Re: [gNewSense-users] restructuring the website

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:40:38 +0100
ben <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> ciao graziano,
> 
> i like your suggestions. a horizontal menu would be nice. we must try
> to bring the six top level menu entries next to each other without
> horizontal scrolling.

On the Home page the translations *are* across the top.


> there remain two important questions:
> (1) who is to decide about any changes ? and why has she/he not said
> anything yet ?

I'm only guessing, but because he doesn't see a big problem with the
current situation.
Or (the IMHO) because a lot of the changes don't add much to the site.
Some of the restructuring things will help.
But they can be done by re-linking some pages, not moving chunks of
site around.

> (2) how can these changes be done ? can you take a copy of the
> existing page, change it and replace the old version by the new one ?

The wiki is PMWiki.

> 
> Graziano Sorbaioli wrote:
> > Benedikt Ahrens wrote:
> >> thanks for the link. this was before i subscribed to the mailing
> >> list. seems like people are either too busy or not interested in
> >> changing the web page, since nobody joins in the discussion.
> > 
> > I agree with you that there is a need to change the structure of the
> > main page because some important pages are difficult to reach.

Are these pages the ones you list at the bottom?

> > 
> > Translations (ON THE RIGHT SIDE of the screen just as:
> > www.fsfeurope.org)

They are not :)

> > 
> > 
> > About gNewSense
> >         Features
> >         FAQ
> >         Software
> >                 Repos
> >                 Releases
> >                 LiveCD
> > 
> > Download
> >     gnewsense
> >     builder

Doesnt seem needed to have a builder download link in the main page.

> > 
> > Documentation (for gNewSense only)
> >                 Getting Started
> >             Manuals & HowTos
> >             The Builder documentation

Why the split?
Incidentally, all the doco is in the wiki, so anyone can move it anyway.

> > 
> > 
> > Recommended Hardware (too important, it should be listed alone)

Should be a link to the FSF pages.
We can better serve the community by helping update those.

> > 
> > Contact (single page with mailing lists, irc, forum)
> > 
> > Help us (projects, freedom verification, translations)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I prefer ah horizontal menu because it looks more modern to me.
> > 
> > What do you think?

I think the direction of the menu is a rather trivial thing to worry
about when we don't have useful doco  yet ;)
kk

> > 

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
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