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Posted to dev@mina.apache.org by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org> on 2008/06/07 15:24:54 UTC

Web site refactoring proposal

Hi guys,

today, I tried to find a link on MINA web site to the JIRA. I didn't 
found it (ok, it may exist, but then it's buried on the other corner of 
the internet ;). The very same for many other resources like sources, 
svn links, sub projects links, etc...

I also found that the JIRA key for MINA is DIRMINA. MINA was a Directory 
subproject two years ago, but now, I think it's time to rename this to 
MINA, no ?

Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here 
is some proposal :

existing menus :

* Overview
  - Home
  - Features
  - Testimonials
  - Documentation
  - Performance
  - Downloads
  - Road Map
  - Faq
* Community
  - contact
  - Contributors
  - Related projects
* Sponsorship
  - Donations
  - Thanks
  - Sponsorship
  - Contributing

proposal :
* Latest downloads (People usually go to the web site to download the 
latest version, it's good to give them a direct link)
  - 1.0.10
  - 1.1.7
  - 2.0-M1
* Overview
  - Home
  - Features
  - Documentation
  - Road Map
  - FAQ
* Resources
  - Articles
  - Mailing List & IRC
  - Issue Tracking
  - Sources
  - Wiki
  - Conferences
  - Related projects
  - Testimonies
  - How to contribute
* Community (I removed the Donations because the project don't accept 
donations. It has been changed to Thanks).
  - Team
  - License
  - Thanks
  - ASF sponsors
  - Sponsorship program

IMHO, it would make things much easier to find for users and contributors.

Last, not least, we might want to add some pointers to the AsycWeb and 
FTPServer subprojects, for instance on the top right menu (cf what we 
have on http://directory.apache.org)

wdyt ?

-- 
--
cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by peter royal <pe...@pobox.com>.
On Jun 7, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
> IMHO, it would make things much easier to find for users and  
> contributors.
>
> Last, not least, we might want to add some pointers to the AsycWeb  
> and FTPServer subprojects, for instance on the top right menu (cf  
> what we have on http://directory.apache.org)
>
> wdyt ?

go for it! :)

-pete

-- 
(peter.royal|osi)@pobox.com - http://fotap.org/~osi

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org>.
Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org> wrote:
>   
>> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here is
>> some proposal :
>>     
>
> While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
> got, it's a beaty:
> http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html
>
> /niklas
>
>   
I like the Sub-Project menu. It's way better in ActiveMQ site than in 
ADS site.

About the download page, we can greatly improve what we have, sure, and 
taking inspiration from ActiveMQ might be a good idea.

Otherwise, I really find the ActiveMQ menu absolutely overcrowded... I 
remember having been told '5 to 7 items max' ... :)

-- 
--
cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Julien Vermillard <jv...@archean.fr>.
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:25:57 +0200
Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny
> > <el...@apache.org> wrote: 
> >> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site.
> >> Here is some proposal :
> >>     
> >
> > While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
> > got, it's a beaty:
> > http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html
> >
> > /niklas
> >
> >   
> Any objection if I whip a quick refactoring of MINA web site, just to 
> get something like this :
> 
> *Latest Downloads*
>   Mina 2.0.0-M3
>   Mina 1.1.7
>   Mina 1.0.10
>   FtpServer 1.0.0-M2
>   AsyncWeb-unstable
> 
> * Projects
>   Mina
>   FtpServer
>   AsyncWeb
>   Downloads
>   Roadmap
> 
> * Documentation
>   MINA 1.0
>   MINA 1.1
>   MINA 2.0
>   FtpServer
>   AsyncWeb
>   FAQ
> 
> * Resources
>   Mailing lists & IRC
>   Issue tracking
>   Sources
>   Performances
>   Testimonies
>   Articles/conferences
> 
> * Community
>   Team
>   License
>   Contributing
>   Thanks
>   ASF sponsors
>   Sponsorship program
> 
> * Upcoming
>  ApacheCon US logo
> 
> wdyt ?
> 
> PS: this will be just a first step.
> 

Much better than actually, let's go :)

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Maarten Bosteels <mb...@gmail.com>.
+1

