel Carrera put together. :-D > That may be a bit flashy though for our purposes :-) Perhaps, thinking > about how we want to present material would make discussion worthwhile. Sure. Here are some thoughts: 1) I'm reading a really great book on website design and usability. The title is "Don't Make Me THINK". One piece of advice from it: * Remove half the words on the page. Then remove half of what's left. The author explains that people don't view websites like a newspaper. They view them more like a bill board going at 60 MPH. You can't write a whole lot (unless the page is an article). So here's a first thought: Start by removing all the descriptions from the links. The link names you picked are self-evident. Once this is done, you are free to move around the links more freely. You can think about adding icons, if you wish. 2) Other ideas: - The quickstart link contains only one item, which is also found under manuals. I think it should go. - Kill the mission statement, or summarize it by half. - Put the How To Help higher up, where it is more visible. If you remove lots of text, it should be possible to do this without hindering the content side of the page. Just some random thoughts to get the ball rolling. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
