I really like the box as well. It's clear and concise. I like the fact that the layout is fluid, so it should work well on different devices. (William Henry has every device under the Sun, I usually enlist him to help me with that).
The links on right hand side is nice to have from the main page. I especially like the go to Bug thing. However we need to strike a balance btw providing enough information from the main page and overcrowding. I'm not too crazy on the logo and the color scheme, but then again those are all very personal choices. The most important things are the layout and the content, and I'm quite happy with that. Thanks again for working on this. I appreciate your effort. Rajith On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Gordon Sim <g...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 03/26/2013 02:05 PM, Justin Ross wrote: >> >> For my next iteration, I plan to try something new: I'm going >> to promote "source modules" (Qpid Java, Qpid C++, Qpid Proton) more on >> the front page. > > > I don't think that is the view that we should be presenting to users. While > it does match the release artefacts of course, I don't think that is > necessarily the clearest logical structure and I think its the logical > structure that the website should emphasise, mapping that as appropriate to > JIRA, svn, source releases etc. > > My interpretation of the current structure is as follows: > > Qpid Proton > - protocol engine > - messenger > - available in java or c, with python, ruby and perl wrappers > > Other client libraries: > > Qpid JMS > > Qpid Messaging > - c++ > - python > - perl, ruby > > Brokers: > > - c++ broker (available on windows and linux) > - java broker > - broker management tools > > (I would pull management tools out of the 'broker' category when they can be > used against other brokers or other things). > > I would have these categories on the front page in some way (with more > detail on each and indeed on each aspect or sub-component) available via > links. > > I very much like the large box explaining the purpose of the project. I also > like the items under the 'project' category on the current page.The > 'project' however is in my view distinct from the structure above, as it is > overarching. I think I'd pull the blogs into this as well, also the users > list as the project wide discussion forum. > > Much of the other stuff on the right hand side of the page I would move off > the front page. While I see the value of having some easy links, I think it > is a little noisy and I think it could be more clearly done in the context > of the different components. > > So e.g. instead of having download links for Qpid 0.20, Proton 0.4 etc I > would have have a single download link, and on the page that takes you to, > break things out along the same lines as the structure above, with links to > both the latest release, JIRA, any additional lists of interest etc. (We > also need a documentation link on the front page.) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@qpid.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@qpid.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@qpid.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@qpid.apache.org
