[mapserver-dev] Proposing some homepage changes...

[Daniel Morissette]

Hi Steve, Jeff,

I just wanted to add that I like the changes you are suggesting and are 
working on.

Thanks

Daniel



Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I fully agree with you.
> 
> I made some minor changes so that the announcement sections no longer 
> appear in the TOC: http://www.mapserver.org/
> 
> I also made an attempt to clean up the left sidebar nav, with the 
> sections that you suggested, through our Sphinx layout template: 
> http://www.mapserver.org/trunk/en/index.html
> 
> Impressions/comments?
> 
> Personally, I like it better.  What I don't like is the "Table of 
> Contents" section that still remains on that index page - oh I tried to 
> remove it, searching the Sphinx Google group, trying many different 
> ways, but in the end I failed to remove it.  It only appears on some 
> pages though.
> 
> It's a start?
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
>> Hi all: I'd like to propose some changes to the mapserver.org 
>> homepage. Wondering how feasible they'll be via Sphinx:
>>
>>   - Breadcrumb. Really should start at "Home" and then go from there, 
>> e.g.:
>>
>>     Home >> Documentation >> MapScript  or
>>     Home >> FAQ
>>     Home >> Develelopment >> RFCs
>>
>>   - TOC on the homepage shouldn't be announcements but rather 
>> something like:
>>
>>   Community
>>     Mailing Lists
>>     IRC
>>     Wiki
>>   Development    Documentation
>>     Introduction
>>     FAQ
>>     Mapfiles
>>     MapScript
>>   Downloads
>>   Issue Tracker
>>
>>   - Announcements could continue below the fold on the main part of 
>> the homepage
>>
>> It's not user friendly as is. The shorter, more meaningful TOC would 
>> also help to pull the OSGEO and FOSS4G icons up the page. Thoughts?
>>
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Daniel Morissette
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