Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] XWiki.org skin improvements

On 17 Aug 2017, at 16:14, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com>

Hi, Proposal for AdminGuide: http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/Flavors/

Current: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/ Thanks, Caty On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Vincent Massol <vincent(a)massol.net>

> wrote: >> >> Hi devs, >> >> While thinking about what features a Technical Documentation Flavor [1] >> should have, I came up with some ideas that we could integrate inside >> xwiki.org in order to make it a better documentation website: >> - navigation tree in the left panel, see >> -- >> http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/Flavors/ > TechnicalDocumentationFlavor/ExampleXWiki/WebHome/xwiki_doc_partial.png > > As already discussed with you, I really like this screenshot. I find the > UI to be very clean and simple and the navigation on the left is perfect > for a documentation web site. > >> compared to >> -- http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation >> - simpler skin (at least remove the comments area - lots of deprecated >> questions/answers and we have now the forum for that) >> - simpler menu (less entries + merge with the navbar if technical > possible >> now, otherwise wait for newer version) >> - simpler footer area by removing the number of links displayed (we

> to >> look at mouseflow) >> >> Would be great also to upgrade XWiki.org to a newer version. > > Yep. > >> There were all sorts of ideas in the past like: >> - displaying 'Edit' also for unregistered in order to encourage edits >> - display 'Register'/'Log-in' links in the navbar in order to encourage >> edits >> these are not part of the current proposal, but keep the ideas coming

> we >> will try to implement them when we can. >> >> Of course it would be great if we would had time to: >> - update the docs content >> - reorganize pages >> - update the blog styling >> - etc. >> but I guess small changes will come in time. >> >> Let me know what you think, > > I’m really excited by this. I also believe a new L&F is needed for > xwiki.org (been several years that it’s not been changed and novelty is > nice). > > I think you should start implementing this skin on xwiki.org if you can > find some time and on my side I’m willing to help to move/reorganize the > content around (which will be needed as soon as we display the

> menu on the left). > > Anyone else interested to help out too? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > >> Caty >> >> [1] >> http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/Flavors/ > TechnicalDocumentationFlavor/ > >