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Re: Separate User and Developer Sites?

From: Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart <pelegri_at_sun.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:02:03 -0700

Agreed. Most of these have been in the "todo" list for a bit... I don't
want to discourage people to complain, but we would very much welcome
help...

Are you volunteering to help?


        - eduard/o

Raju Uppalapati wrote:
> Can something be done about the look and feel of the main glassfish page
> and the theme of the wiki?
> The glassfish website (glassfish.dev.java.net
> <http://glassfish.dev.java.net>) seems a bit disorganized and the
> usability and site navigation is not comparable to
> http://opensolaris.org or http://opends.org
> The following are things that can be changed to improve the look:
> 1. The [Download Now] icons on glassfish.dev.java.net
> <http://glassfish.dev.java.net> and the fonts for each download item
> spoil the look.
> 2. The ad for the plasma or HDTV makes it appear as if this is a
> commercial page.
> 3. Three or four different fonts and font sizes are being used on the
> same page.
> 4. There is no search box to allow a complete site search.
> 5. The Javascript based Navigation on the top right corner [Aqarium,
> Core, Webteir ...][ does not appear like a navigation menu. Unless one
> scrolls the mouse on it.
>
> How about:
> Registering a domain.
> Create a new site which is organized similar to OpenSolaris.org and
> maybe change the theme a bit.
> Stop using a Wiki for the main site or use a better Wiki software with
> better theme?
>
> If not like OpenSolaris.org alteast make get the main site in par with
> http://labs.jboss.com/jbossas/
> Both these sites are usable and looks professional.
>
> _raju
>
>
> On 6/11/07, *Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart* <pelegri_at_sun.com
> <mailto:pelegri_at_sun.com>> wrote:
>
> I wonder if we should try to separate the Developer from the User
> Documentation / Wiki sites.
>
> The current arrangement (wiki.glassfish.java.net
> <http://wiki.glassfish.java.net>) has been very
> successful in enabling the activities of the Developer community but I
> think it has been much less successful with the User community. For
> example, I think there have been very few contributed pages. That may be
> because users feel the pages are only for the "official" team and they
> can't contribute.
>
> One possibility would be to split the two sites. JSP Wiki does not
> provide namespaces but we were discussing contributing that. If so, we
> could create a namesapce for DEVelopers and another for USERs.
>
> An alternative would be a separate instance for each wiki.
>
> What do people think?
>
> - eduard/o
>
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