On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 13:57, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Caty, > > On Mar 25, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Ecaterina Valica wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > *General Proposal: * > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2 > > We had already commented on the previous proposals and now this is a new > proposals which is quite different. Does it mean we need to restart the > discussions? > Can we have a *single* location where we can see all proposals so that we > can make our mind. Right now I keep seeing new proposals coming from > different places and I'm not sure anymore what we are discussing about. > It might also be good to gather the points we agreed on on that page so > that we don't restart all over again every time. > This page contains links with all the discussion we had on XWiki.org. Feel free to add what's missing. http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgv2 > > Some comments on this new proposal: > * I don't like too much having panels on both sides. I'd prefer panels on a > single side. > * except from Main page, the left sided panels are used only for navigation; > * I don't like the horizontal tab UI > * this way we state that menu is the Primary one, being horizontal > * I don't understand the reason for the arrows on the left and right. It > looks as if I can click on them and the main content will scroll, is that > it? > * The Projects are presented in an *carousel*: XWiki Enterprise, XWiki Office, Extensions + other Temporal Thematic Pages (major releases, events, etc); > * I don't like that the description of the project is in a panel on the > left. I'd really prefer it to be in the main content area, above XWiki > Enterprise. > * that's like the main purpose on XWiki.org, not especially for XE > * I'd like that the main page explains that the XWiki project is an > ecosystem of projects. > * this you can see from the big footer > * "see what users have to say..." look really strange where it's located. > * it's aligned with the target > * Footer looks good > * The 3 big buttons sounds slightly too flashy compared to the rest > * they are made to drawn attention - we can make them less flashy > * We don't see latest modified pages > * every space has custom panels. I don't think is necessary to see the latest modified pages on the HOME page. If you go to the Documentation space, you will see this information and also we can add other panels there. > * My biggest complaint: The home page doesn't look like a community site at > all. This is important. Showing avatars + names would a way to achieve this. > Actually I think I'd prefer that the home be 100% about the community only > and have a link to direct to the XE page. The current home page could be > used as the main home page for the XE project page instead. > * We can make a page like this for the Community space. The ideea was that the Home page present the project first and gives you an overview of the site content. > > Conclusion: I'd really like to see a proposal where the home page is a > community site proposal showing contributors activities (avatar + names) on: > - extensions (extensions.xwiki.org) > - modified pages in the wiki(s) > - mailing list messages > - code commits > * IMO I think this should be present on the Community WebHome and Development WebHome. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > *Main Page: * > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2Main > > > > The main page has a different layout from the rest of the pages; > > > > - The footer< > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgArchitecture > >is > > used to have a quick overview on the major topics the website covers; > > - just the Main Page has this footer; > > - contains just links to major topics for each category; > > - The Projects are presented in an carousel: XWiki Enterprise, XWiki > > Office, Extensions + other Temporal Thematic Pages (major releases, > events, > > etc); > > - Right panels contains Latest information; > > > > *Documentation Page Example*: > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2Documentation > > > > - Right Panels are changing according to the space; > > - Main Navigation + Left Oriented Secondary Navigation + Breadcrumb; > > - Comments enabled for documentation pages > > > > *Projects Page Example*: > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2Projects > > > > *About Page Example*: > > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgProposal2About > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
