Hi Guillaume, On 3/25/2010 3:35 PM, Guillaume Lerouge wrote: > Hi, > > I like the proposal. Sure, some stuff could be improved, but from my point > of view it's an important step in the right direction. I like the way tabs > are implemented, with the grey background for the whole content + panels > in > a selected tab. > > The footer brings a nice touch, maybe we should consider having it at the > very bottom of all pages? Having it appear / disappear isn't very > consistent. >
I had talked to Caty about having the footer at the bottom of all pages for consistency reasons and she had a good point: with the tabs (comment, attachments...) and the footer the bottom of the page may end up looking too crowded. WDYT? > Guillaume > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Ecaterina Valica <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > ----- Silvia Rusu Tester & Documentation Writer - XWiki http://twitter.com/silviarusu -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Proposal-XWiki-org-horizontal-navigation-home-page-tp3720280p4802748.html Sent from the XWiki- Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
