- From: Chris Mills <cmills@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:21:43 +0000
- To: Julee Burdekin <jburdeki@adobe.com>
- Cc: Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com>, public-webplatform@w3.org
Yup, there is a link to the stewards page in the About page. I agree that it itself shouldn't be a main nav item. Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" (http://goo.gl/AKf9M) On 11 Dec 2012, at 20:48, Julee Burdekin <jburdeki@adobe.com> wrote: > Can we put a short section and a link to the Stewards page from here? > > That way, Stewards does not have to be in the global nav as well as at the > bottom of every page. > > Julee > > ---------------------------- > julee@adobe.com > @adobejulee > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Mills <cmills@w3.org> > Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:08 AM > To: Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com> > Cc: "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org> > Subject: Re: Proposal for updating links on webplatform.org > Resent-From: <public-webplatform@w3.org> > Resent-Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 9:08 AM > >> Thanks Janet! >> >> So, final text is at http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:About >> >> Can we link that from the main page of webplatform.org? Or do we need to >> put it somewhere more special? >> >> On 11 Dec 2012, at 16:54, Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >>> Looks good. Just one nit: >>> >>> Change "About a year ago" to "In late 2011". >>> >>> On 12/11/12 9:03 AM, Chris Mills wrote: >>>> I've had a go at drafting some text for the proposed "About" page. Is >>>> the kind of thing we want? >>>> >>>> What is Webplatform.org? >>>> >>>> Webplatform.org is a community-driven documentation site mainly >>>> focused on client-side web technologies. It was founded by several >>>> stewards, including Opera, Mozilla, Google, the W3C, Microsoft, Adobe, >>>> HP, Nokia and Facebook, with the aim of creating a definitive resource >>>> for web developers and designers to find all the information they need >>>> to do their job. The main part of the site is a wiki containing >>>> tutorials, concept articles and reference docs, but we also have a Q&A >>>> section, blog, and IRC chat, and we are aiming to expand out >>>> capabilities in the future to include live code examples, resources for >>>> educators, and more. >>>> >>>> How the site was created >>>> >>>> About a year ago, a small group including people of W3C, Opera, >>>> Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and others started talking about a new >>>> documentation project for information covering open web standards. Yes, >>>> there are lots of documentation sites already available, but some of >>>> them are low quality, out-of-date, or both. Some have great information >>>> about some subjects, but not others. And generally it takes web >>>> developers a lot of time to find all the information they want. It >>>> would be great for all the information providers to get together and >>>> produce one authoritative resource to tell web designers and developers >>>> all the information they need to know to do their job. >>>> >>>> The idea was very warmly received by all parties involved, and so we >>>> all started solving problems together, working out an infrastructure >>>> for the project that would scale well and handle lots of different >>>> contributors, working out marketing and business plans, and putting >>>> together a large list of content from different resources such as >>>> HTML5 rocks, MSDN, MDN and Operašs web standards curriculum that >>>> would act as seed content to get the project started. >>>> >>>> Webplatform.org philosophy >>>> >>>> Ideally, we want this to be an ever-evolving project controlled and >>>> written by the community, rather than a bunch of big name vendors >>>> telling everyone what to do. The stewards are just there to provide >>>> structure and funding. We want everyone involved in the web community >>>> to feel they have to right to contribute new material and improve >>>> existing articles. It's your web, documented your way. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11 Dec 2012, at 09:49, Chris Mills >>>> <cmills@opera.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 7 Dec 2012, at 12:28, Jonathan Garbee >>>>> <jonathan@garbee.me> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Well, there should be an "about" page [1] since that issue has been >>>>>> sitting for quite a while. That should be the "philosophy" if there >>>>>> is to be a page for it. >>>>>> >>>>> So, adding an "About/philosophy" page to the site, and changing one >>>>> of the links in the main navigation to "About" - yup, I think this is >>>>> definitely a good idea. >>>>> >>>>> I am happy to draft this. What do we need on there? >>>>> >>>>> 1. More detail about what webplatform is >>>>> 2. Why the site was created >>>>> 3. Philosophy behind it >>>>> >>>>> Anything else? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> The more link also needs to go [2] since it is a UX nightmare. There >>>>>> is no reason to have multiple links go to the same area in the same >>>>>> nav menu with different names. Should it ever have a different name >>>>>> in any navigation item? >>>>>> >>>>> Sorry - I read the bug, but I don't know what other page you are >>>>> suggesting adding here - it is as if a part of the explanation on the >>>>> bug is missing? Can you elaborate on this second point? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I also don't think we need a link to the stewards in the main >>>>>> navigation. There is a block of text lower down in the page going to >>>>>> the stewards page and then the footer logos on every page. >>>>>> >>>>> Yeah, I agree really - I was just throwing it out there as another >>>>> idea. But your reaction confirms it in my mind as a bad idea. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> [1] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19410 >>>>>> >>>>>> [2] >>>>>> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19557 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Janet Swisher >>> Mozilla Developer Network >>> Technical Writer/Community Steward >> >> >
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