Still working on it. Most recent update is a responsive(r) interface and
more images.

http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/wicket-flat/

I'm currently integrating it with jekyll to see how the sub pages will look
like. I expect no more than 2 levels: the main page and sub pages.

Martijn

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[email protected]
> wrote:

> For those that are paying attention to the commits list and/or JIRA
> (WICKET-3341), you've probably seen several attempts at developing a new
> web site design for the Wicket main site. Previous attempts all stalled
> because of a desire to make things too complicated and difficult to
> maintain/develop.
>
> I therefore crafted a more minimalist design, inspired by the flat design
> movement. I received 2 positive reactions already, which enticed me to
> craft a HTML mockup of our homepage in this new design. You can see it in
> action here:
>
> http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/wicket-flat/
>
> Feedback is welcome. Please take the following in consideration:
>  - I'm looking for design guidance, IE issues can be tackled when we
> actually want to use this design
>  - this is still a work in progress
>  - I haven't had the time to create the minimal set of fonts necessary
>  - the idea is to create a minimal, minimum maintenance, modern design,
> paired with captivating copy to attract new users (or at least not turn
> them away).
>
> I'd like to propose this as our new site design and move quickly forward
> into implementing this in our template setup. This design is pretty easy to
> implement, as evidenced by the small css I've needed thus far.
>
> Martijn
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Martin Grigorov (JIRA) <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>>     [
>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-3341?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13649648#comment-13649648]
>>
>> Martin Grigorov commented on WICKET-3341:
>> -----------------------------------------
>>
>> I like the new one too!
>>
>> > New design for wicket site
>> > --------------------------
>> >
>> >                 Key: WICKET-3341
>> >                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-3341
>> >             Project: Wicket
>> >          Issue Type: Improvement
>> >          Components: site
>> >            Reporter: Martijn Dashorst
>> >         Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--Alternative design.jpg,
>> KeynoteScreenSnapz001.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz002.png,
>> KeynoteScreenSnapz003.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz004.png,
>> KeynoteScreenSnapz005.png, wicket-flat.001.png
>> >
>> >
>> > Our current site design has been with us for quite a while. It looked
>> fresh in the 1980s, but now it has gone stale.
>> > This is a proposal for a new, fresh design of the home page and sub
>> pages.
>> > The home page will feature a prominent download link, a list of feature
>> descriptions, screenshots of sites powered by Wicket, official blog items
>> and Buzz by our users.
>> > The screenshots of wicket powered websites will link to short
>> descriptions of the sites under /meet/poweredby. Links to the websites will
>> of course have nofollow
>> > Other pages will feature a menu on the right side of the page providing
>> direct links to content.
>> > Attached are a couple of screen shots of how the site might look like.
>> > Screen 005 is an alternative of the home page without the list of
>> features, but including the introduction to wicket article.
>>
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