Hi all, I created an updated site structure proposal http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/49988/sitestructure.odp , based on an earlier proposal. Included now is also a very very rough design. All explanation is included in the impress document.
It is really focussed on less, and may be more marketing than anything else. It is targetted at the following persona's: Explorers, First Time Downloaders, and Users. As will become clear from my sitestructure proposal, calls for contribution should be placed all over the site where applicable. To make mailinglist discussion a little bit easier, a copy pase of the second page of the design, clarifying some of the choices: *Development portal* (maybe contribution portal), starting point for those who are already contributing, but friendly enough for those who want to contribute (are not contributing yet) *News* no longer full news articles at the first page, but create a news ticker (javascript). ticker should have two parts, source/context (e.g. dev-blog, standardization...) and contain a link to go to a news overview (separate page), also the way non-js browsers can access news. required: publish all news through some blogging system that generates RSS feeds, which should be the basis for both the ticker as the news overview page. *Extensions* create a box on the main page with changing content, e.g. a clipart set, a cool extension etc. this box always contains a link to the extension page *Get OpenOffice.org* (may be one click download, under discussion) also offer CD's, P2P in separate page *Support* as current page, but cleaner, remove all 1.x references for example, and divide it in: FAQ, I want a solid reference, Custom help Why/About more end-user oriented, basic information. there is much overlap in the about and why page at the moment. * remove Contribute but introduce 'How can I contribute?' boxes at well chosen positions at the website, e.g. development, ask for programmers, extensions, ask for extension builders, about, ask for marketing etc. * remove New User since this is just a bad workaround around a bad website * remove Native lang as a button, but add 'Worldwide (US)' dropdown at top of website, which is generally already a sign that there are localized editions as well. Through JS we could create a box appearing at the top of the page (like Firefox's 'a pop up has been blocked') notifying users about the availability of a page in their language A rough design/layout proposal is included as well. btw Matthias, feel free to include it in the requirements.odt as you prepared it ( http://ux.openoffice.org/reports/2007/website/sitestructure.odp ) g., Maarten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
