From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 17:16:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B4916A4CE; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:16:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E242043F93; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:16:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hB41GG6q007496; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:16:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:16:12 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Christian Brueffer Message-Id: <20031203201612.1bcb13b0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031203124832.GI71732@unixpages.org> References: <20031202160640.1df85804.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031202232141.GG71732@unixpages.org> <20031202211030.1631d5be.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031203124832.GI71732@unixpages.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-www@FreeBSD.org cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Round two of the front page structure changes... X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:16:20 -0000 On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:48:32 +0100 Christian Brueffer wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:10:30PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:21:41 +0100 > > Christian Brueffer wrote: > > > > > > > > I like it, but I think there are still way too many links in the > > > sidebar. > > > > 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: > > > > Front page > > Support ---- America -- links, documentation, ... > > Other -- links to sites, translated docs, ... > > > > I have to think about this some more, I don't think your example above > catches it quite right. In all honesty, it doesn't. But what else could I do with only a few moments of time before I left work eh? :) > > > > > > > As you already notes, the 'Vendors' section actually belongs to the > > > 'Software' section. 'Documentation' and 'Support' could be consolidated > > > into a 'Resources' section. > > > > 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... > > > > Yes, something like that would be nice. Sean wanted to get some ideas from me on this. Of course, we won't commit anything without general -doc approval. > > > > > > > > > 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). > > > > > > 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. > > > > 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... > > > > 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 :-) Tis fine. As long as we are on the same wave link, I'm happy. -- Tom Rhodes