Thanks, Ivet! I like the design proposal. I am sure it will help the project a lot.
Best regards, Slavka On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 12:43 PM Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Thanks Ivet, the new iterated design looks impressive especially some of > the new graphical elements. > > +1 to moving forward with the proposed design. Let's collect any further > feedback and ideas from the community and if there are no objections go > ahead with updating the preview/staging site ( > https://cloudstack.staged.apache.org/) and eventually publishing the > website. > > Just to be clear on the CMS integration - the ASF infra has declined > supporting a 3rd party git-based CMS that can be used with the project > website. This is such a shame as I had created PoCs with some rather > okay-ist git-based CMS such as Netlify-CMS, TinaCMS and SpinalCMS which > would give similar UI-based workflow like the old Roller-based blog did. > > Nevertheless, for the purposes of publishing blogs the new Github-based > document/markdown editor/CMS is fair enough and now allows uploading of > assets (images, files etc.) and blog that can be edited directly for any > committer incl. PMC members logged into Github and upon saving such changes > the website is published by an automatic Github action that builds and > published the websites. Unfortunately, any non-committer would need to > follow the PR workflow. I had this documented at > https://cloudstack.staged.apache.org/website-guide/ that I can help > further update in this regard. > > > Regards. > > ________________________________ > From: Ivet Petrova <ivet.petr...@shapeblue.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 19:04 > To: Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> > Cc: d...@cloudstack.apache.org <d...@cloudstack.apache.org>; > users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org>; Marketing < > market...@shapeblue.com> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] New Design for the Apache CloudStack Website > > Hi All, > > I uploaded the design here: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pef7xWWMPYAA5UkbS_XMUxrz53KB7J5t/view?usp=sharing > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > On 30 Aug 2023, at 16:31, Giles Sirett <giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto: > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com>> wrote: > > Hi Ivet – thanks for pushing forward with this – excited to review a new > design. > > On that note, I cant see a link in your mail ☹ > > Kind Regards > Giles > > > Giles Sirett > CEO > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com<mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com> > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com/> > > > > > From: Ivet Petrova <ivet.petr...@shapeblue.com<mailto: > ivet.petr...@shapeblue.com>> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 10:14 AM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org>; > Marketing <market...@shapeblue.com<mailto:market...@shapeblue.com>> > Cc: dev <d...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:d...@cloudstack.apache.org>> > Subject: [DISCUSS] New Design for the Apache CloudStack Website > > Hello, > > I would like to start a discussion on the design of the Apache CloudStack > Website and to propose a new design for it. > > As we all know, the website has not been changed for years in terms of > design and information. The biggest issue we know we have is that the > website is not showing the full potential of CloudStack. In addition to it > during discussions with many community members, I have noted the following > issues: > - the existing website design is old-school > - the current homepage does not collect enough information to show > CloudStack's strengths > - current website design is missing images from the ACS UI and cannot > create a feel for the product in the users > - the website has issues on a mobile device > - we lack any graphic and diagrams > - some important information like how to download is not very visible > > I collected a lot of feedback during last months and want to propose a new > up to date design for the website, which is attached below. The new design > will bring: > - improved UX > - look and feel corresponding to the CloudStack's capabilities and > strengths > - more graphical elements, diagrams > - better branding > - more important information, easily accessible for the potential users > > I hope you will like the new design – all feedback welcome. Once we have > the design finalised, we will use Rohit’s proposal previously of a CMS, > which is easy to edit. > > [cid:B5517475-02DA-472A-BD1D-F3B600AD28ED] > > Kind regards, > >
