[gobolinux-users] Awesome redesign of the site

[Hisham Muhammad]

On 10/15/06, Jonas Karlsson <jonka750 at student.liu.se> wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:54:40 +0200, Hisham Muhammad <hisham.hm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 10/15/06, Rayne Van-Dunem <raynenamibia at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Overall, it is a good deal more readable, since the old site's banner
> >> (while sufficient) was taking up more than (IMO) its fill of the page.
> >
> > Thank you. :) It wasn't easy to let the old design go, since it's been
> > with us for so many years now, but I took a screenshot to keep in my
> > archives. :)
> >
>
> I guess you've kept the css as well. Then it wouldn't be hard to move
> back.

Kinda. There were changes to the html side of things too.
Unfortunately, my web-fu is not advanced enough to get a design from
my head into a browser using purely css.

> Perhaps place the site on the CVS as well (or SVN when we get that
> running at the site).

Yes, it's something to think about. OTOH, I don't know how much work
it would be to make our crappy web-based admin interface CVS/SVN
aware. (It's crappy but made updating the site much more efficient...
:) )

> > So, if anybody finds broken links, incorrect information, etc...
> > please let us know!
> >
>
> I miss some sort of menu when one has gone "one page away" from the start
> page, i.e. if one clicks on "Learn more..." one gets to a page where one
> has to use the back button to get any where. Maybe it's just me, but I
> feel like in a one way alley.

Well, clicking on the GoboLinux logo brings you back to the homepage
anytime, and the icon bar on top serves as the menu to take you
places. I concede that's not as clear as keeping the sidebar on
display all the time, but I like the lighter feeling of the pages now.

> Another issue is that the links pointing to bug reporting (on prerelease
> of 013) in the wiki should be redirected to bugs.gobolinux.org (and
> someone should fill in all remaining bugs in the system).

Yes. I also need suggestions on where to link to bugs.gobolinux.org --
Community? Maybe a note about it near the download links as well.

And of course, we need to announce bugs.gobolinux.org!... :) Lucas had
it originally configured to www.bugs.gobolinux.org and he said it's
taking a while to get it reset to the new address (without the www).

> > And again, thanks a lot for the nice words. :)
> >
>
> Yes, really great work! I like it alot!

Thanks! :)

-- Hisham