> On Feb 17, 2026, at 7:31 AM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? >
That’s very much what we tired to do when we rearranged the menus into audiences rather than topics, and wrote landing pages for each of those audiences. Patches eagerly welcomed. > 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? Primarily because we have failed to attract a designer and/or information architect to help us with this work. Know anyone? — Rich Bowen [email protected]
