Hi! I am not a web designer either but from a mere content point of view this page is already way too busy.
The developer and plugin developer stuff can be removed or reduced to one link each. The environment tooling links are not necessary on the front page. The section Maven and Maven users should be one and a few of the topics can be brought into separate landing pages e.g. one for documentation, one for contributing and so on. It should be much cleaner and basically empty so it is not so overwhelming for beginners. In any case a good logo for Maven would be useful too. just my 2c manfred http://www.simpligility.com On Thu, July 21, 2011 1:34 pm, Robert Scholte wrote: > > First of all: I'm not a graphical designer or the king of HTML and CSS, > but this is just a brainwave.It seems like we want a lot of links on the > first page. The current page-setup isn't really link-friendly.It contains > a lot of text, most of us haven't read it for ages, they just click > directly to the required page.My idea is to use a portal view, where > portlets can be grouped and each portlet contains it's own specific > links.With some coloring I tried to bundle some portlets, like "blue" for > the role of the visitor, "green" for the product Maven.The one-click > download doesn't seem to be possible. The Apache Site always list the > mirrors you can download from, never a direct reference. Anyhow, just > shoot at http://people.apache.org/~rfscholte/maven-site/ (half of the > links just refer to #)(I hope there's somebody who knows somebody who can > make it look great ;) ) -Robert > > From: aherit...@gmail.com >> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:23:17 +0200 >> Subject: Re: Maven Download Procedure >> To: dev@maven.apache.org >> >> +1 >> It was said several times and many people are agree to simplify / >> cleanup / >> improve our web site .... >> If someone is volunteer :-) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > I think you'll find in the archives of this list plenty of agreement >> and >> > thoughts about how to change / simplify. It just needs someone willing >> to >> > start :) >> > >> > - Brett >> > >> > On 09/07/2011, at 8:24 PM, Robert Scholte wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > I agree with Tim here. Compare the maven[1] and gradle[2] homepages. >> The >> > gradle page is pretty clean (too clean?) and you know immediately >> where to >> > download the bundle.The maven site has a huge amount of text, all >> links look >> > the same so I can imagine that newbies get a bit lost, already on this >> page. >> > That can't be right.I think it's more than adding a huge download >> button. >> > IMHO the pages should reflect the role of the visitor (starter, user, >> > developer) instead of summing up all the handy stuff, but that's a >> real >> > challenge. -Robert [1] http://maven.apache.org[2] http://gradle.org >> > >> From: vsive...@apache.org >> > >> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 23:11:20 -0400 >> > >> Subject: Re: Maven Download Procedure >> > >> To: dev@maven.apache.org >> > >> >> > >> Well, 3 clicks vs 1 click to get Maven vs gradle from the main >> page, >> > >> not a big deal IMHO. >> > >> Apache Ant gives it in 2 clicks by catching the right mirror. >> > >> Apache Tomcat 2 clicks by catching the right mirror. >> > >> Apache Directory gives it in 3 clicks. >> > >> and so on >> > >> >> > >> So, I think we are not so bad. >> > >> >> > >> Vincent >> > >> >> > >> 2011/7/8 Tim O'Brien <tobr...@discursive.com>: >> > >>> I had to write this process down for the millionth time today. >> Here it >> > >>> is: the current procedure for downloading Maven (without using >> > figures). >> > >>> >> > >>> 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org. >> > >>> 2. On the right-hand side of the page, you should see a section >> with >> > the >> > >>> title "Get Maven 3.0.3". >> > >>> 3. Click on the first link in this section, the link titled "Maven >> > 3.0.3" >> > >>> next to the folder icon. This will take you to a list of Maven >> > >>> distributions. >> > >>> 4. Click on one of the archive links (apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tgz >> or >> > >>> apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.zip) in the "Mirrors" column of this table. >> > >>> 5. You should then see the "Apache Download Mirrors" page. >> > >>> 6. Click on one of the Mirror URLs and download Apache Maven. >> > >>> >> > >>> Can we figure out a way to make it this easy? >> > >>> >> > >>> 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org >> > >>> 2. Click on one of the Download buttons to download Maven. >> > >>> >> > >>> Is /dyn/closer.cgi a Foundation requirement? Is there any >> project >> > that >> > >>> uses an alternative? I see closer.cgi used on Tapestry and >> CouchDB. >> > >>> Apache Directory looks like it uses an intuitive approach (without >> > >>> breaking user experience): >> > >>> >> > http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/2.0/download/download-windows.html >> > >>> >> > >>> If you are curious as to why I'm interested in this now. It is >> > because I'm >> > >>> starting to pay much closer attention to Gradle, and Gradle gets >> this >> > right. >> > >>> The process to download Gradle is: >> > >>> >> > >>> 1. Go to http://gradle.org >> > >>> 2. 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