maemo.org Intro page (November Sprint)
 

Quim has suggested a new thread be formed (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...947#post358947), so here it is.

Suggestions for the intro page in here then.

For me, first off, I've been playing a little with the New Users page (http://wiki.maemo.org/New_users) and would like to see a link to it from the intro page (it's not perfect, I'm trying to raise ideas...)

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

oops... I just spotted I typed Into instead of Intro. Now I feel daft. Can someone with more skills than me correct the thread title?!

Edit: it's been done, thanks to whomever!

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

Actually, it strikes me that INTRO as a tag might not even be the best name for it. What about:
HELP
START
HOME
OVERVIEW

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

As well, the image on the INTRO page is nice and all, but what does it really say? Now, if it was clickable, with links to overviews and more information (websites for each) on all the contents of the image, that would be cool...

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

A link to the nice, simple, bear-of-very-little-brain walk-thru vids produced by the maemo5ui team could be handy for n00bs.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Maemo5UITeam

So would the 'tips and tricks' from nokia experts:

http://nokiaexperts.com/tips-shortcu...00-user-guide/

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

Thanks for starting this thread!

I imagine this Intro (or whatever name we decide) page as a single page, very comprehensive and visually appealing pointing to other places someone interested in Maemo and its community shoud know.

Please share your most precious Maemo / maemo.org links here.

Re: maemo.org Intro page (November Sprint)
 

Somehow I had expected more precious links shared here. :) Nothing hidden in the wiki or somewhere not obvious?

Other intresting URLs are "Intro" or "About" pages you consider good for inspiration.

And a wild though: since there is so much competition for the primary navigation bar, what about removing Intro and convert it in the top right block on top of Get Involved?

Re: maemo.org Intro page (November Sprint)
 

If all we're talking here is the front page, here's what I think:

• Seen with a newcomer's eyes, there's too much stuff on the front page. The opensuse front page helps illustrate this by way of contrast.
• News (just by way of example) doesn't really have a reason to be there. It's the planet, isn't it? Most people who would be interested in the planet would access it directly.
• It could be that I am just used to drupal, but that floating midgard bar thingie is not only annoying, it draws attention very effectively away from the top navigation bar. Kill it with fire!
• With the advent of the N900, it's consumers who will be stampeding to maemo.org is greater numbers. Might be useful to set the right expectations, that this is a place where a technical community congregates and not a source of free N900 support. "heading off" might be the right expression, and clear language and a clear link to Nokia's N900 support page might send some people off in the direction they wanted all along.
• For my money, the Intro page is actually really good content wise, less so aesthetically.
• Don't some web analytics services track navigation? With the kind of traffic maemo.org probably sees, very useful stats could be harvested. What site paths people take and where they end up spending the most time. That could then later on be used to shorten the path from these popular pages to the front page.

Off the top of my head.

I do think there's a lot of extremely good content but it might benefit from non-trivial restructuring. Aren't we glad it's a wiki? :)

And whatever else you end up doing, keep the color scheme. Even when it becomes uncool in 2525 I'll still like it, and it matches my sneakers.

Re: maemo.org Intro page (November Sprint)
 

So far I like Kathy's suggestions and the only thing that's kept me from adding to them is making sure the resource(s) I would see referenced are not redundant.

I agree with your "Get Involved" proposal Quim. I think that's a good start.

Re: Maemo.org INto page (November Sprint)
 

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