Website updates take two

Robert Vehse robert.vehse at gmx.de
Tue Aug 4 16:44:26 UTC 2009


Hi Team,

in an earlier thread I had tried to communicate some changes to the 
website and I made a mess of it.
Since then I have put some more thought into these ideas and I hope 
they'll meet your approval.

I'd like to propose the following changes:
1. Turn the "About" page (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/AboutAdium/Sandbox) 
into a non-wiki page and give it a tab on the homepage.
2. Link from the "About" page to a Wiki page with a full list of 
supported services (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/ListOfServices/Sandbox).
3. Merge ListOfServices (http://trac.adium.im/wiki/ListOfServices) and 
ServiceInteroperability 
(http://trac.adium.im/wiki/ServiceInteroperability) into           
(http://trac.adium.im/wiki/ListOfServices/Sandbox).
4. Link from the list of supported services (ListOfServices/Sandbox) to 
dedicated pages for each service with brief descriptions, history, 
information on censorship       and known issues.
5. Merge FAQ regarding [Service]Censorship 
(http://trac.adium.im/wiki/AIMCensorship, 
http://trac.adium.im/wiki/ICQCensorship, 
http://trac.adium.im/wiki/MSNCensorship) into these dedicated pages. 
   
6. Create separate tabs for "Support" and "Development":
    - Support should link to a page similar to 
[http://pidgin.im/support/ Pidgin's Support page]
    - Development goes to [wiki:Development]

Why these changes?
1.:
As a tab and a prettily designed proper webpage (in contrast to a Wiki 
page) the "About" page could gain more prominence and properly boast 
Adium's great features.
2.:
I don't think it is necessary to name all the supported services on the 
features page. Users already get a good idea on the front ("Download") page.
3.:
ListOfServices and ServiceInteroperability currently share information.
4.:
In the past few days, I have created these dedicated pages. Right now, 
they are linked to from the current "About" page.
5.:
By inclusion of a  "censorship" section in the dedicated pages, the 
specific censorship pages are rendered obsolete.
6.
This separation benefits a clear view and reduces user confusion.

Who puts the changes through?
I can do 3., 4. and 5. (Wiki stuff) myself but I would need someone with 
knowledge of doing websites to get 1., 2. and 6. done.

Also see http://trac.adium.im/wiki/AdiumSupportConcept for reference.

Regards, Robby




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