2008/8/28 Andreas Demmer :

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(principal site) = The presentation card has to be friendly_mode_ON ;)

Sorry, I did not quite get you. Could you please explain?

Only tried to tell the principal site (http://opensuse.org/) has to be friendly mode Easy to read it in your local language Nothing else +1 to all your comments =) 2008/8/28 Martin Lasarsch :

Maybe try to have the search below the 3 boxes.

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Hi, I've also this 404 Error, but acessing: http://www.suse.de/~rlihm/en/ works :) regards, Luiz Fernando 2008/8/28 Tehmasp Chaudhri :

Hi,

I'll just be frank. IMHO it's rather dull looking in its current state. I would stick w/ the current frontpage if I had to vote.

I'm also getting an 'Error 404' right now on your example site, BTW.

I do like the international drop down box - but don't get why the current frontpage would need a search bar. I like going to opensuse.org and choosing between the 3 options (get, discover, build) - makes it real easy.

In the end I'm nobody on this list :)

Thanks, Tehmasp

On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 13:57 +0200, Robert Lihm wrote:

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Hey!

During Hackweek 3 Andreas Demmer and I made a new frontpage for opensuse.org, which will replace the 3-Box-Page we currently have on http://www.opensuse.org .

The goals of the new page are:

* pickup the visitor at the front-door * offer more information about the openSUSE-Project on a centralised page (more; not to much, many, etc., just a overview!) * stay conform with the openSUSE.org screen-design * make it easy for newcomers to dig into the openSUSE-Univers.

About the page-design:

The content is always placed in two columns (1/3 to 2/3) and the page is divided into two halves. In the top is the eye-candy logo with a short description (we are still looking for a better/shorter text) of the openSUSE project and the good old three main sections: software, wiki, build service. Links to all other o.o-pages are offert at the bottom of the page as hotwords, so they can be easily found with the filter in your browser or by scrolling ;-) The search bar above the the categories is not fully implemented jet. We plan a selection box (dropdown) in front of the input-field where you can select the section which should be searched (e.g. like Firefox search in the top/right corner). The placement of the search box is carefully chosen. It has a optical connection to the three sections but there is enough white-space between the search and the section-chunk to display that they are not siblings. It's in the upper-right where the most people look for a search (it's in these area on all o.o-pages).

The lower part of the page contains, in the bigger column, informations like upcoming events, etc. ... what ever is hot :-) The smaler column contains the last 5 headlines from news.o.o (updates every hour), help informations and a link to shop.o.o. We made a small admin interface to change the content without the code- hacking and deploying dance.

A localisation is implemented, too. But not deployed now.

You can check out the draft at http://www.suse.de/~rlihm/index.shtml.

We are looking forward to hear your opinions and suggestions.

Best, Robert

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On 28.08.2008, at 16:12, Tehmasp Chaudhri wrote:

Hi,

I'll just be frank. IMHO it's rather dull looking in its current state. I would stick w/ the current frontpage if I had to vote.

I'm also getting an 'Error 404' right now on your example site, BTW.

OK, the 404 is 'cause I uploaded a php file and missed that the server has no PHP. We are organizing an other webserver right now. Sorry, that's not the way an announcement should run ;-) As workaround I deployed a redirect which brings you to my privat server where the page run fine.

I do like the international drop down box - but don't get why the current frontpage would need a search bar. I like going to opensuse.org and choosing between the 3 options (get, discover, build) - makes it real easy.

Agree about the 3 boxes. IMHO the search box is handy because you can (in future) just go to this page and e.g. search directly at software.o.o for a software-package. It makes ways shorter. And I think, it's a kind of back-up for visitors who feel lost. It strongly depends on user-behavior.

In the end I'm nobody on this list :)

As every body! That's one of the cool things here :-) Cheers, Robert

Thanks, Tehmasp

On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 13:57 +0200, Robert Lihm wrote:

...

Hey!

During Hackweek 3 Andreas Demmer and I made a new frontpage for opensuse.org, which will replace the 3-Box-Page we currently have on http://www.opensuse.org .

The goals of the new page are:

* pickup the visitor at the front-door * offer more information about the openSUSE-Project on a centralised page (more; not to much, many, etc., just a overview!) * stay conform with the openSUSE.org screen-design * make it easy for newcomers to dig into the openSUSE-Univers.

About the page-design:

The content is always placed in two columns (1/3 to 2/3) and the page is divided into two halves. In the top is the eye-candy logo with a short description (we are still looking for a better/shorter text) of the openSUSE project and the good old three main sections: software, wiki, build service. Links to all other o.o-pages are offert at the bottom of the page as hotwords, so they can be easily found with the filter in your browser or by scrolling ;-) The search bar above the the categories is not fully implemented jet. We plan a selection box (dropdown) in front of the input-field where you can select the section which should be searched (e.g. like Firefox search in the top/right corner). The placement of the search box is carefully chosen. It has a optical connection to the three sections but there is enough white-space between the search and the section-chunk to display that they are not siblings. It's in the upper-right where the most people look for a search (it's in these area on all o.o-pages).

The lower part of the page contains, in the bigger column, informations like upcoming events, etc. ... what ever is hot :-) The smaler column contains the last 5 headlines from news.o.o (updates every hour), help informations and a link to shop.o.o. We made a small admin interface to change the content without the code- hacking and deploying dance.

A localisation is implemented, too. But not deployed now.

You can check out the draft at http://www.suse.de/~rlihm/index.shtml.

We are looking forward to hear your opinions and suggestions.

Best, Robert

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Hello, This is a Nice and neat page, it'll help a lot : Thanks ! By th way, have you tried to use thumbnails ? It could give a nice and clear effect too, and allow to have Get/Discover and Create on the same level. But maybe it was on purpose that you put Get it 1st, then Discover it, and after all Create it ? Fabrice Jakub Steiner a écrit :

What a huge improvement. Good stuff, Robert.

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