I love it. The big icons (below the logo) are a little too big for my tastes, but that's a personal preference that I'm happy to cope with on my own. More importantly is the fact that it pulls a lot of new content onto the page and makes it clear what resources are available.
Some small thoughts: - I think the version number should maybe be on the download button. - I might mention something along the lines that it's "ready for mobile" - We should be able to feature the books that have been written about MooTools (I'm fine if mine isn't featured; it's outdated anyway) On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Benjamin Kuker <[email protected]>wrote: > As a result of a conversation in another thread about helping jumpstart > the MooTools community and development, I thought I would try my hand at > refreshing the look of the website. A couple things before I share the > links to the mockups, though. > > 1. The look of the current website isn't bad. I've done my best to try > to capture the spirit of it in the mockups while still making it new. > 2. This would be more of a facelift than a complete overhaul. I'm not > completely sure how everything is pulled into the site from GitHub, but I > don't think there would have to be any major content rewrites. > 3. The purpose for the redesign is to show the community that MooTools > is still alive and active, while making some slight improvements. > > The primary goals are: > > 1. Make it easier for new users to figure out what to do and get > started. > 2. Maintain the same general structure for existing MooTools users in > order to minimize friction because of the transition. > 3. Place a bigger emphasis on community. > 4. Make the site responsive and accessible for mobile devices. For > this, I would use my new UI > framework<https://github.com/VirtuosiMedia/VM-UI-Framework>, > based on MooTools. > > I've only created two image mockups at this point to get feedback before > going any further. I've put them up on > GitHub<https://github.com/VirtuosiMedia/MooTools-Website-Mockups>. > Here are the mockups for a new front > page<https://raw.github.com/VirtuosiMedia/MooTools-Website-Mockups/master/pages/front.png>and > a documentation > page<https://raw.github.com/VirtuosiMedia/MooTools-Website-Mockups/master/pages/docs.png>(you'll > probably have to enlarge them in your browser). > > For the front page, I wanted to make it clearer what to do when you get > there. The current page has a lot of text, which I wanted to reduce and > streamline. I also felt that visually showing the logos of sites using > MooTools is much more impactful than just using links. The footer, which > would appear on every page of the site, would have dynamic links to the > blog, as well as links to various social media accounts or communities > which already exist. This will make blog updates more apparent, grow the > community in more channels, and have the added benefit of more SEO power to > the link targets. > > The docs page is largely unchanged from its current form. I did remove the > left column in favor of a two column layout to make more room for the > actual content. The Core classes navigation would all be viewable by > clicking on the gray "View All Core Classes" button, which would slide them > into view. The large title across the top would also function as a > breadcrumb. > > So, all that said, I'd love to get your feedback. Do you love it? Hate it? > Have suggestions for improvements? This is just a first iteration and the > margins and alignment aren't all perfect yet, I just wanted to get > something out there. The next steps would be to iterate based on feedback, > produce more mockups for different pages on the site, and then to do a live > prototype. It would also be helpful if someone could explain how the > website is currently compiled, as that might have some impact on the design > and implementation. Can't wait to hear what you think. > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MooTools Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MooTools Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
