Very true Chris. I'd love to see the documents that were put together when this was discussed last time, if they're still around.
In regards to what needs improvement, there are some core issues as I see it. 1) the home page does a poor job of conveying what someone should do if they want to try out Django. It also could do a much better job of making Django a bit more "sexy". 2) the documentation itself, while thorough, is a bit difficult to navigate, especially for new users. I think this could be partially remedied by some modifications to headers and color choices. 3) the project could do a better job of selling itself, especially in regards to showcasing why it is so great: automatic admin, large active community and plugins, large sites and organizations using it, active development, lots of built in security, etc... 4) it just looks old and outdated, which is a problem in its own right. Should I just fork the project on Github and hack away or do I need to work on subversion? In regards to organization of the documentation, I assume that is generated via the docs within Django, correct? Would I have freedom to do content organization/copy changes or would it just be a design change? I don't mean changing the documentation, but more how other pages and sections are laid out. I assume I'd also need to work on the code.djangoproject.org site as well? Are there other things that would need to change? I'd really need the scope down so I know how and where to start. This is no simple task so any direction or help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers On Apr 28, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Chris Pickett <chris.pick...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems to me that this might be one of those opportunities to just jump > right in and get your hands dirty. I many ways I don't know if a redesign is > going to happen without someone taking the initiative and getting it done, so > it might as well be you! :) > > On Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:22:59 AM UTC-5, Dana Woodman wrote: > So now that Django is being moved to Git/Github (which is awesome!), maybe it > would be a good time to think about a revamped home page for the project ala > djangoproject.com? > > Obviously this is no small undertaking and would be potentially contentions > as to what would be the proper path, but I feel (and I don't think I'm alone) > that djangoproject.com could use a bit of a facelift. > > I have some idea of my own as to how this could be accomplished and I'm sure > there are a ton of others out there with great ideas as well. Maybe we could > open up some discussion on this idea? > > Forgive me if this has been proposed before as I'm new to the group! > > Cheers, > Dana > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/sWZOWG-NqmgJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
