[kdewebdev-site] Quanta Public Site Structure < final ?

[Bill Chmura]

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On Wednesday 03 March 2004 01:11 am, Eric Laffoon wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 March 2004 9:21 pm, Bill Chmura wrote:
> > Okay, to keep us on track and moving in a direction...  (any
> > direction)... I've rechecked through... and while we had a lot of good
> > discussions on this and that, not much has changed.
> >
> > So I put forth that this is a good navigation structure to start with for
> > the Quanta site...  A trick I have learned in corporate life is to ask if
> > anyone objects instead of asking for approval.  Approval takes effort...
> > If no one answers it means it must be okay right?
>
> A trick? You mean ask Monday at 2 AM and commit at 3 AM? ;-)
What's with the entire hour between?  Someone could actually read email in 
that great big gap!

>
> > Home
> > Features
> > ...Quanta Can...  (Was its own heading before)
>
> If I might comment, if there is a better phrasing that doesn't sound like
> "The Little Engine That Could" I'd support it. Maybe "Quanta in Action"
> because it also denotes action as in something happening as opposed to the
> tendency to relate "an" to "could" which is less dynamic.

I am up for suggestions... I was thinking the subsections could be titled:  
Quanta can help with your project management, Quanta can work with PHP, etc, 
etc...  I love the concept, but I am not married to the wording...


> This also could be a rather involved section because it could have
> subsections for PHP, XML, projects, etc...
>
> > ...Comparison chart
>
> This is as we discussed comparing to professional tools or would we prefer
> just a feature chart? Is Chris doing his wizardry here?
>

Both

> > Screen Shots
> > Quanta News  (Was Quanta in the news)
>
> Do we want to make this kdewebdev news? Do we want to subsection it for
> "news for this app" or "news for the module"?
>

We are heavy with PHP talent on the team.  I am envisioning a news management 
program that will be able to handle the news for all the sections.  For 
example, anyone authorized to do so, can create a news item and set it to a 
specific project and also if its big news.  News pages can be generated from 
the news based on criteria for any given page:

So in the Quanta development section - it can display Quanta development items

In the main Quanta section - Quanta news

In the main KDEWEBDEV page, all news flagged as being that important would be 
listed.

Thats it in a nutshell... I've not done much more thinking than that - but the 
concept is there... the levels and stuff like that need to be worked out and 
all.   Also it could be used for an rss feed generator.

> > Testimonials
> > Get Quanta!
> > ...Requirements
> > ...Installing
> > ...Donate to Quanta
>
> I don't see how this goes here. I think it goes in a "Get involved"
> section, which may be a good phrasing, along with "sponsor development",
> "join the programmers" and scripting, templates, site, etc...

My thought was that the user would be at a stage where they were interested in 
Quanta and it would be a good time to put a bug in their ear...   We can also 
have it in other sections.  That was my thought.

>
> > Support
> > FAQ
> > User Support Area
> > Developer Support Area  (Link to developer.kdewebdev)
>
> Actually we might want to look at the kde.org pages for a bit just to see
> what fundamental menuing elements we could commonly apply. I want the site
> to be a stand out, but I think we should be "not emulating" where we have
> good reasons and emulating where we don't have any particular reason not
> to. I don't know how much we would toss aside but it seems logical doesn't
> it?

I don't see the point to following the KDE site.  We are not going to be 
matching a look and feel (as far as I know), and I don't think that people 
are going to be that used to the KDE site that when they come here they are 
going to be confused.  

> I will say I think that some KDE sites are a little too cluttered menu
> wise, but we should attempt some degree of consistency.
>
> Eric
>
> > Going once, going twice...
> >
> > Bill
>
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Bill Chmura
bill at kdewebdev.org
KdeWebDev/Quanta site development project
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