Hi Vincent, On 3/16/2010 12:20 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
Hi Silvia,
On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Silvia Rusu wrote:
Hi,
Thank you all for the feedback. I've changed the mockup to hopefully include as many of your propositions:
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Mockups/Homepage
* I think it's best if the users know as they get to the homepage there is a way of playing with XWiki without installing it. If we were to have one button that says "Get XWiki Enterprise" they might think they must download something (I know I would). This may be an extra effort they're not inclined to make. As a result I've changed "Try XWiki Enterprise Now" to "Play With XWiki Enterprise", which sounds more "neutral" and is a reference to the playground.
* I've removed the events section. However to keep events visible I've added a link to events in the news section.
* Giuseppe proposed on another topic that we reference testimonials from XWiki users. I think this is a very good idea. I've added a link to the testimonials page where people can read what users have to say about XWiki (this is positioned above the News section)
* To make the site less corporate and more about the community I've changed/added the following: - Added the latest additions panel for plugins, applications, etc. - Replaced "subscribe to the newsletter" with "subscribe to the mailing lists"; Added a link to read the latest discussions - Added a "Community Stats" section with a "How do I contribute?" link under the stats (this replaces the previous "Events" section).
I hope this proposition is closer to what everyone would like to see on the homepage and it would be great if you could offer some more feedback.
It's better.
Some more feedback:
* The "Community" tab's name is strange since this the whole wiki is about the community. We need a name that says clearly it's for the "Developer of XWiki". * Subscribe to the mailing list should be next to the Support section above. I think we need a single support section and the options about what kind of support to get would be mentioned on that support page.
I've removed the panel.
* I think the home page is now too crowded with too much information. The mockup is probably misleading in term of vertical space it takes.
We'll be able to better tell how it all fits once Caty and Ciprian put this in practice.
* Do we need the "Features" list and the "What can I use it for" on the home page? Couldn't we have a visible "Features" button just after the introductory text instead? The idea would be to have introductory text + XE + stats below. This would allow to move the latest additions in the main page. * I think like some others that News and Blogs should be merged. We simply should use the xwiki.org Blog more. I don't understand why they'd need to be separate.
I like the list of features. There's a higher probability of catching user interest. How about we see how this looks in practice and then decide? Since the majority feel we don't need separate News/Blog sections I merged the news with the blog in one panel on the right (there is still a link to events). This cleared space for a "Latest Additions" section right on the homepage WDYT? I also removed the Twitter panel, which accompanied by the deletion of the mailing list panel cleared enough space to include a "New in Documentation" panel. http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Mockups/Homepage
We're progressing!
Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
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