[web] Derby site reorganization

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@bristowhill.com>]

I reorganized the Derby web site and put a review copy here:

http://people.apache.org/~jta/DerbyTest/
1) Some time ago somebody mentioned the blue menu on the left was too
dark. It turned out to be easy to change it to beige in the forrest
config file.

Is beige an improvement?
Or leave it blue?

2) Added a "Quick Start" page, linked to on the Home tab and the home
page.

4) Added a "Download" tab to make downloads even easier to find.
(Geronimo and XmlBeans have Download tabs.)

5) Renamed Manuals tab to "Documentation".


6) Renamed "Integration" tab to "Resources" (idea from XmlBeans)
"Integration" has always struck me as very specific and not everyone
might understand what it means.

do you like it? hate it? any suggestions?

Re: [web] Derby site reorganization

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@bristowhill.com>]

Dan Scott wrote:
> I applaud the change of "Manuals" to "Documentation" and also the
> switch to having the most recent documentation appear first -- that
> was my major (unexpressed) iritation with the old site ;)

always feel free to express any irritations!

It's funny, I had reordered the manuals in the nav bar on the left --
but had missed them in the body of the page.

thanks for the feedback,

  -jean

Re: [web] Derby site reorganization

[Dan Scott <de...@gmail.com>]

I applaud the change of "Manuals" to "Documentation" and also the
switch to having the most recent documentation appear first -- that
was my major (unexpressed) iritation with the old site ;)

Nice work!

Dan

On 3/27/06, Jean T. Anderson <jt...@bristowhill.com> wrote:
> I reorganized the Derby web site and put a review copy here:
>
> http://people.apache.org/~jta/DerbyTest/
> 1) Some time ago somebody mentioned the blue menu on the left was too
> dark. It turned out to be easy to change it to beige in the forrest
> config file.
>
> Is beige an improvement?
> Or leave it blue?
>
> 2) Added a "Quick Start" page, linked to on the Home tab and the home
> page.
>
> 4) Added a "Download" tab to make downloads even easier to find.
> (Geronimo and XmlBeans have Download tabs.)
>
> 5) Renamed Manuals tab to "Documentation".
>
>
> 6) Renamed "Integration" tab to "Resources" (idea from XmlBeans)
> "Integration" has always struck me as very specific and not everyone
> might understand what it means.
>
> do you like it? hate it? any suggestions?
>

Re: [web] Derby site reorganization

[Stanley Bradbury <St...@gmail.com>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:

>I reorganized the Derby web site and put a review copy here:
>
>http://people.apache.org/~jta/DerbyTest/
>1) Some time ago somebody mentioned the blue menu on the left was too
>dark. It turned out to be easy to change it to beige in the forrest
>config file.
>
>Is beige an improvement?
>Or leave it blue?
>
>2) Added a "Quick Start" page, linked to on the Home tab and the home
>page.
>
>4) Added a "Download" tab to make downloads even easier to find.
>(Geronimo and XmlBeans have Download tabs.)
>
>5) Renamed Manuals tab to "Documentation".
>
>
>6) Renamed "Integration" tab to "Resources" (idea from XmlBeans)
>"Integration" has always struck me as very specific and not everyone
>might understand what it means.
>
>do you like it? hate it? any suggestions?
>
>  
>
Wow - this looks great.  I really like the color change - makes it much 
easier on the eyes (mine anyway).  Please be aware that because of a 
touch of color blindness it  looks grey to me (with the slightest cast 
of beige thrown in) - but regardless I like the change.

Only one thing I noticed needed tweaking .  The tab: Quick Start never 
'highlights' (shows active) - the HOME tab is darkened when 'Quick 
Start' is selected (the proper page is displayed). 

Good work.