New subject: [centos-artwork] Restructuring the website homepage layout

20 Sep 2023


      Hey folks,
Could we have a talk about the website homepage layout?
Here is a tentative sketch I am working on for the a new website theme:
https://centos.gitlab.io/artwork/centos-web/jekyll-theme-centos-base/documen...
In this layout:
Are "News and Events" and "Blog Posts" redundant sections?
Does it make sense to present only extracts from blog posts if we cover
"news and events" as blog posts?
What is your opinion about restructuring the site content under the
following 4 top sections:
1. Project: describes the project itself. For example, the project
mission, the project organizational structure, the project trademarks,
the project governance, legal stuff, gpg signing keys.
2. Bits: describes content that final users can download, install,
study, propose/make changes to, and use in their computers or devices.
In this section you would have CentOS Stream and all its derived
distributions. This section would cover related information like,
screenshots, links to download mirrors, end of life, documentation
links for using this distributions, post-installation commands you
might want to run. This section would be implemented using "jekyll-
theme-centos-download" component.
https://centos.gitlab.io/artwork/centos-web/jekyll-theme-centos-download/doc...
3. Community: describes the community resources and activities. For
example, here you find the entry points for the latest blog posts, news
and events as well as shortcuts to resources like mailing lists, wiki,
forums, blog, irc, calendars, cbs, and sigs.
4. Sponsors: promotes sponsors with linked images and thanksgiving
message for their active support. This section would be implemented
using "jekyll-theme-centos-sponsors" component:
https://centos.gitlab.io/artwork/centos-web/jekyll-theme-centos-sponsors/doc...
What would be your perfect layout and content structure for the
website?
Thanks!
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Alain Reguera Delgado alain.reguera@gmail.com