Re: some thoughts on the OFBIZ.org site redesign

Posted by Ean Schuessler on Jun 27, 2006; 8:50pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/some-thoughts-on-the-OFBIZ-org-site-redesign-tp168708p168709.html

Si Chen wrote:

> David, Tim, Mike, et al-
>
> I'm really excited about the OFBIZ.org site redesign and think this'll
> be great for the project.  I just had a couple of thoughts about it:
>
> 1.  It should be more "visual" but not overly graphical or fancy with
> flash or images, etc.  I think open sourcers are looking for
> information, and something that looks overly commercial would not be
> right.
>
> 2.  We should play up more about the sites, products, and projects
> that use OFBiz.  It's really great how many major commercial sites,
> products, and open source projects use OFBiz, and that should give us
> more credibility.
>
> 3.  Above all, we should talk about what OFBiz stands for -- what are
> the core values or principles of the project, both technically and
> culturally, and why they are better for the developers and users of
> OFBiz.  I think people try open source because it's free, use it
> because it works for them, but then get passionate about it because
> they identify with its values and ideals, so it's really important
> than we communicate ours clearly.  For example, we just discussed the
> roles and responsibilities of our committers on the DEV list.  I think
> we should have information like that and then explain to newbies what
> that really means.  We should similarly discuss what the philosophy
> behind the framework and applications are and then explain why it's
> great.

I guess I missed the start of this project. We had some discussions here
at Brainfood both about the website and the look and feel of the OFBiz
back-end.

I think it would be very nice to steal some moves from the 37Signals
gang. What is the procedure for getting involved in this project?

Here are some cute OFBiz based web sites we've recently finished up:

http://www.junipermusic.com
http://checkmark.heart.org
http://www.parago.com

More are on the way!