I like the idea of focusing around the podling life-cycle.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 5:35 AM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > All, > > > > I'd like to start the process to move forward on a new incubator website. > > Based on discussions in the past on list, I wanted to do the following: > > > > - Roll out a new technology stack + repository > > - Leave content in place, while we work later on content enhancements > > > > For right now, I'm planning to leave the existing /projects and > > /ip-clearance in place. My hope is that we may not need them in the > > future. > > > > The website staging area can be seen here: > > https://incubator.apache.org/ngtest/ > > The git repository for the site can be seen here: > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator.git;a= > > shortlog;h=refs/heads/jbake-site > > (with > > github mirror at https://github.com/apache/incubator/tree/jbake-site ) > > > > I'd like to get some final feedback on the layout and colors (not the > > content). I want to start tracking content enhancements in JIRA to help > > come up with a backlog of areas of improvement for our incubator guides. > > > > > I'm very familiar with the old layout, so this may be coloring my feedback. > However I find the new layout to be less usable than previous. In > particular the drop downs lack structure. I think it would be better to > focus on "solutions" e.g. "bootstrapping a new podling" along with assoc > docs, or "graduating a podingling" etc... - basically focus around the > lifecycle of podling rather than a big long list of "guides". Additionally > it's hard to find things with the new layout, I used to use the browser > "search" feature to narrow down to a particular doc. Now I need to click on > each of the drop downs to find the content I'm looking for. Additionally > things like wiki/faq/etc... - can't find them at all. > > Patrick > > > > John > > >
