[kdewebdev-site] Proposed Quanta public site structure

[Chris Hornbaker]

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On Tue March 2 2004 05:13, Bill Chmura wrote:
> 
> Okay this is for the Quanta public site, and is pretty much something I passed
> around a while back.  This is just somewhere to start, so speak up, comment,
> make changes (improvements) and so forth.
> 
> If any part is unclear, let me know and I will explain it: (the ... indicates
> a sub section).
> 
> In Summary:
> 
> Home page
> Features
> ...Descriptive text

I have features list somewhere.

> ...Comparison chart

Compare to what? All of them? Just proprietary? Should we be selective (ie.
just show the ones we meet or beat)?

> Screen Shots
> Quanta can...

Wouldn't the Features section cover this?

> Quanta in the news
> Testimonials
> Get Quanta!
> ...Requirements
> ...Installing
> ...Donate to Quanta
> Support

Subsection: Docs? Comes with Quanta... and in other langs. Uh..
Nevermind. Online docs for something that comes with docs seems
silly -- waste of bandwidth and time.

> FAQ
> User Support Area
> Developer Support Area
> 
> 
> ###Home page####
> Some guidance to explain the categories, maybe a 1,2,3 step to see if Quanta
> is right for you (of course it is)
> News headlines (one liner - link)
> Milestone writeup (if there is one)
> 
> The thing with news and milestones is they have to be kept up to date... If we
> put up BE released, and one year from now it is still there - it does not
> show a lot of activity. If someone visits the site and see's the latest news
> is from a week ago, it gives them a sense of activity.
> 
> News and stuff can be a pain, so I would suggest to the group that is deciding
> on what platform to run this on that there is an easy way to do it.
> 
> Aside from the normal navigation, I would suggest in body images linking to
> Get Quanta now!
> 
> ###Features###
> 
> List of features from Quanta, with a sub page that compares Quanta to other
> competing editors (you know, the big feature listing checks and x's thing)
> 
> ###Screenshots###
> 
> Eye candy... Latest and greatest in screenshots. Thumbnails with descriptions
> with larger popups
> 
> 
> ###Quanta can...###
> 
> Talk about quanta to specific kinds of users. For example:
> 
> Can Quanta handle PHP?
> - ramble on about all the benefits Quanta has for a php developer
> 
> Can Quanta manage my project?
> 
> Can Quanta do XHTML?

XHTML isn't anything special. How about just XML in general?

> 
> Etc, etc...
> 
> ###Quanta News###
> 
> Quanta in the news, or creating news...
> * Mentions on other web sites
> * Awards won
> * Distro's now including Quanta
> * New major releases
> * Patch releases
> 
> ###Testimonials###
> 
> User testimonials, highlighting what moving to Quanta got them
> 
> 
> ###Get Quanta!###
> 
> 
> #######Requirements
> 
> How to run on other desktops:
> Gnome, Fluxbox, MS Windows (point to the Kompany?)

Isn't Quanta Gold technically Quanta Plus' competitor?

> 
> Getting source
> Getting binaries (Fedora, Mandrake, etc)
> Link to developer area cvs instructions
> 
> #######Installing
> 
> #######Donate to Quanta
> 
> ###Support####
> 
> Show that there is user community and developer support for quanta
> 
> Mailing list
> User area
> IRC #quanta
> Developer area
> Bugzilla
> 
> whatever else we can think of
> 
> ###FAQ###
> 
> Yes, a faq - "pre-sales" questions about Quanta
> 
> ###User Area###
> 
> Subsection of the site aimed toward the day to day user of quanta
> 
> More hitting on the donate to Quanta front...
> Developer Area
> 
> subsection aimed toward the developers of quanta, schedules, buglists, etc,
> etc...
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Bill Chmura
> bill at kdewebdev.org
> KdeWebDev/Quanta site development project
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> 

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