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Greetings Phoenix Team. 1. End-users as a target audience of our website. 2. Publishing eclipse.org-common to www.eclipse.org 3. Evolving the Eclipse look 4. Reminder: quality 5. http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/ 6. Phoenix call - Tuesday, August 22 2006 11:00am ET 1. End-users as a target audience of our website. You'll notice that I opened bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=152513 to gather feedback from the community. Ian and I will be leading an effort to improve our site so that it is easier for Eclipse end-users and newcomers to find the information they need. This is a dynamic new direction for us, as we have traditionally designed our site with Developers in mind. Because we each own a specific content sections on the website, I think it would be a good exercise for us to a) gather questions and feedback our end-users typically submit in the eclipse.newcomer and eclipse.foundation newsgroups (related to your sections of the site). b) summarize the most popular information topics that end-users inquire about c) suggest ways (in the bug above) how your pages can be altered so that this information is easier to find for our users. For instance, if I owned the Legal section, I'd gather the common legal questions in eclipse.foundation and wonder what I can do to make that information easier to find. Restructure my section? Create a FAQ? Create an Eclipse Legal for Developers page? Please think of ideas for a new end-user-friendly website for discussion during our next call. 2. Publishing eclipse.org-common to www.eclipse.org This week I will publish eclipse.org-common from Phoenix to www.eclipse.org. This will lay many long-standing bugs to rest, including: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=114288 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=117950 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=118842 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=118958 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=119064 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=120477 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=147111 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=150820 3. Evolving the Eclipse look Wayne's comments about Evolving the Eclipse look in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=152488#c5 raised a red flag with me, especially after Nathan tried to do the same thing with the Community Portal redesign: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=136420#c7 . I think that if we all try to evolve the Eclipse look in each of our site sections, we're headed towards a very messy and inconsistent site. If our website needs a new look or a new skin (and I think it does) then I think we should work on it together. Of course, I think that adding our personal "touch" to our pages is a good thing (http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/ looks great BTW), without necessarily deviating too far from the norm. IMHO, font sizes, styles and colours, and other key page elements should be very consistent throughout the site. Let's talk about this on our next call. 4. Reminder: quality During our last call, Ralph scolded us (rightfully so) about our site's quality. I'd like to thank everyone for their efforts in making sure the content that goes up on our pages is professional and error-free. 5. http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/ The Documentation landing page belongs to the Eclipse project team. I'd like for Phoenix to assume ownership of it, so we can (at least) update it to include 3.2, Phoenixize it and rework it into a useful tool. We can talk about this on our next call, so please think about it. 6. Phoenix call - Tuesday, August 22 2006 11:00am ET I'd like to propose we schedule a call for the above date/time. If anyone can't make it, I'll suggest another time. Thanks, Denis -- Denis Roy Manager, IT Infrastructure Eclipse Foundation, Inc. Office: 613.224.9461 x224 Cell: 819.210.6481 denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx |