Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-21 Thread Ross Gardler
On 21 May 2012 12:06, Shane Curcuru wrote: > P.S. Huh.  Maybe the standard a.o footer "Foundation" section should have a > "Newcomers" link or the like that points to community.a.o. Otherwise, as > someone asked, how do people even find this site? +1 I've not worked to link it in to the rest of

Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-21 Thread Shane Curcuru
Totally agreed - I was just saying that the History section would include links to existing resources - plus perhaps a brief sentence explaining what those things actually meant (so that newcomers can decide if they're interested in them!). Agreed on duplication just within the /dev and other

Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
> On 18 May 2012 02:02, Shane Curcuru wrote: ... >> - Beef up History section to include public records (all board reports, the >> original resolution), plus links to the /foundation/governance and the >> /history pages on the a.o site... We have IMO way too much duplication of this basic info ar

Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-18 Thread Shane Curcuru
ACK and ACK. And depending on the weather this weekend I may add the normal headers (Title: / Notice:) found on a.o site pages to all the community site pages as well for consistency. Indeed, short and to the point, but explanatory, and serving as an intelligent signpost to the many other can

Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-18 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 05/18/2012 02:17 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > (moved to dev@community.apache.org) > > On 18 May 2012 02:02, Shane Curcuru wrote: >> Is there anyone tied to the style or layout here that I might offend? 8-) I find it easy enough to navigate, and the colors and so on are nice, but my overall feeling

Re: Website update ideas

2012-05-18 Thread Ross Gardler
(moved to dev@community.apache.org) On 18 May 2012 02:02, Shane Curcuru wrote: > Is there anyone tied to the style or layout here that I might offend? 8-) I doubt it. The reality is that it was thrown together that way for lack of people to improve it. > - Broader and more explanatory/welcoming

RE: Website update ideas

2012-05-17 Thread Gavin McDonald
y, 18 May 2012 10:55 AM > To: commun...@apache.org > Subject: Re: Website update ideas > > On 18 May 2012 02:02, Shane Curcuru wrote: > > I've been mulling over a better style for the community.a.o website. > > While it's simple and to the point, it feels like the st