On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Dave Caplinger < davecaplin...@solutionary.com> wrote:
> Looks good so far (looks like a WordPress site actually)... > > Thanks for the comments below. I am not the one to answer these, but let me say that it is indeed WordPress (and the old site also). Rainer > A few minor quibbles based on a quick review: > > * It's not obvious that the top-level menu items are in fact pages > themselves (for example, you can click on 'PROJECT' and go to the Project > Status page even though that doesn't appear in the pop-up menu under > 'PROJECT') > > * It may make sense to have a header called 'Deprecated Releases' above > v6 and blow on that project status page, just to make it more clear that > you really shouldn't be using these (unless you must) > > * Help (main) page: the bullets seem to have line breaks before the > items? Also, this appears to actually be Help -> Guides rather than a > top-level HELP page? > > * Menu: "Professiomal" is spelled incorrectly :-) > > * Professional Services (main) page - says that options are "below" but > they aren't > > * HOME: I wonder if the contents of the NEWS page should be here instead > (under the existing introductory info)? Helps the main page show that this > is an active project. > > * NEWS: Should Rainer's blog posts be included? (Or at least posts he > tags with 'rsyslog'?) Maybe someone should pull related blog post > announcements from the mailinglist and post them to NEWS as well, such as > Radu's relatively recent posts about rsyslog working with elasticsearch, > etc. > > * NEWS: it might be better to include less of the article for the > non-first news posting; all those rsyslog version releases repeat the same > stuff over and over... and then you could get more news post abstracts > > * Some of the pages allow comments; for example, Download -> Rsyslog > 7.4.9 (stable). I'm guessing that this was not intended? > > * Theme: The hyperlink color is really hard to distinguish from the > regular text color > > > Speaking of the Theme: > > If it really is a WordPress site; perhaps a more product-oriented theme > could help freshen the look. For example, if the three main points we are > trying to convey are that Rsyslog is Fast, Reliable, Extensible (just to > pick three somewhat at random), a good layout may be a main page with a > full-width banner of the new logo and single-phrase description "Rsyslog is > a Rocket-fast...", then one row of 3 mini-banners for each of the 3 main > points. Each point could include some related graphic and > descriptive-phrase, and link to a more detailed page. The 'extensible' > mini-baner could link to the Plugins page, for example. > > Another way to think of this is: why did the user come to the page? What > verb or action are they here to perform? Is it to GET the newest version? > LEARN how to make rsyslog do great things? SEE/HEAR what's new? > PARTICIPATE with others? Whatever those main 3 to 5 actions are, it > should be obvious from the front page how to do them without having to dig > into sub-menus to find them. > > Likewise, you/we as the project leaders/community may want to convey > specific things too -- like that the project's product has certain > properties (fast, reliable, extensible), or that the community is large and > active, or that the project is active, or perhaps that the product is used > in prestigious places. So that's another 3 to 5 design requirements. > > So in that light, check out the following contemporary peers of rsyslog: > > * github.com - large main banner, 3 sub-banner "reasons why you'll love > it" > > * www.docker.io - large banner with descriptive phrase > > * coreos.com - banner, 2 sub-banners, 3 main themes (minimal, runs > containers, service discovery) > > * vagrantup.com - HUGE main banner, 3 sub-banners (but vertical), > prestigious customers > > * elasticsearch.org - HUGE banner that switches between the 3 main > messages > > * getbootstrap.com - main banner, 3 main themes, 4 example uses > > * centos.org (new look since the RedHat "collaboration") - large main > banner, 3 sub-sections, including "recent news" and "look at our great > sponsors" > > Granted, many of the above are trending towards commercial objectives, so > a product-focused site makes a lot of sense for them. And this isn't > dissimilar from Rsyslog's case. Rsyslog is great (and free), and by the > way if you want commercial support, Adiscon is happy to help you out... > > - Dave > > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Andre Lorbach <alorb...@adiscon.com> wrote: > > > We have started updating the RSyslog Website Theme and Content in a > > testing environment. > > We are now at a point where we would like to know your opinion about the > > new theme, the look and feel. > > > > Please note that not all content is linked by the New Menu yet. If you > are > > missing parts of the site, don't worry nothing is gone, just temporary > > hidden ;). > > We would appreciate any feedback ;) > > > > Oh before I forget, here is the Link to the dev website: > > http://dev.rsyslog.com/ > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Andre Lorbach > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog- > >> boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 10:13 AM > >> To: rsyslog-users > >> Subject: [rsyslog] rsyslog.com site changes > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> as we probably all know, the web site is not perfect, to phrase it > > politely. > >> Among other problems, it seems to be quite hard to find information > > quickly > >> enough. We are thinking about what could be changed. > >> > >> We would really appreciate feedback on > >> > >> - what is good? (and should stay) > >> - what is bad? > >> - what needs to be changed? > >> - HOW should it be changed > >> > >> If you find nothing is good, please say so. That's why I am asking ;) > > Feedback > >> including suggestions on how a new site should look like would of course > > be > >> extremely useful. Often, it is not obvious how something that is > > considered > >> bad could be done better. If we don't have a smart idea of how to > > improve > >> things, we either do changes that do not really help -- or do no changes > > at all > >> (this has happened often enough in the past). > >> > >> Feedback is deeply appreciated. Also, if you'd like to contribute to > > improving > >> the site, just let us know to gain the proper access permissions. > >> > >> Rainer > >> _______________________________________________ > >> rsyslog mailing list > >> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > >> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > >> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: > >> This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites > > beyond > >> our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT. > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
