Updated the staging site with that correction. Also added a sentence near the top which I feel is kinda important to avoid confusion with ORM-style frameworks:
"MetaModel isn't a data mapping framework. Instead we emphasize abstraction of metadata, making MetaModel great for generic data processing applications, less so for applications modeled around a particular domain." Does this make sense? If you have ideas for improving the wording here, please bring it up. 2013/8/1 Kasper Sørensen <[email protected]>: > I see your point about too much information. On the other side I think > this layout is better when there's a lot of content. Maybe if we move > the "examples" section down below the mailinglist/wiki/sourcecode > section. Then it's ordered a bit more in sequence of giving all the > "actionable" resource links before going into deeper details. > > We can also go for multiple pages of course, I just kinda like a big > long page for all the basic information. The menu in the top lets you > quickly "scroll" to the part that you're interested in. > > 2013/8/1 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: >> It looks good but I think it is a bit too much info in one page. Maybe >> separate different contents into separate page? >> >> Also, I agree with your previous comment about having some of the info like >> getting started and how to build in the Wiki and add link to them from the >> website. >> >> >> - Henry >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Kasper Sørensen < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I did some more work on the layout ... What do you guys think of this >>> (staged)? >>> http://metamodel.staging.apache.org/ >>> >>> 2013/7/29 Kasper Sørensen <[email protected]>: >>> > That's a good checklist. I'll make a few more additions based on that >>> > and then publish. Of course I invite everyone with an interest to >>> > further build up a good site. >>> > >>> > 2013/7/29 Henry Saputra <[email protected]>: >>> >> This should be a good start. Thanks for driving this Kasper. >>> >> >>> >> FYI about guide for good podling website: >>> >> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/sites.html >>> >> >>> >> - Henry >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Kasper Sørensen < >>> >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> >>> >>> Please take a look at this first draft from me for a "simple website" >>> >>> @ Apache: http://metamodel.staging.apache.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> It's "simple" in the sense that I didn't want to spend days and weeks >>> >>> on it, so I just wanted to have something up there to direct people to >>> >>> the wiki and mailing lists and give them a brief idea of what Apache >>> >>> MetaModel is. It's mostly just a quick summary and apache-adoptation >>> >>> of the old website contents. >>> >>> >>> >>> This is still only a staging site, so let me know if I can publish it >>> >>> to the real URL: http://metamodel.incubator.apache.org/ (which is >>> >>> anyways just EMPTY right now). >>> >>> >>> >>> Kasper >>> >>> >>>
