+1,000,000 On 06/15/2014 04:55 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > Hi there, dev@ people (and docs@ cc'ed), > > For some time now, a lot of us from the documentation team have been > pondering on making our site, well, not so 1990s looking and unappealing. > > We've had some input from various people over time, and together with my > own thoughts, I've come up with a new core template that I plan to > submit to our CMS system if there aren't too many objections. > > A mockup front-page featuring this new design can be seen at > http://httpd.apache.pw/ (please don't start browsing the entire site, IT > DOES NOT WORK, it needs to be behind our CMS system to be pretty and > useable). > > And yes, this new layout will feature some changes: > > - News are placed in a carousel to eliminate the 'wall of text' we > currently have. RMs will have to get acquainted with how to change the > news on the site (which shouldn't be difficult if you look at the source > code, you will still be able to use the CMS to edit it) > - The menu is now a top bar instead of a side bar > - Some menu items have been grouped together differently than before > - The 8 bit feather has been replaced with the 32 bit one. > - It's not quite as...blue > > Now, before half the team starts complaining that this uses HTML5, > JavaScript or CSS3, please bear in mind that *we are not the intended > audience*. This is not - and should not be - about what we want, it's > about what modern (non-lynx) users will find attractive or off-putting > about a site. > > So, I will leave it to you to either love or hate this idea, and if I > don't hear any (good) arguments against this, I will update the site > layout in about 72 hours. If, however, someone feels very strongly about > not changing status quo, I will of course take it to a vote on dev@ (I > assume docs@ people also follow dev@). > > So, throw me some indicative pluses or minuses, or some comments, if you > care about our site :) > > With regards, > Daniel. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: docs-h...@httpd.apache.org >
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