Hi devs,

As you know I started working on a Home Page Application, see:
- JIRA with screenshots: http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10586
- Discussion thread: http://markmail.org/message/ghelufamwucog46x

I have it all done locally but I refrained from committing it because on the 
email thread some expressed their doubts.

I started thinking about it and I expressed some idea in the thread started by 
Caty about "Wiki - Space - Page concepts pitch": 
http://markmail.org/message/jefze7nvprz36pkw

I’m pasting it here again for discussion (with some edits):

"
BTW concerning the home page, I’m more and more leaning towards removing the 
dashboard from it (it’s accessible from the App panel anyway) and instead have 
it contain:
- explanation about how the wiki is organized (wikis, spaces, pages)
- explanation about base concepts (editing, saving, etc)
- encourage the user to edit this home page to make it his own and put the 
content he wishes instead

I think this would solve the following issues:
- users always want to customize the home page and this makes it easy (it’s a 
standard page, no dashboard). This is also a way for them to take ownership of 
the wiki as theirs.
- explains the main concepts of wiki, space, page

Of course, we also need to provide a navigation panel for easy navigation in 
the wiki/spaces/pages.
“

If we agree about the idea of removing the dashboard and instead have a simple 
page then we’ll need to discuss the exact content and for that I’m proposing to 
discuss with Caty/GuillaumeD and make a proposal for further discussion. Of 
course any idea in reply to this email would also be much appreciated.

But first things first! We first need to decide if this is a good idea or not.

WDYT?

Thanks
-Vincent
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