Re: initial structure ideas

[Shawn T Amundson <amundson eventloop com>]

You do not suggest how we are going to make use of the excellent 
www.gtk.org URL.  Do you have any ideas in this area?

-Shawn

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:17:22AM +0500, Ryan Muldoon wrote:
> I thought that it may be a good idea to talk about how we want to
> organize content.  Since this is my main area of interest, I thought
> that I could give a quick proposal.  The big caveat on what I am
> suggesting is that I have yet to see a complete list of all the content
> that is needed on the gnome websites, so I am just including what I know
> we need.  I will ignore the issue of localization for now, as that is a
> somewhat separate issue.
> 
> Quick structure proposal:
> 
> Main site
> -->project information
> -->information on free software (link to fsf)
> -->friendly links to other sections
> -developer.gnome.org
> -->tutorials
> -->whitepapers
> -->reference docs
> -->cvs stuff (bonsai, lxr, etc)
> -->project of the week (HP's former weekly list of quick projects)
> -->gnome roadmap
> -->translation info
> -->IRC info
> -projects.gnome.org
> -->documentation project
> -->ui hitsquad
> -->gnome sound project
> -->whatever other projects are being hosted by gnome
> -software.gnome.org
> -->hosted gnome app websites
> -->application list, broken down by category
> -->new gnome software announcements
> -->new gtk software (?)
> -news.gnome.org
> -->some kind of web-board system like gnotices
> -foundation.gnome.org
> -->foundation meeting minutes
> -->board members, with contact info
> -->advisory board info
> -->application form for membership
> -->charter
> -mail.gnome.org
> -->list of public mailing lists, and archives
> -->improved search interface
> -people.gnome.org
> -->list of developers, by region
> -->interviews with developers? (Is this still happening?)
> -users.gnome.org  (needs a better name)
> -->how to get gnome
> -->screenshots of gnome in action
> -->frequently asked questions (for users)
> -->link to themes.org for gtk and sawfish
> -->gnome user's guide
> -bugs.gnome.org
> -->bugzilla system
> -->nice bug reporting assistant (like Eazel's)
> 
> 
> This is off the top of my head, after a little bit of research.  But, I
> think that making clear sections
> allows for a few things:
> 1. the user knows where he/she is.  Each 2nd-level section can have a
> slight variance of the main
> site's look, so the user knows that she/he is on a gnome site, and can
> quickly tell which part
> 2. It helps in dividing up the teams of maintainers.
> 3. It really helps in the initial templating of the site - how
> header/footer/sidebar inheritance works, etc.
> 
> Of course, there will have to be some crosslinking and such, and
> multiple avenues to the same information, but this seems to be a pretty
> logical division of content.  The main page needs to do a
> good job of helping people get to each section quickly and efficiently
> (which, for the most part, it does now).  I also feel that we should
> immediately assert the fact that gnome is Free software, in the FSF
> sense.
> 
> As an obligatory implementation-related comment, I strongly feel that
> CSS should be used across the board......it simplifies things, and
> speeds up downloads.  Also, I really disagree with using images for
> text.  That is what CSS is for, and it slows down translations.
> 
> Anyway, hopefully this is of some help.
> 
> 
>     --Ryan
> 
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