Re: [gNewSense-users] restructuring the website

[Benedikt Ahrens]

thanks for the link. this was before i subscribed to the mailing list.
seems like people are either too busy or not interested in changing
the web page, since nobody joins in the discussion.

since i do not have the permission and the knowledge to change the
structure of gnewsense.org, i am thinking about creating my own small
gnewsense howtos page.
this should be a page for the absolute beginner, including only
installation manuals and such, not more.

i assume that i have the permission to use the contents of
gnewsense.org, which is under GFDL ?

ben


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> wrote:
> ben wrote:
>>
>> hello,
>>
>> in the forum some people (including me) were off the opinion that the
>> gNS website is not really well-structured. there are two points which i
>> want to mention (which were the initial reason for me to think about
>> this):
>>
>> (1) the documentation page
>> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/Documentation
>> is way too difficult to reach, considered the fact that it carries
>> crucial info like the installation manual
>>
>> (2) while the builder is very important, people who visit the web site
>> will mainly be interested in gNS and not in the builder.
>> (if this assumption is not right, please excuse me)
>> for those the information about the builder is noise which is bound to
>> make life difficult for them.
>>
>>
>> i would like to suggest a new structure for the main menu, which would
>> be more standard and hence easier and faster to understand. my
>> suggestion is far from complete, of course, and is only meant as a
>> starting point for discussion.
>>
>> the main points are answers to the facts i mentioned before: separate
>> 'builder' section (also for documentation of the builder) and
>> aggregation of all the gNS user information under 'Documentation'
>>
>>
>>
>> About gNewSense
>>        Features
>>        FAQ
>>        Software
>>                Repos
>>                Releases
>>                LiveCD
>>
>>
>>
>> Software/Download
>>        (Links to the files)
>>
>>
>>
>> Documentation (for gNewSense only)
>>        Forum
>>        Manuals & HowTos
>>                Getting Started
>>                Recommended Hardware
>>                How To Help
>>                etc.
>>
>> The Builder
>>        Description
>>        Documentation
>>
>>
>> greetings
>> ben
>>
> A few months ago Karl had also talked about cleaning things up [1]. He
> proposed a slightly different structure.
>
> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-users/2008-08/msg00041.html
>
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