From commits-return-8352-apmail-couchdb-commits-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Mon Apr 16 22:57:54 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-commits-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-commits-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C277908A for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4827 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-commits-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 4783 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commits-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list commits@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 4776 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-commits@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 4773 invoked by uid 99); 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:57:54 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.131] (HELO eos.apache.org) (140.211.11.131) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:57:47 +0000 Received: from eos.apache.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eos.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1444C688; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:57:26 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Apache Wiki To: Apache Wiki Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:57:25 -0000 Message-ID: <20120416225725.50757.64126@eos.apache.org> Subject: =?utf-8?q?=5BCouchdb_Wiki=5D_Update_of_=22Website=5FDesign=22_by_NoahSlat?= =?utf-8?q?er?= Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Couchdb Wiki" for c= hange notification. The "Website_Design" page has been changed by NoahSlater: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Website_Design New page: <> <> =3D Guidelines =3D We do not vote for changes to the website design. This leads to a design by= committee situation. And design by committee situations always produce bad= designs. A good design is usually the result of a unified vision. That mea= ns it is usually driven by a single individual. As such, comments and sugge= stions should be given to that individual, and they can use it to inform th= eir vision. At the moment, we do not have a designer with that vision for our website. We are actively looking for one. Does this sound like you? Let us know! =3D Unreviewed Comments =3D When adding a comment, please describe the problem. Do not describe the sol= ution. The solution is something that the person with the overall vision is= tasked with coming up with. If you provide a solution with your problem, y= ou are confusing the matter, and limiting the scope of productive discussio= n. * The main text is very large and takes up a lot of space. * ''Commentary: This is because the current design is set to a certain w= idth, and the main body text expands to fill that width. The size of the ty= pe itself is to compensate for that large width. If the type was any smalle= r, the text would be hard to read. If we want to reduce the text size, we n= eed to reduce the width.'' * The links to the mailing list web interfaces are not clear enough. * We do not link to the Markmail web interface. * ''Against: These are not official, and might be better suited for the= wiki.'' * The link to JIRA should be more prominent. * ''For: Reporting bugs is a primary task for visitors to this website.'' * ''Against: We link to it in the footer, and this should be enough.'' * The Contribute section is too long, and users might miss the Development= links under the Quick Links section. * We should tweak the themes of JIRA and the Wiki so they better match the= homepage. * ''Commentary: JIRA probably can't be skinned, but the wiki probably c= an be.'' * We should link to the documentation more prominently. * We should have a "Support" section. * ''Against: I am not sure many people would be looking for this keywor= d.'' * The word "Contribute" is ambiguous, and "Development" might be better. * ''Against: "Contribute" is inclusive, "Development" is exclusive. That= is the wrong framing for us.'' * We should have a "Community" section. * We should have a "Events" section. * We should have a "Demo" section. * We should have links to Twitter and Facebook accounts. * The website needs a clear demographic target. * ''Commentary: Are we targeting new users, new contributors, or existin= g contributors? Potential new users are our biggest slice, and carry the mo= st potential, so we should focus on those. Getting contributors is importan= t too, but maybe we over do it? Existing contributors probably don't need t= he website at all, and managed perfectly fine with the old one. Sorting out= the answer to this question will help the solutions to other comments seem= obvious.''