Hello, I am Shivam Singh, a 2nd year University student from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una (India) pursuing Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. To participate in GSoC-2021 under Apache APISIX, I came up with *my own project idea relating to APISIX growth, it is "Redesign and development of Apache APISIX landing page".* Main reasons for me to propose this project are -
· Website *doesn’t show the most important features of APISIX* · Website *lacks a secondary call-to-action (After download) to the docs* for which the website is made for. · Website lacks the *amount of information needed to explain the usefulness of APISIX and why it is better*. · The *copywriting in certain sections of the website is too long *(description section) · Website *lacks accessibility in images*. For instance, the APISIX architecture image is not clear on desktop. · Website *lacks visual design* as a whole, when compared to another SaaS product website. Considering the above issues, it is* essential that a redesign is needed* to solve this, because to solve them would *require addition of multiple new sections* to the website. I have already discussed most of the heavy work with *Zhiyuan Ju (PMC at Apache APISIX)* and even have had my project proposal reviewed by him with agreement, mentioning *"the project background"*, *"Work description"*, *"Redesign mockup, with section-wise description"*, *"Results for community"*, *"Deliverables"* and *"scheduling of tasks".* So, I wanted to know* how would I be assigned mentor for this project. Will it be decided by "Apache software foundation" as a whole or "Apache APISIX"?* If you would ask my personal choice, I would prefer *Zhiyuan Ju as first choice, as a mentor for this project* as I have already discussed the depths of this project with him, but still eager to work with someone else the organisation chooses for this role. Thanks, Shivam Singh GitHub - 1502shivam-singh
