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(related to below) a new global top navbar, that's consistent +</I>><i> across all mageia.org; a preview is available here: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/en/about/?testnav=1">http://www.mageia.org/en/about/?testnav=1</A> ; documentation for +</I>><i> using/spreading it is available here: <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/_nav/">http://www.mageia.org/_nav/</A> ; +</I>><i> improvements brought by this new design: +</I>><i> - it's consistent and can be consistently deployed and updated in +</I>><i> all mageia.org sites and apps (using the javascript snippet); +</I>><i> - it embeds the Mageia project logo, so branding is consistent too; +</I>><i> - it structures and highlights how the mageia.org Web at large is +</I>><i> organized. +</I> +I like this much better than the current front page. The only thing I´d +add is a Blog link on the Navbar, that takes you to the blog page, and +some additional text up near the top to take visitors to the downloads +page to get the current release. + +I like the site map being linked to the logo on the navbar - what about +some alt text on the logo so mouseover tells you that´s where it will +go? + +><i> b. (related to above) a more obvious site map, a preview is available +</I>><i> here: <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/fr/map/?testnav=1">http://www.mageia.org/fr/map/?testnav=1</A> ; there are several +</I>><i> (new) sections here that are not ready/do no exist yet; and parts of +</I>><i> the existing contents need to be reorganized; but this will give you +</I>><i> an idea; it's the Community and Contribute sections that need a lot of +</I>><i> thought and work; the site map is organized in 6 sections: +</I>><i> - About Mageia (learning about the project and NPO - that's the +</I>><i> institutional part of the site) +</I>><i> - Downloads (learning about and getting the software, updates, +</I>><i> etc.) +</I>><i> - Support +</I>><i> - Community (what's happening, who is in this project, what are the +</I>><i> tools at hand) +</I>><i> - Contribute (what one can do in the project) +</I>><i> - You (one's user account and facilities with Mageia) +</I> +I´d like to look at this in the next 24 hours, and come back to you +with more ideas. + +><i> c. as introduced above, a new Community section with its own home +</I>><i> page (mageia.org/community or shorthand mageia.org/coop or ?): that's +</I>><i> where contributors and active users will want to go for what's in the +</I>><i> community, who is there, doing what, and what can be done; this +</I>><i> section's landing page is to summarize news (blog, planet, calendar), +</I>><i> activities (forum, bugzilla, buildsystem, teams reports) +</I> +Do you have anything made up here, or do you want input? + +><i> d. change how people get to mageia.org: +</I>><i> 1. the home page of www.mageia.org will focus and provide a single +</I>><i> major call to action: get Mageia; with a few, lower contrast other +</I>><i> actions (more info, contribute). Preview here: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://i.imgur.com/nDlwK.png">http://i.imgur.com/nDlwK.png</A> (not on par with Mageia bg design, I'm +</I>><i> still not sure how to integrate it properly); the rationale is: +</I>><i> - most people coming to www.mageia.org/ leave quickly; +</I>><i> - for (most) new/casual visitors, we tell them the main story: +</I>><i> download and use Mageia; +</I>><i> - for other visitors, with a goal, we propose them shortlinks +</I>><i> to: Support, Community and About Mageia.Org sections +</I> +I think the design decision you´ve made here is fine. If it´s too +similar to the rest of the website, there won´t be any obvious reason +to have it; it should stand out. + +You might add a link to the main site, in that list along the bottom, +or maybe to the site map. + +><i> 2. loading the browser in Mageia currently sends you to +</I>><i> start.mageia.org which in turn redirects to www.mageia.org; I'd like +</I>><i> to change that so that start.mageia.org goes to +</I>><i> www.mageia.org/community/ +</I> +Yes! + +><i> 3. given these changes, in the new navigation bar, clicking on the +</I>><i> logo/home position would not redirect to the c.1. home (which is +</I>><i> targetted to fresh/new visitors) neither /community, but to /map which +</I>><i> provides a large, top-view of what's available in mageia.org Web site. +</I>><i> That's quite a change from usual navigation practices (although it is +</I>><i> used sometimes), and I'm not 100% confident yet, but I think it's +</I>><i> worth trying something a bit different. +</I> +I´m of your opinion here, and I like it very much; it´s easy to change +if the feedback is negative. If nobody else objects too strenuously, I +think it´s worth trying. + +><i> There's still a lot of improvements in this (and other topic not +</I>><i> reached here, such as www pages layout in general), and I suspect some +</I>><i> of the proposed changes above won't make it for some people. +</I> +What we in the marcom team need most is for you to tell us what you +need us to write - it would be very good to know that ASAP, because +anything we write should be passed to the i18n team by Wednesday next, +so they can translate in time for release. + +Cheers! + +-- +Trish Fraser, VVMZ4 91L2V +-35.67896, 142.66637 +GNU/Linux 1997-2012 #283226 linuxcounter.net +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: signature.asc +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 488 bytes +Desc: not available +URL: </pipermail/mageia-marketing/attachments/20120512/589e361d/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000873.html">[Mageia-marketing] Web site, a few updates pending, open for comments +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000874.html">[Mageia-marketing] Web site, a few updates pending, open for comments +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#870">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#870">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#870">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#870">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">More information about the Mageia-marketing +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |