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On 07:39 Thu 30 Jun , Theo Chatzimichos wrote: |
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> Since the LDAP work is done, with only bugfixes and small improvements |
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> needed here and there, I've started working on the front page. It will |
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> follow the steps of the one we currently have. It will be a |
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> syndication-like page, combining the info from planet/blogs, news |
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> items written by PR team, new packages etc. I also started working on |
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> the lxml scripts to parse our XML documentation, and next week I'll |
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> plug in the design done in www-redesign repo, and improve it as |
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> possible. |
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Has Matt shown you my design work yet? Times have changed since 7 years |
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ago when the redesign occurred, and we need to change some with them — |
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unless we want things to look outdated already on the day we release the |
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new site. |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_handbook2_header-bar.png |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_handbook.png |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_install.png |
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(very alpha, still WIP) |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_black.png |
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This probably isn't the right time to incorporate all of it, but there |
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are a couple of things that would be great to rework while you're at it: |
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1) The header bar. I've got a nice sample at |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_install.png |
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-- the idea is that each of those 3 choices is a drop-down menu with |
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more options (stuff on the top and sides of our current site). |
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2) A reworked sidebar that is context-sensitive. Get rid of the existing |
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sidebar that has way too many links, and replace it with one that's |
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autogenerated depending on the current location. A good example is at |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_handbook2_header-bar.png |
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-- note that it includes the parent, siblings (collapsed by default), |
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and children (page anchors). |
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3) Breadcrumbs just below the header bar (see |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/gentoo_website/gentoo_landing_handbook2_header-bar.png |
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again). |
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4) If you have time, change the theming and design so the handbook (and |
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all other docs, etc) looks like my designs. You can ignore the big |
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purple-black box for the time being, or I can provide images whenever |
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they're needed (given a couple of days notice). |
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We can leave the landing page and "sub-landings" (like |
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gentoo_landing_install.png) for later, once I've had time to do them |
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properly or we decide whether they're even necessary. But if you run out |
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of things to do, let me know and I'll finish that work up. |
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-- |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Admin, Summer of Code |
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Project lead, public relations |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |
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