(moved to dev@community.apache.org) On 18 May 2012 02:02, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > Is there anyone tied to the style or layout here that I might offend? 8-)
I doubt it. The reality is that it was thrown together that way for lack of people to improve it. > - Broader and more explanatory/welcoming intro section As long as the word count is kept low. Far too many ASF pages are wordy and it's hard to get to what you need. > - Each of newcomer/contributor/committer sections has brief description, > then a handful of specifically named links to the sub-page (anchors about > tech/community/other info, etc.) I've always liked the three boxes next to one another as an entry point, e.g. > - Beef up History section to include public records (all board reports, the > original resolution), plus links to the /foundation/governance and the > /history pages on the a.o site This would be good, there is some great stuff scattered around. However, I wouldn't want this to have equal billing to people entry points. I'd think of this as more of a resources for press. > - Better and more frequent mention of this mailing list and other mailing > lists. We need to make it really easy to draw people into the appropriate > list(s) so they can start the conversation. +1000 > - Shane, hoping to improve here soon Yay! > Stretch goal is adding simple table, with direct links to key how-it-works, > etc. pages for top concepts people might search for: Get the code, Download > software, Report bugs, etc. - probably with columns for "geeks" and > "newcomers" (the geek ones go directly to svn.a.o or similar; the newcomer > versions go to explanatory pages under /dev, etc.) Lets keep it simple for now. I do think we can provide easy access but don't want us to go in ten directions at once. The goal here is to be a signpost, not a directory. Ross
