Looks awesome!! Great job on it, thank you!
> On Oct 26, 2026, at 5:23 PM, Martijn Dashorst <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> To celebrate the upcoming Wicket 11 release, we took a good look at the
> Wicket website and set out to make it more modern and better structured.
> The result is live now at https://wicket.apache.org. Thanks to everyone who
> voted on the designs!
>
> The new design gives our beloved framework a seasonal, organic feel. Every
> page opens with a photograph that changes with the time of year: this week
> that's Halloween, so mind the pumpkin. If your system is set to dark mode,
> the site follows it.
>
> The bigger change is under the hood. The new structure brings all the
> wisdom of the excellent reference guide (formerly the User Guide, and still
> available) into 138 short pages, each about one particular problem or
> aspect:
>
> - 5 tutorials that take you from an empty project to a tested page with Ajax
> - 97 how-to guides, each for one task
> - 15 explainers on why Wicket works the way it does, from models to
> serialization
> - 21 reference pages
>
> Each page says which Wicket version it applies to, and the search finds
> classes, tasks and terms. If you were afraid to read the 300+ page
> reference guide, these friendly, to-the-point pages are for you. The
> reference guide itself is still there for every release line, as one page
> and as PDF.
>
> A few other things to look at:
>
> - How Wicket works (https://wicket.apache.org/start/overview.html) builds
> one small order page in seven steps, from plain HTML to a tested page with
> Ajax that is secure by default.
> - Each release line has its own page with its status, how long it's
> supported, the Maven dependency to copy, downloads and the way to upgrade.
> - The quick start generates a new Wicket project with Maven in a minute:
> https://wicket.apache.org/start/quickstart.html
> - Questions, bug reports, reporting a vulnerability and the mailing lists
> are now on one Community page.
>
> Found something broken or missing? Let us know on the users list.
>
> Martijn, on behalf of the Apache Wicket team
