RFC: Restructure of the front page

[Tom Rhodes]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:51:42 -0600
Tillman Hodgson <tillman at seekingfire.com> wrote:

> 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.

I'll be hitting this up too.  Changing the front page is a project
that must be attacked in parts.  The reason being is that so many
people will have a wide variety of opinions on content.  Doing
it section by section will make the reviewing process easy, and
get more opinions in several specific areas.

-- 
Tom Rhodes