Round two of the front page structure changes...

[Tom Rhodes]

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:48:32 +0100
Christian Brueffer <chris at unixpages.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:10:30PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:21:41 +0100
> > Christian Brueffer <chris at unixpages.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > I like it, but I think there are still way too many links in the
> > > sidebar.
> > 
> > Yes, too many can be overwhelming.  I'm thinking of ways to get
> > around this.  If we do site cleanup, then perhaps we can break
> > things up a bit.  Like this:
> > 
> > Front page
> > Support ---- America -- links, documentation, ...
> >              Other -- links to <language> sites, translated docs, ...
> > 
> 
> I have to think about this some more, I don't think your example above
> catches it quite right.

In all honesty, it doesn't.  But what else could I do with only a
few moments of time before I left work eh?  :)

> 
> > > 
> > > As you already notes, the 'Vendors' section actually belongs to the
> > > 'Software' section.  'Documentation' and 'Support' could be consolidated
> > > into a 'Resources' section.
> > 
> > That was kind of what I thought too, and I think Mark noted that
> > in either private/public mail to me.  Like on the IBM/Microsoft/Intel
> > site, you visit the support section (usually support.domain.xxx) and
> > they have downloads, documentation, software/hardware errata,
> > bug/knowledge base...  There may be something to that idea...
> > 
> 
> Yes, something like that would be nice.

Sean wanted to get some ideas from me on this.  Of course, we won't
commit anything without general -doc approval.

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Maybe we should put the links to language specific web pages in a more
> > > prominent position (and list all available languages on the front page).
> > > 
> > > In general, we should unclutter the side bar.  IMHO, NetBSD and OpenBSD
> > > have done a good job in this regard.  4 or 5 big subsections which
> > > roughly categorize the links to subsection pages, which can contain all
> > > the other stuff.
> > 
> > My goal explained!  A good one or two 'key words' which link to a
> > large area containing everything they would want.  Easy to navigate,
> > tons of useful information, no hunting around an endless wave of
> > links to find one simple answer...  Not that our site is that bad,
> > yet...
> > 
> 
> Good to see we're on the same line on this one.  Haven't read most of
> the other thread, so if I just parrotted what you already said, sorry
> about that one :-)

Tis fine.  As long as we are on the same wave link, I'm happy.

-- 
Tom Rhodes