Yes, changes looks good. Thanks for looking into it and contributing the changes.
Regards -- Divesh Dutta www.hotwaxsystems.com On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM Aditi Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Thank you Arun for the kind words and the +1! > > I've now opened a PR against the site repository that implements all four > suggestions: > > https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-site/pull/27&source=gmail&ust=1783075671683000&sa=E > > In brief: > > 1. Adds a top-level "Download" menu item so the download link is reachable > from the top of the page (it highlights as active on the download page, > like the other entries). > > 2. Removes the unlabeled play-arrow icon from the top menu; the YouTube > channel remains linked in the footer. If we'd rather keep the icon with a > visible label instead, I'm happy to adjust. > > 3. Updates the intro line to "An Apache top level project since 2006" > (which also won't go stale), and fixes the small "it's" -> "its" typo in > the same sentence. > > 4. Adds an "OFBiz on GitHub" link to the footer alongside the YouTube and > Vimeo channels. > > Following the README, the changes were made in the PHP templates > (template/region and template/page) and all HTML pages were regenerated > with ./php2html.sh — so the diff touches every page, but the effective > change is small. > > I've attached before/after screenshots of the header, the intro text and > the footer, plus one of the download page showing the new menu item > highlighted. If the attachments don't make it through the list, the same > changes can be reviewed on the PR. > > Reviews and suggestions are very welcome — happy to adjust or split any of > these if folks prefer. > > Thanks, > Aditi > > On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 03:02 PM, Arun Patidar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> +1 Aditi, suggestions look good to me. Thanks for your efforts. >> >> >> Regards >> --- >> Arun Patidar >> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM Aditi Patel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I've been looking at ofbiz.apache.org lately as if I were seeing it for >> > the >> > first time, and it made me think about how we can improve the landing >> page. >> > A few small changes could make ofbiz.apache.org easier for a first-time >> > visitor to navigate: >> > >> > 1. The orange play-arrow (the "▶" button) at the right end of the top >> > menu isn't labeled, and it quietly opens the YouTube channel in a new >> > tab — >> > a newcomer probably can't tell where it leads. A small label or >> tooltip >> > could help, or we could drop the button since the YouTube channel is >> > already linked in the footer. >> > 2. The "Download OFBiz" button only appears right at the bottom of >> the >> > page, below all the content. For someone looking to try it out, >> adding a >> > "Download" / "Get Started" link nearer the top can help. >> > 3. The intro line reads "An Apache top level project for 10 years, >> OFBiz >> > has shown it's stability...". Since OFBiz has been a top-level >> project >> > since 2006, the "10 years" is a little out of date. >> > 4. The footer links the YouTube and Vimeo channels but not GitHub, >> even >> > though github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework (and ofbiz-plugins) is >> where >> > many contributors first look and where pull requests happen. Adding a >> > GitHub link alongside the others would be beneficial. >> > >> > Happy to file Jira issues and small PRs if these seem worthwhile. Please >> > feel free to add anything you've noticed. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Aditi >> > >> >
