Jarek Potiuk wrote on 1/18/26 08:06:
Which means we need to figure out more intuitive nav on the site. Again.
:)
That's a given :). The moment we can't improve something in what we do, is
the moment we stop reinventing ourselves and fall into stagnation.
...snip...
It feels like the homepage needs some to lead different audiences to the
topics they might be interested in - using the language they'll expect
for those topics. And then perhaps simple list item landing pages per
audience that help refine what topics they want to read.
For example: the way any regular contributor will look for topics is
different than a complete newcomer. Similarly, the way a technical
participant is looking for information is different than someone
interested in community or events. How can we write simple yet helpful
mini-welcome pages for the kinds of readers that come to the website?
Brainstorming entry questions to frame these mini-welcomes:
- I'd like to contribute code (someone just needing technical info or
lists of projects)
- I'm looking for a community to join (someone interested in how our
communities actually work)
- Where can my company participate around the ASF?
- I'm a committer: what else does the ASF do outside my project?
Each of these mini-welcomes would be a short list of links to key topics
they might be interested in, plus perhaps a one sentence explainer to
frame the topics.
I guess the metaphor is: instead of having the home page images be just
a list of topics, have some be a list of common *audiences* we have.
This idea would sit alongside the existing nav bar and tags system,
which are important for the audiences who use those first.
Also: if tags are implemented across the site, why aren't they given a
more featured UI spot?
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- Shane
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