static page for F7 release, new directions

[Holger W. Dörner]

Am Mittwoch, den 25.04.2007, 16:30 -0700 schrieb Karsten Wade:
> For the Fedora 7 release, we are going to be using a static set of pages
> for the front of fedoraproject.org.  For those of you who remember the
> Fedora Core 6 release and how hammered the Wiki was, you'll be happy
> that we can rest a bit easier for the coming release.
> 
> Here is a *mock-up* using current styling, based on some existing
> conversations (source image below[1]); it is put forth for discussion on
> this list:
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/~kwade/fedora/websites/images/main-page-redesign-0.1.png
> 
> Really, it's just a starting point for conversation.  I expect all ya'll
> to speak up. :)
> 
> We'll either deliver this as a hand-built static set of pages, or we'll
> use our spankin' new Plone instance[2] to output it.  Doing the latter
> is useful because we simultaneously work up our CSS for Plone.
> 
> The static set of pages are:
> 
> Main page
>   |=> Download via torrent
>   |=> Download from a mirror
>   |=> Fedora for end-users
>   |=> Fedora for developers
>   \=> Join Fedora
> 
> The only other links on the page are:
>   
>   [Docs] => docs.fedoraproject.org
>   [Wiki] => fedoraproject.org/wiki (or wiki.fedoraproject.org?)
>   Legal => fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal
>   Trademark Guidelines => http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines
> 
> That is a reduction from 66 links (current front page) to 9.
> 
> The page we design or some variant of it can become the permanent
> front-page for fedoraproject.org.  In that case, we'll work from the set
> of redesign ideas from FUDCon[3], and in that scenario the links on the
> page actually *reduce* to:
> 
> Main page
>   |=> I want to do stuff with Fedora
>   |=> I want to get Fedora and stuff
>   |=> I want to join Fedora
>   |=> Legal
>   |=> Usage Policy
>   \=> Trademark Guidelines
>   
> Something like that. :)
> 
> - Karsten
> 
> [1] Source GIMP file:
> http://people.redhat.com/~kwade/fedora/websites/images/main-page-redesign-0.1.xcf
> 
> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/ is a Plone instance that, for
> technical reasons, doesn't have full auth for everyone.  It is where we
> are going to build out the design for the new pages.
> 
> [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites/MainPageRedesign2007

+1
Looks good for me so far. But I would also prefer black text on white
background for readability.

There is one thing I miss: What about news?
I think we should place it on the main page too.


Regards,
-- 
Holger Dörner
German Fedora Ambassador
( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HolgerDoerner )

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