The front page redesign, or better to say design, should be one of tasks for the site design project. Why design, because now we have Download page as front page. Download link should be prominent, but not a portion of what is now. Report a Bug link should be present in all related sections, like Developer, User, Problems, but never on the front page. The graphic design can't be done without clear ideas what are top categories that we want to present to opensuse.org visitors. Here is illustration how simple can be the front page design: http://en.opensuse.org/List_of_Proposal_Pages/Graphic001 It was generated during experiments with GIMP. Background graphic is too dark, and jumps out of openSUSE graphic concept, but gives one idea what I mean under simplification. Next will be more in style with the rest of opensuse.org, and make use of image links introduced by Pflodo. Words Wiki, Users, Developers, openSUSE are used without much thoughts and can be accompanied with few more, or replaced with completely different set. The idea is to identify anonymous visitors of the front page and better adjust second level indexes to talk to specific audience. For instance, word "Problem?" can link to help, pages and unlike "Support" majority of visitors will understand what that means and can't be confused with paid support for retail versions. Word "Users" will talk about basics and projects that are related to use of openSUSE. -- Regards, Rajko.
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:59:44PM -0500, Rajko M wrote:
Words Wiki, Users, Developers, openSUSE are used without much thoughts and can be accompanied with few more, or replaced with completely different set. The idea is to identify anonymous visitors of the front page and better adjust second level indexes to talk to specific audience. For instance, word "Problem?" can link to help, pages and unlike "Support" majority of visitors will understand what that means and can't be confused with paid support for retail versions. Word "Users" will talk about basics and projects that are related to use of openSUSE.
I like the general idea. However I can't understand the word wiki here. Almost all pages ARE wiki. And what is this openSUSE for? All IS openSUSE. That would just leave Users and Developers. I like the idea of that Developers part. The Users part is much too big to put in one word. Users what? Configuration? Download? Problemsolving? The Download should be on the frontpage as well as the bugreporting. With the Download, I would not put the RC1 information there, because people might think it is a finished product. Smaller icons for both Download and Buggreport. houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau
houghi wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:59:44PM -0500, Rajko M wrote:
Words Wiki, Users, Developers, openSUSE are used without much thoughts and can be accompanied with few more, or replaced with completely different set. The idea is to identify anonymous visitors of the front page and better adjust second level indexes to talk to specific audience. For instance, word "Problem?" can link to help, pages and unlike "Support" majority of visitors will understand what that means and can't be confused with paid support for retail versions. Word "Users" will talk about basics and projects that are related to use of openSUSE.
I like the general idea.
Thanks. However I can't understand the word wiki here.
Almost all pages ARE wiki. And what is this openSUSE for? All IS openSUSE. That would just leave Users and Developers.
I like the idea of that Developers part. The Users part is much too big to put in one word. Users what? Configuration? Download? Problemsolving? The Download should be on the frontpage as well as the bugreporting.
With the Download, I would not put the RC1 information there, because people might think it is a finished product.
Smaller icons for both Download and Buggreport.
houghi
It was just playground for newcomer to GIMP. Content wasn't really important, just graphic impression. I agree that Wiki and openSUSE might be superfluous, but in some conceptions Wiki may have place: 1) Wiki for present wiki 2) Wiki help etc. The openSUSE might be filled with social events related links, who we are, meetings etc. -- Regards, Rajko.
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