On Thursday 30 November 2006 21:49, Mathias Bauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the discussion started by Ingrid ended in several sub threads and I
> think it's time to try to get the essentials collected.
>
> - Some project leads want to reduce the very strong separation between
> users and contributors.
>
> - OTOH there are concerns that the majority of people interested in OOo
> are "pure" users and will stay so and they might get bored by content
> more centred on contributors.
>
> - There is some demand that the application links on the start page
> should point to project pages addressing both users and contributors. As
> a compromise the current pages could link to the project pages. The
> motivation was that the current project navigation is awkward and people
> might never find e.g. the Calc project page. My comment: It should be
> clear that we are not talking about the current project pages when we
> ask for more direct links, they will of course need a redesign.
>
> - Chart should get the same attraction as e.g. Math and should find its
> place on the home page. Concerns are that Chart is still under
> construction.
>
> - We should point to URE and SDK also. My comment: have a look at the
> Mozilla page ("Other Mozilla Software"). Of course we need new pages for
> both products then.
>
> My personal summary of this would be:
>
> - Let's agree that we add a Chart link to the home page like the one to
> Math as soon as the new chart is integrated into OOo. Of course we
> already have a Chart module but I doubt that Ingrid will want to
> document this one so IMHO it makes sense to wait a bit.
>
> - Let's agree to have links to the "other products" URE and SDK
> somewhere on the home page. New pages have to be created before.
>
> - Let's add a link from the marketing pages of the applications to the
> project pages as soon as they are redesigned to address not only
> developers.
>
> Besides that I think we should also talk about the "Projects" link in
> the navigation bar. IMHO the "categories" page is one step too much and
> we should start with the "Accepted projects" page immediately - it also
> has links to the other categories and the NL projects are linked
> directly from the home page anyway.
>
> We also need some structure in the project list and perhaps at least the
> projects "External" and "Utilities" should be removed as they are a
> project only in CVS but not projects in the meaning of a group of people
> working on them.
>
> Another point I would like to rise: could we have a more prominent link
> to the "contribute" page, perhaps equally in visibility and size to the
> "get OOo" or the "Native Language" button?
>
> Ciao,
> MathiasOne of the Art/Marketing project members did a lot of work on a front page for the Why.openoffice.org marketing campaign and this was after a lot of discussion. I'm not quite sure why it wasn't used in the end, probably because Andre went fruit picking. :) However it is an excellent piece of work and with some modification to suit the new role, could suit the task. http://wyrfel.reukauf.com/hosting/OOo/Why_1/en/index.html Cheers Yo -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant "GET DRESSED - GET OOOGEAR" http://www.ooogear.co.nz Promotional gear for the discerning OOo Advocate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
