On 14.01.2008 15:21:00 The Web Maestro wrote: > I'll spend some more time working on the 0.8 upgrade. I'll also look > into implementing 'views' for the versioned docs. I guess things have > changed enough between 0.93 & 0.94 so we really do need 0.93 (although > when 0.95 is released we should be able to omit 0.94?)...
You meant: omit 0.93, right? I'd always keep the last two stable releases. > If we're going to have releases around, should we put them under > 'Versioned Docs' (like Forrest) or do they deserve their own tabs? I'd prefer a tab per release but if the views approach requires a single tab for version docs, that's fine, too. Thanks for looking into this! > Clay > > > > On 1/14/08, Vincent Hennebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Clay, > > > > Sorry I have to agree with Jeremias here, I think the 0.93, 0.94, Trunk > > tabs are ok. In fact the general structure of the website is more or > > less ok to me. But I think the following could be improved: > > - the skin looks a bit old now. Maybe upgrading to Forrest 0.8 (+1, BTW) > > will improve things but anyway some work is needed in this area > > I think. (Actually the Batik website doesn't look bad... ;-) ) > > At some point I guess we will need our own branding, rather than > > relying on a default stylesheet. > > - the behaviour of the menu on the left is a bit annoying: having to > > click on a sub-menu to unroll it is a pain. Every time you switch to > > another tab then switch back to the previous one, you have to unroll > > the menus again. That's confusing I think. > > Example: on the Home tab, click on 'Resources', then click on the > > 'Version 0.94' tab, then go back to the 'Home' tab: you have to > > re-click on 'Resources' to unroll it again. > > I guess there is a parameter to disable that, and have flat menus by > > default? > > - there should be a short 'news' sections on the home page, to show that > > the project is alive. Currently you have to click on 'Project' to > > unroll the menu, then on 'News'. That's two superfluous clicks ;-) We > > could leave older news in this section, and put the most recent ones > > on the home page. > > - many other pages could be reworked/updated/removed/merged, but the > > previous points are the most important to me. > > > > > > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > Sorry to be a little late but I'm -1 on merging product documentation > > > with project documentation again. I found that VERY nice to have because > > > it gives us a cleaner structure. For me, the most important thing is to > > > be able to simplify release management which is still somewhat too > > > work-intensive. I really like how Forrest did it (although I still > > > haven't checked how. I think they do something with views) and they do > > > publish versioned docs. I like keeping the difference between Trunk and > > > the latest stable release especially since we don't do releases every > > > two or three months. It produces less confusion if we add new features > > > in Trunk for those who use the latest release. > > > > > > +1 to switching to Forrest 0.8. > > > > <snip/> > > > > Vincent > > > > > > -- > > Vincent Hennebert Anyware Technologies > > http://people.apache.org/~vhennebert http://www.anyware-tech.com > > Apache FOP Committer FOP Development/Consulting > > > > -- > Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com > > Regards, > > The Web Maestro > -- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <http://homepage.mac.com/webmaestro/> > My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. > - HH The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet Jeremias Maerki
