On 26 May 2017 at 23:34, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > I plan to implement some UI and documentation changes to most of the > *.cgi in /www, to have simple documentation in every page, as well as > adding some related links to pages. There are a lot of highly useful - > if not required - tools on Whimsy now, and it would be nice to help > users find them more easily. > > See this example for what I'm doing: > https://whimsy.apache.org/committers/tools > > - "About This Script" would include a short "how-to / what this does" > blurb for almost all single-cgi tools (I'm not working on /roster or > board/ tools which have their own UI yet). > > - "More Whimsy" will be a manually curated list of related links for > that page. This will help users find other informational or process > tools that are available. > > - Note the smaller navbar/footer, and the required copyright and ASF > links now appear in the Apache dropdown menu. > > A second task is making the /committers/tools list be comprehensive of > all the available scripts that Whimsy provides. Since many tools are > access restricted, I plan to put color-coded glyphicon-lock icons next > to each URL so there's a hint for people which things they can use.
Remember that some colours cannot easily be distinguished by some people. Some may even not be able to distinguish colours at all. So colour should not be the only visually distint quality. > > Separately, what do people think about adding Google Analytics to some > of the major tools & homepage to see how much traffic Whimsy tools get? > Great Idea / Heck No / OK, Shane, go be crazy if you really want? > > -- > > - Shane > https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/resources
