I am seeing the light on tag clouds. Let me withdraw that suggestion. My main concern is to expose Habari's features to users on the front page. One of the best features is the community.
I like the idea of doing two portals. The user-centric information could reside at hp.o. The developer info could be moved to dev.habariproject.org. The user portal should show information relevant to evaluation. This includes the demo, screenshots, community, and technical specs. The left part of the top link bar should be devoted to evaluation. The right side of the link bar could have information about downloading and installing. Down from there, along the sidebar, could be info on customizing Habari once it's installed. A large icon to the right side that says "Get Habari themes" would be very useful, not just for existing users but also to evaluators. The plan is apparently to add a login to the site. Users could customize hp.o to display the information relevant to them. If we're going to do that we should plan to eventually have a single, sitewide authentication mechanism. One day, users should need only one username/ password for the entire site. That should include forums, the web pages, and the wiki. Perhaps OpenID could help. MediaWiki has an OpenID extension. A Vanilla OpenID add-on will probably be developed soon, judging by the clamor at http://is.gd/EXmj (Vanilla add-on page). We need a little color in the design, too. Right now we are just black and white. Andrew Hagen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
