Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:14:09 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Restructure of the front page Message-ID: <20031201161409.2c2729ee.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3FCBA2A7.2060708@potentialtech.com> References: <20031201133128.1eee8ecf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <3FCBA2A7.2060708@potentialtech.com>
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:20:55 -0500 Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: > Tom Rhodes wrote: > > Grettings, > > > > Thanks to Mark Linimon who provided a starting point for this, I've > > produced a patch for the front page. This patch just makes a few > > simple 'structure' changes to hopefully allow users to find their > > information faster. > > > > Main changes include: > > > > o Removing the 'News' section. Most of the information there is > > repeated on the right bar. > > > > o Adding a supported platforms section (replaces the above). This > > will help users locate information on arch support without going > > through a maze of links. > > > > o As per PR www/59853, add a 'Crafting Bug Reports' link to the > > problem reports article. > > This sounds very promising. After reading some of the responses on > how this change will likely trickle-down to other changes within the > site, I realized just how big a can of worms have been opened. Exactly why I want to do this discussed and done change by change. > > I only have one question: why add a new link seperate from the link > to send-per.html ... I thought the general consensus during the > previous disucssions was to change the "Send a bug report" link. > It just goes against my nature to leave a link up that points to > a page that basically says, "under construction/not working right > now" Ceri is working on getting the send-pr.sgml file reactivated. > > If this has already been discussed and I missed it, then I apologize > for the noise. > It was not really discussed in depth, but publicly on another -www thread. -- Tom Rhodes
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