Hi Martijn, Here are some suggestions from me:
- make the top navigation bar fixed to prevent long scrolling. Or show something like http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/javascript.html#affix on the left/right to prevent scrolling to the top to choose something else. - from the "News" section below it becomes too lean/simple. Maybe it will become nicer once you improve the font settings. I'm not sure whether some images will improve this, but the images at the top part of the page makes it feel richer/nicer. - is it possible to put all the information from the current site to the new one ? Most of "Meet Wicket" section at http://wicket.apache.org/ could be dropped. The other sections (Learn, Releases, API Docs, Contribute, Apache) I find useful. On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Martijn Dashorst <martijn.dasho...@gmail.com > wrote: > For those that are paying attention to the commits list and/or JIRA > (WICKET-3341), you've probably seen several attempts at developing a new > web site design for the Wicket main site. Previous attempts all stalled > because of a desire to make things too complicated and difficult to > maintain/develop. > > I therefore crafted a more minimalist design, inspired by the flat design > movement. I received 2 positive reactions already, which enticed me to > craft a HTML mockup of our homepage in this new design. You can see it in > action here: > > http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/wicket-flat/ > > Feedback is welcome. Please take the following in consideration: > - I'm looking for design guidance, IE issues can be tackled when we > actually want to use this design > - this is still a work in progress > - I haven't had the time to create the minimal set of fonts necessary > - the idea is to create a minimal, minimum maintenance, modern design, > paired with captivating copy to attract new users (or at least not turn > them away). > > I'd like to propose this as our new site design and move quickly forward > into implementing this in our template setup. This design is pretty easy to > implement, as evidenced by the small css I've needed thus far. > > Martijn > > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Martin Grigorov (JIRA) <j...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > > > [ > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-3341?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13649648#comment-13649648 > ] > > > > Martin Grigorov commented on WICKET-3341: > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > I like the new one too! > > > > > New design for wicket site > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > Key: WICKET-3341 > > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-3341 > > > Project: Wicket > > > Issue Type: Improvement > > > Components: site > > > Reporter: Martijn Dashorst > > > Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--Alternative design.jpg, > > KeynoteScreenSnapz001.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz002.png, > > KeynoteScreenSnapz003.png, KeynoteScreenSnapz004.png, > > KeynoteScreenSnapz005.png, wicket-flat.001.png > > > > > > > > > Our current site design has been with us for quite a while. It looked > > fresh in the 1980s, but now it has gone stale. > > > This is a proposal for a new, fresh design of the home page and sub > > pages. > > > The home page will feature a prominent download link, a list of feature > > descriptions, screenshots of sites powered by Wicket, official blog items > > and Buzz by our users. > > > The screenshots of wicket powered websites will link to short > > descriptions of the sites under /meet/poweredby. Links to the websites > will > > of course have nofollow > > > Other pages will feature a menu on the right side of the page providing > > direct links to content. > > > Attached are a couple of screen shots of how the site might look like. > > > Screen 005 is an alternative of the home page without the list of > > features, but including the introduction to wicket article. > > > > -- > > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > > If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA > > administrators > > For more information on JIRA, see: > http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira > > > > > > -- > Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com > -- Martin Grigorov Wicket Training & Consulting http://jWeekend.com <http://jweekend.com/>
