Re: Time for some Wiki gardening...

Thanks for bringing this up on the list Philippe. See more in-line...

On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Philippe Bossut wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Trying to fill out some description form for Chandler on some  
> French website (http://wiki.framasoft.info/PropositionNotice/ 
> Chandler), I stumbled on some rough edges using  
> chandlerproject.org. Here's a list and proposals:
>
> - Donation page: It's amazing how deep and hidden our donation page  
> is. The only way to find it is through the FAQ. Proposal: have a  
> link up on the landing page.

Should this be somewhere prominent at the top of the 'Get Involved'  
page?

>
> - FAQ/Features/Known Issues/Release Notes: There is a tangle of  
> names and little consistency: some pages link to others, some  
> don't, so it's hard to navigate. Proposal: have all of those pages  
> listed in the left hand panel from the landing page, have all of  
> them link to each other in a consistent way from the left hand  
> panel (the banner of clickable words is weird)

Yea, this gave me a lot of headaches when we were redesigning the  
landing page/wiki nav for Preview. I think

I hesitate to throw all of these things in the sidebar because I  
think we need to do a bit more layering / prioritization for people  
coming to the landing page for the first time.

'Release Notes' is really a sub-page of 'Features'. 'Troubleshooting  
Chandler' is a sub-page of FAQ and Known Issues.

I think what makes the nav most confusing is that the 'Get Started  
Guide' is just a separate entity unto itself. I wonder if we could  
simplify things a lot by taking it down for now, try to answer the  
basic questions in the FAQ and focus our energies on a 'Tour of  
Chandler' page. (See below.)

>
> - Screenshots: They are currently tucked at the top of the features  
> page. I think they should have their own page and, like the others,  
> be linked from the landing page on the left panel.

I think we can partially ameliorate this by labeling the blob of  
images on the right-hand side of the landing page. I will mock  
something up.

>
> - Tips/Hints page: Despite all of these pages, we don't have a page  
> to add simple and useful hints/tips for Chandler. Proposal: create  
> such a page and, again, link it from the left panel.

How about a new 'Tour of Chandler' page which includes:
+ Better demos
+ Screenshots
+ List of Top Ten Tips
+ Link to Feature List

>
> Thoughts?
> - Philippe
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