Talk:Main Page
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-- Core2 08:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC) I would suggest some change to the frontpage for the wiki. First of all the use of color is confusing. I can't crack the logic behind it. Some box (tables) are yellow and withe, some are different shade of yellow and some are different shade of blue. I would like to suggest that the "important" and "most popular pages" box switch positions. And after doing that the "Helping with the documentation effort" box could be moved to a subpage. Further I would like to move "Other items of interest", "Latest additions" and "License" to subpages and only have link to them form the frontpage.
Removing stuff from the frontpage will make room for some space between the content, to day it is very compact and need some "air". Then we could extend the "Frequently sought information" to be a more complete TOC.
--Sozzled 01:11, 20 April 2009 (UTC) As we have discovered, there is some "resentment" by some forum moderators to the use of certain pages in the forums (for example, Posting_guidelines). I edited the posting guidelines page because someone prefaced the page with Wiki section markup code [===] that, in effect, screamed what a simple disclaimer would have done.
The problem, as I see it, is with the statement at the top of the main page which states "official Kunena documentation" while at the same time encouraging contributions from ordinary users. Although we could create a Wiki template that provided the same information as the disclaimer I rewrote on the Posting_guidelines page, we might as well write the same disclaimer on every page if the forum moderators are going to behave in an overly critical manner! Perhaps the easiest solution is to eliminate the term "official" from all documentation. Obviously, then, the interpretation on any information contained in this Wiki is that it's the result of the collaborative effort of all users.
If, however, there is an official position to be stated, we might use a Wiki-style template to indicate it as such (see Wikipedia "Help:Checkuser" for an example).
--Sozzled 00:56, 22 April 2009 (UTC) Tidied main page according to my understanding of what core2 recommended. I don't see the need for two "boxes" to describe the "documentation project". Why not eliminate, entirely, the "documentation" box on the top right by transferring any important, relevant information (if any) into the "documentation project" box on the bottom left? Can someone please enlighten us on the status of the documentation project(s)?
Move licensing information
--Sozzled 07:27, 22 April 2009 (UTC) I would suggest moving the licence information to the About Kunena page in order to reduce the clutter.
The purpose of the Wiki
--Sozzled 01:56, 24 August 2010 (UTC) Part of the problem that we have with the Wiki is its role in supporting the work of the Kunena project. The earlier versions of the main Wiki site page give the implication that this Wiki site provides the endorsed opinions of the development team. The use of terms like "official" documentation cannot be justified in a Wiki context. A Wiki, after all, by its very definition, is the collaborative effort of Kunena users. While every effort is made to ensure that the information in the Wiki is reliable, it cannot be said that the Wiki is an officially endorsed view of the entire project. Therefore, the changes that you now see on the Wiki main page have removed the term "official" which is likely to deter people from contributing to this great documentation work.
Our intention is to still invite users to contribute to the Wiki but not to imply that only officially endorsed content will be exclusively the only content that the Wiki should contain.
Target audience
--Sozzled 05:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC) The second area of change (that has been long-overdue) has been to rearrange the layout of the four main sections of the main page which are:
- Page title and quick links to most sought-after information, including where to download Kunena and some important links
- Table of contents
- An invitation to users to collaborate on the project by contributing articles to the Wiki
- Licensing information
In my opinion, the original layout gave undue emphasis on the third item listed above by making in the second area that users saw when they visited the page. Although this invitation to collaborate is important, most users are mainly interested in getting straight to the table of contents. Most users want to find information, not read about the documentation "project" nor read what was basically an advertisement for how useful Kunena could be in their webcraft. We all know how good Kunena is. The main page of the Wiki is probably not the best place to tell that story.
Therefore, this second area of change is intended to primarily target the majority of users who are looking for helpful information and who don't want to be distracted by the technical backdrop about how the Wiki came into being.
Reorganising the Table of Contents
The third area of change has been to functionally regroup the areas of the Wiki that users will be most interested in browsing. The groupings are:
- Basic information: How to get started; installing Kunena and upgrading Kunena
- Frequently asked questions, tips, tutorials and detailed documentation
- Templates and languages
- Technical articles for developers; a guide to security; miscellaneous articles that don't fit into any other category.
