On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Nick Sklav wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 01:15 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Now that there is an effort underway to improve the look/theme of the > > Wiki. I would like to discuss the content of the wiki. > > > > IMO there are too many links on the frontpage. With a new theme, the > > News/Events items on top can go into a sidebar, so that will be taken care > > of the news items. I will not discuss them here. > > > > But currently, there is little structure in all the links/titles on the > > Frontpage and that is, to say the least, confusing. > > > > I would prefer to end up with a Frontpage that lists up to 7 subsections > > on the front page and moves most of the other links to one of these > > subsections. > > > > I would propose something like this: > > > > http://wiki.centos.org/FrontPageProposal > > > > and move everything to the subsections (maybe even move page references to > > fit in these subsections). With a change like this, the wiki will become > > much more straightforward to new users and hopefully will encourage people > > to contribute. > > > > What do people think ? > > It's nice, but I think that a more enterprise look is in order. im just > stating an opinion and prefer not to get shot over this. but this is > enterprise class os. what i am thinking is more clean and segmented > website. as things are now im just not thrilled with it its good to the > point but nothing eye catching. What im thinking is a total redesign of > the site and wiki, i might not be super qualified for the job. But i can > assist. > > They should be integrated under the new look, simple to navigate. The looks and the website are explicitely not the subject of this mail. They are being addressed in a seperate effort, this mail is about the content and structure. But I do agree with your opinion. -- -- dag wieers, dag at centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]