+1 for D Thank you, Martijn!
Martin On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM Martijn Dashorst <[email protected]> wrote: > TL;DR: there's a vote at the end of this message. > > I have done considerable work on what I think is a significant improvement > over the old site. This restructure is now live on > https://wicket.apache.org, > but I want the site to go further. > > First what is already achieved, I have restructured the site to: > - have fewer top level menu items > - give the blog more prominence > - have community capture both support and contribute > - give ASF and a link to our Github repo prominence (not that we value GH > over > ASF, but we don't want people /have/ to look for the link) > - have documentation according to Diataxis (How-to's, Tutorials, Explainers > and References) > - have search to our documentation, including a glossary, index, and more > - give each release line (wicket-10.x, wicket-9.x, wicket-8.x, etc) their > own page > - update the blog to be categorized with each release line, and also > featured posts > - give every release line page the facts you look for: its status, the date > support ends, the Maven dependency with a copy button, requirements, > downloads and how to upgrade to the next line > - use one vocabulary for release status everywhere: LTS, Current and end of > life, instead of "for production" and "for new features" > - put the newest release in the menu, leading to its line's page > - bring back the quick start wizard, under Releases > - link the reference guide (one page and PDF) and the Javadoc of every > release line from the documentation > - write the guide as about 140 pages by topic and kind, each marked with > the > Wicket version it applies to > - teach the search the release vocabulary, so "LTS" or "10" finds the right > page > - put questions, bug reports, reporting a vulnerability and the mailing > lists > on one Community page > - sort the contributor documentation by kind under /contribute/ > - give long pages an "On this page" rail beside the text > - give the homepage a Get started button, the release lines in the hero, > the > featured blog posts right below it, a page shown as its Java and its > HTML, > and the newest Built with Wicket showcases > - make the release tables and the homepage work on phones > - add a site footer, a 404 page that helps you on your way, and an llms.txt > for AI assistants > > What's next: > > On top of the new structure I made three new designs, to make the site > fresher and more modern. Each has an introduction on the homepage that > shows > how Wicket works; Ribbon also has a separate page that builds one page in > seven steps, which I intend to extend to explain more concepts visually: > https://dashorst.github.io/wicket-site/ribbon-site/start/overview.html > > The previews show the content as it will be on release day (11.0.0 and > 10.12.0 out), so some dates are in the future. > > These are the choices: > A - Current: https://dashorst.github.io/wicket-site/structure/ > B - Departure board: > https://dashorst.github.io/wicket-site/departure-board/ > C - Reveal: https://dashorst.github.io/wicket-site/reveal-site/ > D - Ribbon: https://dashorst.github.io/wicket-site/ribbon-site/ > E - Other, ... > > Please rank the choices in order of preference, most preferred first, for > example "D, B, A". You don't have to rank every choice. If you choose E, > say > what you have in mind. > > Everyone is welcome to vote, and in the case of a split decision, the PMC > votes > will be binding. The vote runs for at least 72 hours. I'll count it as an > instant > runoff: the choice with the fewest first preferences drops out and its > votes go to > their next choice, until one choice has a majority. > > Onwards to Wicket 11 and beyond! Check the proposals and give us your > preference(s)! > > Martijn >
