Re: [libreoffice-website]New website elements for the 4.0

Hi Olav,*,

I haven't read the archives of the mailing list discussions, so sorry if 
mention points that have already been discussed at length .
Here is the way I see things for the moment, please let me know if it's 
coherent with the context:

- Given the tight schedule before the release of 4.0, it's not realistic 
to imagine a revamp of the whole site ; so the idea would be to a have 
"mini site" for the release dedicated to the event. That's just 3 pages 
with graphical coherence, a page to describe the highlights, a page to 
donwload, and a link to the www.libreoffice.org website to access all 
the other information.
- I think that incorporating these pages in the CMS would require 
additionnal effort for little benefits.
- If we want to have several languages for the minisite, it should be 
manageable with simple plain PHP, given the limited content.
- The main idea for the mini-site home page is really to unclutter it: 
we should be able to present you understandable prototype in the next 
days. I have good hope it will match your simplicity expections.

Best,
Camille

Le 22/01/2013 18:22, Olav Dahlum a écrit :
> [...]
> I will just repeat myself here …
>
> Let's follow the KISS principle.
> The current download page are too
> cluttered with unnecessary junk confusing people, and a separation of links
> targeted at end users and contributors should have been implemented in the
> first place. End users are completely uninterested in SDK's or source code,
> so it makes no sense to have it there. In regard of AppUp, PortableApps,
> DVD images etc, we can have that, but more discretely in something like
> "Did you know that…" on the opposite side of the actual download links. We
> should also bring back the easy pull down menu's if the geolocation fails,
> and especially because this "solution" is horrible:
> https://www.libreoffice.org/download/?nodetect. You might also want to look
> at phasing out SilverStripe CMS due to its severe limitations, as it really
> don't deliver what we expect from a CMS. Let's have a fresh and modern web
> site to showcase, and not something that looks like it was put together in
> a hurry for emergency reasons.


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