[mapguide-internals] MapGuide Site Navigation Proposal

[Robert Bray]

Whatever Nathalie proposes will be run by this group. She has a bunch of 
ideas and once she firms them up we'll post them. I'll probably ask her 
to do a mockup of some sort.

As for the rest, I agree the Tab names are not quite right. Some 
alternate names for the Support tab might be "Getting Involved" or "New 
Users" (Newbies), etc. but none of these feel quite right either.

The one I had the most trouble with is "Contributing". I wanted to use 
"Development" but that is wrong for same reasons we went with 
mapguide-internals. So again we could play off that and call the tab 
"Internals" but...

Did I ever mention I hate naming things!

Anyway I am going to do a little more digging, looking at other 
projects, etc. All suggestions are welcome in the meantime. I'd like to 
finalize this and put it in place within a week or so to get Trac exposed.

Thanks,
Bob


Jason Birch wrote:
> I like the idea a lot...
> 
> Not sure how I feel about the divisions between 4, 5, 6.  It's all
> "community", though slightly different facets of it.  
> 
> I see the benefits of the word "support" in allowing new users to find
> the mailing lists, but it also sets up an expectation of one-way
> communication.  Also, calling the developers section "contributing" is
> undermining the important contributions that end users make to the
> project.
> 
> And what is "community" supposed to be?
> 
> Of course, I don't have any really concrete ideas on how to make it
> better...  :)
> 
> Jason
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-internals-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Bray
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 20:40
> To: MapGuide Internals Mail List
> Subject: [mapguide-internals] MapGuide Site Navigation Proposal
> 
> As I started thinking about adding links for Trac to mapguide.osgeo.org
> I came to realize how limiting our current site navigation is. So here
> is a proposal for fixing it, feel free to do anything from providing
> feedback to shooting it down entirely and telling me I am an idiot.
> 
> First I would like to propose introducing a collection of Tabs (Primary
> Links in Drupal parlance) just under the banner. With this approach the
> Left Navigation bar can then be tailored to the content of the Tab.
> 
> 
> Tab #1: Home
> 
>   Left Nav
>   - Essential Links (need to define these)
> 
>   Page Content
>    Current Home
>    Events (replace Announcements with Drupal Event block)
> 
> 
> Tab #2: Download
> 
>   Left Nav
>   - Current Stable (default)
>   - Latest Development - Beta / RC (if available, else not present)
>   - Previous
>     - 1.0.2
>     - 1.0.1
>     - 1.0.0
>   - Essential Links (need to define these)
> 
>   Page Content
>     Corresponding Download Page
> 
> 
>   Tab #3: Documentation
> 
>   Left Nav
>   - Current (default)
>     - Doc 1
>     - Doc 2
>     - ...
>     - Doc n
>   - Previous (collapsed by default)
>     - 1.0.2
>       - Doc 1
>       - Doc 2
>       - ...
>       - Doc n
>     - 1.0.1
>     - 1.0.0
>   - Essential Links (need to define these)
> 
>   Page Content
>     Corresponding Doc List or Doc Page
> 
> 
> Tab #4: Support
> 
>   Left Nav
>   - FAQ
>   - Mail Lists
>   - Report a Bug
>   - Essential Links (need to define these)
> 
>   Page Content
>    Current Get Involved As a User Page ++
> 
> 
> Tab #5: Contributing
> 
>   Left Nav
>   - All the dev resource links
>   - Trac
>     - Browse Source
>     - Roadmap
>     - Timeline
>     - View Tickets
>     - New Ticket
>   - Essential Links (need to define these)
> 
>   Page Content
>    Current Get Involved as a Contributor Page ++
> 
> 
> Tab #6 Community
> FUTURE - Nathalie is working on a proposal for this...
> 
> 
> I also wonder if there should be another called "Basics" or "Getting
> Started" that steps through an overview of the project and everything
> you need to get going, but I'll wait for feedback on this. This could
> also be a key first element on the documentation page with a link to it
> on the Essential Links menu.
> 
> Anyway give this some thought and fire back your ideas...
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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