static page for F7 release, new directions

[Mike McGrath]

Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Mike McGrath wrote:
>> If possible I'd like the download page to also be a static (plone) 
>> page.  Mostly because I'd bet thats the page thats going to get 
>> linked on /. and digg.
>
> Actually from 
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/fedora_champions_of_community:
>
> "The introduction of a simple, clean front page to the massive (and 
> inevitably intimidating) resource which is the Fedora wiki can only be 
> a good thing: whether it’s making it easier for people to find out 
> exactly what Fedora is, or if it’s making it easier for people find 
> documentation, or if it’s making it easier for people to get involved 
> with the project, can only be a good thing!"
>
> So with that in mind maybe here is a stab at a list of the static 
> pages we'll need:
>
> 1) front page - what is fedora? links to other pages, download most 
> prominent
>
> 2) download page - mirror and bittorrent links, with some installation 
> info from the Distribution page on the wiki, potentially links to 
> Free/Sponsored Media programs and Online/Local Vendors for media
>
> 3) join page - static plone version of the Fedora wiki Join page?
>
> 4) upsell page - simple tour with some (very optimized & small) 
> screenshots upselling Fedora to newbies, explaining what it can do, 
> etc, kind of a marketing-y page?
>
Thats what I had initially envisioned though 3) and 4) can link to the 
wiki for now as a post F7 item.  Unless we get 1) and 2) done very quickly.

    -Mike