ANN: New Wiki Theme

[Andy Doan]

On 11/16/2011 06:15 AM, Dave Martin wrote:
> I think for the table of links we do need an explanation of what each
> item is, though this should literally just be a few words.

Thanks for the feedback!

I've created a bug with all your comments[1]. I'd also like to point out
the road-map I'm trying to put together[2]. I don't really disagree with
anything you've said. However, I have to balance it with other feedback
and direction I've gotten so we don't end up with this[3].

> 
> There are also some things there which would be fairly incomprehensible
> to a newcomer.  What is "Cycles", for example?  People also won't be
> able to guess what "Connect" refers to without laboriously reading the
> other text.
> 
> I would vote for removing all the links from the introductory paragraph
> -- the precence of links disrupts the readability of the text
> unnecessarily IMHO, and putting all the links into the table.

This is an interesting idea. I'm +1'ing it.

> 
> Could we also experiment with ordering the links so that the stuff for
> newcomers appears first, and the resources for developers come afterwards,
> perhaps in a separate table?  We need to give newcomers a bit of extra
> help, because they're the people who will need it.

This is something I'm thinking more on and plan to improve. However, 4
of our most popular pages (Android, DevPlatform, Builds, Source) are in
the top corner of the table.

> On a more frivolous note, could we change the title to something like
> "Welcome to the Linaro Wiki"?  This is friendlier, and helps to
> suggest that the site is for non-experts too.  In practice, the wiki
> isn't just for developers, after all.

I think this might be more of a branding question. I'll have to ask.

1: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-documentation/+bug/891218>
2:
<https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linaro/+spec/linaro-general-fixing-wiki-madness>
3: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXAcwriid0>