[wp-docs] The main page.
ipstenu at ipstenu.org
ipstenu at ipstenu.org
Thu Aug 25 14:13:12 UTC 2011
My main concern with one big 'list' is that it gets really long.
tl;dr exists for a reason. If we're only talking about 4-5 links per
section, splitting them into two columns is easier for people to read.
Your monitor may be 22" but your eyes remain a fixed distance apart.
;)
I made a v2 of Lorelle's layout, tossing in links that were pretty
much what you find doing a search for those terms in Google. Then I
put a 'header' with quick links and a short intro.
http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Ipstenu/Main_Page
Quoting Gooitzen van der Ent <contact at ecodelphinus.com>:
> Like the layout your suggesting Lorelle.
>
> It's clear, clean and easy to understand. Very understandable headings.
>
> I think one of the more difficult parts will be how many links there
> will be under each heading, and where they will direct to.
>
> So far, so good though.
>
> Gooitzen
>
>
>
> On 08/25/2011 01:45 PM, Andrea Rennick wrote:
>> I like the original layout too.
>>
>> A.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Mika A Epstein
>> <ipstenu at ipstenu.org <mailto:ipstenu at ipstenu.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I like that layout. :D
>>
>>
>> On Aug 24, 2011, at 11:24 PM, Lorelle on WordPress
>> <lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com
>> <mailto:lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am agreeing with the idea of reverting it back and having a
>>> solid discussion on what needs to be there.
>>>
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Lorelle/Front_Page_Project
>>>
>>> I've started a user page for us to work on this together. For
>>> many years, I've wanted a simple, clean "What do you want to do
>>> with WordPress?" feel, much like the Windows ad campaign years
>>> ago. We need to funnel people to the areas of the Codex where
>>> they can find the help they need, so let's make it really easy.
>>>
>>> I've been working on the answer to that question over the years
>>> and it boils down to those few answers. Take a look and see what
>>> you think. Do you feel the same way? Then let's start looking at
>>> how we can group the subcontent together to keep this clean and
>>> simple.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Lorelle
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Mika A Epstein
>>> <ipstenu at ipstenu.org <mailto:ipstenu at ipstenu.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Now that I'm not on my cell phone
>>>
>>> If anything, the layout is ? terrible. It's too much
>>> information, not laid out in any helpful way. As with
>>> WikiPedia, most users start in the middle of the Codex. A
>>> search for 'WordPress how do I make a theme' comes up with
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development first, which is
>>> as it should be ;) A Wiki's not a book (says my mentor over
>>> and over again).
>>>
>>> We should revert to what we had and THEN go forward and
>>> rebuild it. Except that I went back to the Before shot and it
>>> was this:
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=108003
>>> <http://codex.wordpress.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=108003>
>>>
>>> That too is way too much information and not enough
>>> organization. If it's more than a couple scrolls, no one's
>>> going to read it. I'd break it out so 'Getting Started' is
>>> the brunt of the page. We have a lot of links going to
>>> subsections of pages, which either means each link should be
>>> a page of it's own, or we trust they're going to read. The
>>> amount of duplicated information is adding to the length, and
>>> it's almost overwhelming for me, and I know what I'm doing
>>> most of the time ;) (And I lie well the rest of the time!)
>>>
>>> http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Ipstenu/Main_Page
>>>
>>> After I yanked out all the dupe info, there was a lot less
>>> going on. I left off the "Developer" stuff, as that really
>>> should be it's own page. Actually, most of that stuff should
>>> go on the FAQ pages, where a cursory skim shows most of the
>>> info, with links, actually is already.
>>>
>>> ----
>>> Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu)
>>> http://ipstenu.org
>>>
>>> On 24 Aug 2011, at 4:37:48PM, Andrea Rennick wrote:
>>>
>>> > I just tried to access mailing list archives and can't get
>>> to http://lists.automattic.com/ in Chrome, tho it could be me
>>> as Firefox was fine.
>>> >
>>> > Anyway - I had been thinking about a multisite section on
>>> the front page as well. Just to toss that out there.
>>> >
>>> > A.
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Lorelle on WordPress
>>> <lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> > Thanks, Otto. Which brings up the decision to leave it as
>>> it is and fix it or put it back to what it was.
>>> >
>>> > Has anyone talked to Spencer who made the edits? Is he on
>>> the mailing list? (Wishing for our own P2 still. :D )
>>> >
>>> > Lorelle
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Otto
>>> <otto at ottodestruct.com <mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com>> wrote:
>>> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Lorelle on WordPress
>>> > <lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> > > I'm also concerned as I don't recognize the person who
>>> edited all these
>>> > > changes. The front page of the Codex should have been
>>> locked down for
>>> > > editing only by those with the highest levels of
>>> administration as it has a
>>> > > long history of spam. It was locked down.
>>> >
>>> > Protections may have been removed a while back when the
>>> codex went
>>> > wacky. I reprotected it. If it needs to be reverted or
>>> unprotected let
>>> > me know.
>>> >
>>> > -Otto
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