Re: Open Uru Site Styling and Organization (was Wiki Main Pa
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:46 am
I've been looking at this subject again, and taking some consideration of Marten's comments, a couple of posts above this.
Here's what I'd propose:
Main Page: Anyone using the base URL for the wiki will land on the Main Page, so that needs to a) Explain the purpose of the wiki, b) give any essential information and c) provide direct links to the most probable destinations/most popular subjects.
Keep the Welcome block. Keep the News block but reduce the size and ensure the content is current and is actually "news". Lose the Getting Started (only relevant to page authors) and About (got it on the Nav bar) blocks. I'd keep the Resources block even though it kind of duplicates some things as it provides some quick pointers, and I'd add a link to the Community Portal there too. Pull the Open Source section from the Community Portal and the Projects and Resources page contents and merge them into a Development Projects block. Maybe have another block for the "Talking shop" and documentation projects (Instancing, Starting Point, UruDoc, etc.)
Community Portal: Major re-vamp. Get rid of the Site Links (redundant). Convert the page into a "Portal for sub-communities" which is what it's really (I think) meant to be: Developer Community section, Age Builder Community section, Page Author Community section, etc.
Projects and Resources: Keep this as a master index to all the projects that this wiki is supporting. Make sure it's up to date and dress it up a little more.
Comments?
Here's what I'd propose:
Main Page: Anyone using the base URL for the wiki will land on the Main Page, so that needs to a) Explain the purpose of the wiki, b) give any essential information and c) provide direct links to the most probable destinations/most popular subjects.
Keep the Welcome block. Keep the News block but reduce the size and ensure the content is current and is actually "news". Lose the Getting Started (only relevant to page authors) and About (got it on the Nav bar) blocks. I'd keep the Resources block even though it kind of duplicates some things as it provides some quick pointers, and I'd add a link to the Community Portal there too. Pull the Open Source section from the Community Portal and the Projects and Resources page contents and merge them into a Development Projects block. Maybe have another block for the "Talking shop" and documentation projects (Instancing, Starting Point, UruDoc, etc.)
Community Portal: Major re-vamp. Get rid of the Site Links (redundant). Convert the page into a "Portal for sub-communities" which is what it's really (I think) meant to be: Developer Community section, Age Builder Community section, Page Author Community section, etc.
Projects and Resources: Keep this as a master index to all the projects that this wiki is supporting. Make sure it's up to date and dress it up a little more.
Comments?