Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:00:42 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Matt Olander <matt@offmyserver.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Rework of the FreeBSD website [was: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?] Message-ID: <20041224000041.GD22614@eddie.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20041223124615.B1597@knight.ixsystems.net> References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <20041223124615.B1597@knight.ixsystems.net>
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--0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.12.23 12:46:15 -0800, Matt Olander wrote: > Absolutely. A single, front page mock-up would probably be a good place > to start. When in doubt, take a look at ibm.com, sun.com, apple.com, > etc. as they have spent countless millions in website design and user > acceptance. After EuroBSDCon I started looking more seriously into reworking the web site, starting with the front page. I haven't said anything about this "publicly" since I wanted to have something reasonable to show before starting another round of chitchat on the lists about it :-). My rework haven't been drastic, mainly keeping the current design but focusing on simplifying the content to make it easier to actually find things on the website. If somebody seriously want to do something for an improved website, I think people should come up with a mockup of what they think a better website would look like and post it to the www@ (and perhaps the advocacy@) list. Just talking about it won't change anything (as the mail archives shows plenty of examples of)... People who want to work on this should also look at Murray Stokely's wiki page at http://wiki.daemon.li/index.pl?Murray which contain some goals / requirements the doceng team has come up with for a new website. > I can ask my company if they will donate a 1U server (maybe with the old > BSDi logo on it) if enough people are interested in entering a freebsd > advocacy website design contest. Winners could be decided by a vote on > the advocacy mailing list or by core or something. I don't know if a design content will be the best way to handle a new website. Personally I think it would be better if people just post their design idea (i.e. mockup's, not just idea of how it could be) and then the interested people can come with suggestions for improvements. Of course, this is just my humble opinion :-). --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBy1wph9pcDSc1mlERAgMcAJ42HuWeHxz81GDgOmaP73Mg5DwTFACfeSp4 cyr4t/x3LT6apmj++mZSGVY= =Oe4Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0IvGJv3f9h+YhkrH--
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