Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:48:32 +0100 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Round two of the front page structure changes... Message-ID: <20031203124832.GI71732@unixpages.org> In-Reply-To: <20031202211030.1631d5be.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <20031202160640.1df85804.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031202232141.GG71732@unixpages.org> <20031202211030.1631d5be.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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--FUFe+yI/t+r3nyH4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:10:30PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:21:41 +0100 > Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> wrote: >=20 > >=20 > > I like it, but I think there are still way too many links in the > > sidebar. >=20 > Yes, too many can be overwhelming. I'm thinking of ways to get > around this. If we do site cleanup, then perhaps we can break > things up a bit. Like this: >=20 > Front page > Support ---- America -- links, documentation, ... > Other -- links to <language> sites, translated docs, ... >=20 I have to think about this some more, I don't think your example above catches it quite right. > >=20 > > As you already notes, the 'Vendors' section actually belongs to the > > 'Software' section. 'Documentation' and 'Support' could be consolidated > > into a 'Resources' section. >=20 > That was kind of what I thought too, and I think Mark noted that > in either private/public mail to me. Like on the IBM/Microsoft/Intel > site, you visit the support section (usually support.domain.xxx) and > they have downloads, documentation, software/hardware errata, > bug/knowledge base... There may be something to that idea... >=20 Yes, something like that would be nice. >=20 > >=20 > > Maybe we should put the links to language specific web pages in a more > > prominent position (and list all available languages on the front page). > >=20 > > In general, we should unclutter the side bar. IMHO, NetBSD and OpenBSD > > have done a good job in this regard. 4 or 5 big subsections which > > roughly categorize the links to subsection pages, which can contain all > > the other stuff. >=20 > My goal explained! A good one or two 'key words' which link to a > large area containing everything they would want. Easy to navigate, > tons of useful information, no hunting around an endless wave of > links to find one simple answer... Not that our site is that bad, > yet... >=20 Good to see we're on the same line on this one. Haven't read most of the other thread, so if I just parrotted what you already said, sorry about that one :-) - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --FUFe+yI/t+r3nyH4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/zdugbHYXjKDtmC0RAnrsAKD/MHu9PdDow3Ip6tbC3IdBrL/8pACdEiYN 93nX8+zmKqfGjsFUatZA7pc= =boxR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FUFe+yI/t+r3nyH4--
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