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. >> >> -- >> This message is automatically generated by JIRA. >> If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA >> administrators >> For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira >> > > > > -- > Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com > -- Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com
