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From: Mark Bretl <mbretl@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:13:10 -0800
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Subject: Re: Project website design and style guidelines / tips
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Cc: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel@gmail.com>
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Another resource for the required links is the TLP Website check,
https://whimsy.apache.org/site/check.

Best regards,

--Mark

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:17 AM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, please preserve existing URLs (add redirects if necessary).
>
> It's really annoying when links break.
>
> On 3 December 2017 at 16:58, Kevin A. McGrail <kevin.mcgrail@mcgrail.com>
> wrote:
> > My $0.02 is everyone does there own design but there are a few links and
> stuff required to the main apache.org site.  See https://www.apache.org/
> foundation/marks/pmcs
> >
> > Also, if you get some people to donate their work on the design or
> website.  Consider adding them as commiters.  It's a talent sometimes
> overlooked by pmcs.
> > Regards,
> > KAM
> >
> > On December 3, 2017 10:21:39 AM EST, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Some of us in the Subversion community have been talking about
> >>"refreshing" our website [1]. Overall it's not bad I think, but it
> >>starts to feel a bit dated. We'd like to update it with a more modern
> >>L&F, make it more attractive, perhaps shuffle around some bits of
> >>information to make them more easily discoverable, etc ...
> >>
> >>Before we go reinvent the wheel, I was wondering: does the ASF have
> >>some guidelines, style guides, templates, tips? I found one recent
> >>mailthread on dev@community: "Where's the code" [2], but that was
> >>mainly focused on having a link to the source repositories and
> >>download links.
> >>
> >>Browsing through some project websites I see quite some diversity. Is
> >>this: each project does its own thing? Or is there a desire to create
> >>some consistency and / or take the burden of designing websites away
> >>from the projects a bit (most of us are nowhere near experienced web
> >>designers)?
> >>
> >>Any checklists of things to keep in mind?
> >>
> >>Any great examples within the ASF ecosystem?
> >>
> >>
> >>[1] http://subversion.apache.org/
> >>[2]
> >>https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f33c88b52afbf65aabb028772dcd08
> ebb78a237d99221566754fa82a@%3Cdev.community.apache.org%3E
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>--
> >>Johan
> >>
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