From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 10:51:46 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 59D0916A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:51:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.seekingfire.com (coyote.seekingfire.com [24.72.10.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB8F43F85 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:51:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: by mail.seekingfire.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 91F0A6B2; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:51:42 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:51:42 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson To: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031201185142.GM90713@seekingfire.com> References: <20031201133128.1eee8ecf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031201133128.1eee8ecf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> X-Habeas-SWE-1: winter into spring X-Habeas-SWE-2: brightly anticipated X-Habeas-SWE-3: like Habeas SWE (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-4: Copyright 2002 Habeas (tm) X-Habeas-SWE-5: Sender Warranted Email (SWE) (tm). The sender of this X-Habeas-SWE-6: email in exchange for a license for this Habeas X-Habeas-SWE-7: warrant mark warrants that this is a Habeas Compliant X-Habeas-SWE-8: Message (HCM) and not spam. Please report use of this X-Habeas-SWE-9: mark in spam to . X-GPG-Key-ID: 828AFC7B X-GPG-Fingerprint: 5584 14BA C9EB 1524 0E68 F543 0F0A 7FBC 828A FC7B X-GPG-Key: http://www.seekingfire.com/gpg_key.asc X-Urban-Legend: There is lots of hidden information in headers User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: Re: RFC: Restructure of the front page 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: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 18:51:46 -0000 On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 01:31:28PM -0500, 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. I haven't been involved in any discussions around changing the front page, but I'm really happy to see the direction that it's likely to go. I'll toss an idea in: Cleaning up the "Mailing lists" link under "Documentation". It's two clicks away from a list of the available lists, and three away from a subscribe/unsubcribe page. It also seems a bit confusing ... multiple ways to get to archives (and what appears to be two different archiving systems). A visitor sees non-English language-specific lists before they see the topic-specific lists. The first link seems to be somewhat superfluous ... perhaps linking directly to /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL and migrating some of the information at the current link might help. -T -- You cannot manipulate a marionette with only one string. - The Zensunni Whip