
I noticed the HomePage for www.wlug.org.nz changed recently. What's the story? A lot of the content on HomePage was fairly useful where it was - now I have to click through to WlugIntro to find it. I know I can move it back - but I'd rather not get into a edit/revert battle on that page.

Daniel Lawson wrote:
I noticed the HomePage for www.wlug.org.nz changed recently. What's the story?
A lot of the content on HomePage was fairly useful where it was - now I have to click through to WlugIntro to find it. I know I can move it back - but I'd rather not get into a edit/revert battle on that page.
I believe refactoring has occured ... and subdividing of the main page was a gooood idea! Having a overly full HomePage is not a good move. A simple breakdown of the site is good (as it is now). 0.02€ Tim :)

Daniel Lawson wrote:
I noticed the HomePage for www.wlug.org.nz changed recently. What's the story?
It's a wiki. It was improved! :)
A lot of the content on HomePage was fairly useful where it was - now I have to click through to WlugIntro to find it. I know I can move it back - but I'd rather not get into a edit/revert battle on that page.
I feel that if you find it useful, then you know where to click for it. I believe new users were confused by the front page and I think that it's a good idea that the page is as tidy as possible. It's hard to get a good layout using wiki markup but I think it's better now than it was before. If you think you can improve it, go ahead. I guess this marks the start of a project to retheme the Wiki that we (the committee) have been looking at taking on. We'd like to make it easier to find all the information that people need, immediately (information about a wiki, Linux, the LUG, and upcoming meetings). Craig

It's a wiki. It was improved! :)
Subjectively.
I feel that if you find it useful, then you know where to click for it. I believe new users were confused by the front page and I think that it's a good idea that the page is as tidy as possible. It's hard to get a good
Did you actually get any feedback on how new users found it? I've not seen any requests for comments in the list or anywhere else.
layout using wiki markup but I think it's better now than it was before. If you think you can improve it, go ahead.
I see it often cited that the vast majority of entry points to our wiki is not via the HomePage, it is via direct entry from Google or other search engines, and from bookmarked links. If this is the case, there should be less emphasis placed on it as a point-of-first-contact, and more on making it useful These changes may have made it less cluttered, but they have also made it less useful. There are other ways of doing it. Yes, I can go ahead and change it myself. However, I don't believe the HomePage should be changing as people see fit. It should be well thought out, with some discussion over what is useful to include. I certainly hope there will be a lot of thought and consideration put into the new theme and layout.
I guess this marks the start of a project to retheme the Wiki that we (the committee) have been looking at taking on. We'd like to make it easier to find all the information that people need, immediately (information about a wiki, Linux, the LUG, and upcoming meetings).

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 12:00, Daniel Lawson wrote:
I see it often cited that the vast majority of entry points to our wiki is not via the HomePage, it is via direct entry from Google or other search engines, and from bookmarked links. If this is the case, there should be less emphasis placed on it as a point-of-first-contact, and more on making it useful
We've recently designed and printed lots of 'wlug business cards' for handing out to newbies wanting help, and it points to the wlug home page. Advanced users should have no problems finding existing content on the wiki, but newbies using it as a point-of-first-contact shouldn't be overwhelmed when looking for help. In-my-opinion, your-milage-may-vary, void-where-prohibited, etc etc. John
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Craig Box
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Daniel Lawson
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John R. McPherson
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Tim Carey-Smith