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Posted to dev@tuscany.apache.org by haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> on 2008/11/12 04:06:17 UTC
Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Hi,
I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site) if
feedback is positive.
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
Key highlights:
- User centric message
- News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to use
the blog more often :)
- Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
with more current information)
- SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
will take you to the overview page for those projects
We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it is
more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers. We
might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them more
current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
Haleh
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com>.
All good comments.
Vamsi: I tried to put the blog at the bottom and the layout just gets mess
up. If you know how to do it, I can use help.
Ram: It looks like the SCA pages should be 'tagged' with what you mention.
I'll add these tags. This is different than having the words in the text. I
am not opposing to fitting the words in the text either. We could do both.
Good observation.
Any other feedback?
Haleh
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it looks very good and the wording is very good.
>
> I agree with Vamsi, the News section looks a little squashed on my screen
> and is tough to read when it flows over so many lines.
>
> I like the dates in the release and the news section. It shows that the
> project is alive, updated, and has new items to report.
>
> Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote:
>
>> A small comment on the layout, the "Tuscany News" box which appears in the
>> right side appears to be cluttered. I think it is better to be left in
>> the
>> bottom of the page as it appears in the existing home page.
>>
>> ++Vamsi
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
>>> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
>>> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
>>> if feedback is positive.
>>>
>>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>>>
>>> Key highlights:
>>> - User centric message
>>> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to
>>> use
>>> the blog more often :)
>>> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools
>>> page
>>> with more current information)
>>> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
>>> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>>>
>>> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it
>>> is
>>> more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers.
>>> We
>>> might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>>>
>>> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them
>>> more
>>> current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Thanks, Dan Becker
>
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com>.
I think it looks very good and the wording is very good.
I agree with Vamsi, the News section looks a little squashed on my
screen and is tough to read when it flows over so many lines.
I like the dates in the release and the news section. It shows that the
project is alive, updated, and has new items to report.
Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote:
> A small comment on the layout, the "Tuscany News" box which appears in the
> right side appears to be cluttered. I think it is better to be left in the
> bottom of the page as it appears in the existing home page.
>
> ++Vamsi
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
>> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
>> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
>> if feedback is positive.
>>
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>>
>> Key highlights:
>> - User centric message
>> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to use
>> the blog more often :)
>> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
>> with more current information)
>> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
>> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>>
>> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it is
>> more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers. We
>> might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>>
>> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them more
>> current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
--
Thanks, Dan Becker
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com>.
I think it looks very good and the wording is very good.
I agree with Vamsi, the News section looks a little squashed on my
screen and is tough to read when it flows over so many lines.
I like the dates in the release and the news section. It shows that the
project is alive, updated, and has new items to report.
Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote:
> A small comment on the layout, the "Tuscany News" box which appears in the
> right side appears to be cluttered. I think it is better to be left in the
> bottom of the page as it appears in the existing home page.
>
> ++Vamsi
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
>> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
>> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
>> if feedback is positive.
>>
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>>
>> Key highlights:
>> - User centric message
>> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to use
>> the blog more often :)
>> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
>> with more current information)
>> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
>> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>>
>> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it is
>> more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers. We
>> might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>>
>> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them more
>> current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
--
Thanks, Dan Becker
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by Vamsavardhana Reddy <c1...@gmail.com>.
A small comment on the layout, the "Tuscany News" box which appears in the
right side appears to be cluttered. I think it is better to be left in the
bottom of the page as it appears in the existing home page.
++Vamsi
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
> if feedback is positive.
>
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>
> Key highlights:
> - User centric message
> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to use
> the blog more often :)
> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
> with more current information)
> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>
> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it is
> more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers. We
> might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>
> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them more
> current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
>
> Haleh
>
--
Vamsi
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by ant elder <an...@gmail.com>.
Thats an interesting point, maybe not directly relevant to how the new home
page looks like but it would be good to try to fix it, googling "sca
runtime" or "sca implementation" doesn't show Tuscany any where on the first
page of hits.
I like the new layout but i do agree the news section looks a little
cramped, maybe we could just try to use shorter titles on the blog posts but
i'm not sure if that would always be possible.
...ant
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Ramkumar R <ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Can someone explain me, Why we never call Tuscany as a "SCA Runtime"
> Implementation?
> Atleast I can't see them being mentioned in our webpages.
>
> I believe this term is popular among users and google search does not point
> me to Tuscany web page any where near.
> Can we include this term in our Home page?
>
> I believe, we need to design our web pages with some right words/sentences
> in such a way that any search related to SCA
> should point the users to Tuscany project.
>
> Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
>> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
>> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
>> if feedback is positive.
>>
>> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>>
>> Key highlights:
>> - User centric message
>> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to
>> use the blog more often :)
>> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
>> with more current information)
>> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
>> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>>
>> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it
>> is more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers.
>> We might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>>
>> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them
>> more current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
>>
>> Haleh
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Ramkumar Ramalingam
>
Re: Prototype of a new Tuscany Home Page - Please review
Posted by Ramkumar R <ra...@gmail.com>.
Hi All,
Can someone explain me, Why we never call Tuscany as a "SCA Runtime"
Implementation?
Atleast I can't see them being mentioned in our webpages.
I believe this term is popular among users and google search does not point
me to Tuscany web page any where near.
Can we include this term in our Home page?
I believe, we need to design our web pages with some right words/sentences
in such a way that any search related to SCA
should point the users to Tuscany project.
Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM, haleh mahbod <hm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have put together a more user centric home page with the goal of high
> lighting why Tuscany and SCA is useful.
> This ideally would replace the existing home page (entry to Tuscany site)
> if feedback is positive.
>
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/New+Home+Page
>
> Key highlights:
> - User centric message
> - News section is replaced with a live Tuscany blog (which forces us to use
> the blog more often :)
> - Brought the tooling to the front page (we need to update the tools page
> with more current information)
> - SDO/SDO boxes are now bundled into one subproject box. Clicking on each
> will take you to the overview page for those projects
>
> We can benefit from a nice diagram on this page, but at the same time it is
> more important to use the landscape for clarifying what Tuscany offers. We
> might want to consider including a nice picture on the SCA overview page.
>
> This is the start of cleaning up the rest of the pages and making them more
> current. I plan to do this one piece at a time with your help.
>
> Haleh
>
--
Thanks & Regards,
Ramkumar Ramalingam