[wp-docs] The main page.

Thu Aug 25 11:45:39 UTC 2011

I like the original layout too.

A.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Mika A Epstein <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> 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>
> 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>
> 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>
>> 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>
>> 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.
>>
>> ----
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>>  <http://ipstenu.org>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/>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>
>> 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>
>> otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Lorelle on WordPress
>> > < <lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com>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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