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Mark Webb <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems like a very good move to me...
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here
>>>> is
>>>> some proposal :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
>>> got, it's a beaty:
>>> http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html
>>>
>>> /niklas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Any objection if I whip a quick refactoring of MINA web site, just to get
>> something like this :
>>
>> *Latest Downloads*
>>  Mina 2.0.0-M3
>>  Mina 1.1.7
>>  Mina 1.0.10
>>  FtpServer 1.0.0-M2
>>  AsyncWeb-unstable
>>
>> * Projects
>>  Mina
>>  FtpServer
>>  AsyncWeb
>>  Downloads
>>  Roadmap
>>
>> * Documentation
>>  MINA 1.0
>>  MINA 1.1
>>  MINA 2.0
>>  FtpServer
>>  AsyncWeb
>>  FAQ
>>
>> * Resources
>>  Mailing lists & IRC
>>  Issue tracking
>>  Sources
>>  Performances
>>  Testimonies
>>  Articles/conferences
>>
>> * Community
>>  Team
>>  License
>>  Contributing
>>  Thanks
>>  ASF sponsors
>>  Sponsorship program
>>
>> * Upcoming
>> ApacheCon US logo
>>
>> wdyt ?
>>
>> PS: this will be just a first step.
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> cordialement, regards,
>> Emmanuel Lécharny
>> www.iktek.com
>> directory.apache.org
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Mark Webb <el...@gmail.com>.
Seems like a very good move to me...

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here
>>> is
>>> some proposal :
>>>
>>>
>>
>> While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
>> got, it's a beaty:
>> http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html
>>
>> /niklas
>>
>>
>>
> Any objection if I whip a quick refactoring of MINA web site, just to get
> something like this :
>
> *Latest Downloads*
>  Mina 2.0.0-M3
>  Mina 1.1.7
>  Mina 1.0.10
>  FtpServer 1.0.0-M2
>  AsyncWeb-unstable
>
> * Projects
>  Mina
>  FtpServer
>  AsyncWeb
>  Downloads
>  Roadmap
>
> * Documentation
>  MINA 1.0
>  MINA 1.1
>  MINA 2.0
>  FtpServer
>  AsyncWeb
>  FAQ
>
> * Resources
>  Mailing lists & IRC
>  Issue tracking
>  Sources
>  Performances
>  Testimonies
>  Articles/conferences
>
> * Community
>  Team
>  License
>  Contributing
>  Thanks
>  ASF sponsors
>  Sponsorship program
>
> * Upcoming
> ApacheCon US logo
>
> wdyt ?
>
> PS: this will be just a first step.
>
>
> --
> --
> cordialement, regards,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
> directory.apache.org
>
>
>

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>.
Niklas Gustavsson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org> wrote:
>   
>> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here is
>> some proposal :
>>     
>
> While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
> got, it's a beaty:
> http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html
>
> /niklas
>
>   
Any objection if I whip a quick refactoring of MINA web site, just to 
get something like this :

*Latest Downloads*
  Mina 2.0.0-M3
  Mina 1.1.7
  Mina 1.0.10
  FtpServer 1.0.0-M2
  AsyncWeb-unstable

* Projects
  Mina
  FtpServer
  AsyncWeb
  Downloads
  Roadmap

* Documentation
  MINA 1.0
  MINA 1.1
  MINA 2.0
  FtpServer
  AsyncWeb
  FAQ

* Resources
  Mailing lists & IRC
  Issue tracking
  Sources
  Performances
  Testimonies
  Articles/conferences

* Community
  Team
  License
  Contributing
  Thanks
  ASF sponsors
  Sponsorship program

* Upcoming
 ApacheCon US logo

wdyt ?

PS: this will be just a first step.

-- 
--
cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org

Re: Web site refactoring proposal

Posted by Niklas Gustavsson <ni...@protocol7.com>.
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org> wrote:
> Otherwise, I would also suggest some refactoring of the main site. Here is
> some proposal :

While we're at it, why not get a similar download page as ActiveMQ
got, it's a beaty:
http://activemq.apache.org/activemq-510-release.html

/niklas