RFC: Restructure of the front page

[Tillman Hodgson]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:31:28PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> Grettings,
> 
> Thanks to Mark Linimon who provided a starting point for this, I've
> produced a patch for the front page.  This patch just makes a few
> simple 'structure' changes to hopefully allow users to find their
> information faster.
> 
> Main changes include:
> 
> o Removing the 'News' section.  Most of the information there is
>   repeated on the right bar.
> 
> o Adding a supported platforms section (replaces the above).  This
>   will help users locate information on arch support without going
>   through a maze of links.
> 
> o As per PR www/59853, add a 'Crafting Bug Reports' link to the
>   problem reports article.

I haven't been involved in any discussions around changing the front
page, but I'm really happy to see the direction that it's likely to go.

I'll toss an idea in:  Cleaning up the "Mailing lists" link under
"Documentation". It's two clicks away from a list of the available
lists, and three away from a subscribe/unsubcribe page. It also seems a
bit confusing ... multiple ways to get to archives (and what appears to
be two different archiving systems). A visitor sees non-English
language-specific lists before they see the topic-specific lists.

The first link seems to be somewhat superfluous ... perhaps linking
directly to
/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL and
migrating some of the information at the current link might help.

-T


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