[osol-mktg] Re: [website-discuss] top-right jumble and other concerns

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 11:19 -0500, Laura Ramsey wrote:
> +1
> 
> ...and hopefully we'll get a plan/process in place for a light evolution 
> of the site to re-arrange some links, move things up more, etc. over the 
> course of the next quarter. The key is keeping the site's recognition 
> value high. We don't want to do redesigns that might inconvenience 
> fellow surfers...and we don't want to mess up the front page too much 
> because it will wreck bookmarks --

I doubt too many people will be bookmarking the front page ;)

I do think that we need a steady evolution of the front page though to
push the community off into different directions that are hot. It's all
about cheerleading, excitement and growing the community. How are we
going to get them back after their first browse - is it a sense of
technology, or community, or both? others? How do we get them back on a
regular basis...then the $1,000,000 question, how do we get them to
contribute? I think opensolaris.org has a powerful part to play in that.

For example, this is an evolution of what gnome.org has been doing, and
I find it's pretty effective -

http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/bug-hunt-wgo.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/forum-gnome-2005.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/gimp2.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/gmt-spreadtheword2.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/gnome28.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/gnome_tshirts.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/goodbye_phone.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/guadec-2004-end.png
http://www.gnome.org/img/flash/summit-mit-2005.png

etc..

It might also be interesting to look at the web stats and see what hot
pages people are going to, and make those more visible on the main page
somehow.

Just my 2 cent.


Glynn