Re: some thoughts on the OFBIZ.org site redesign

Posted by Jacques Le Roux on Jun 23, 2006; 10:20pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/some-thoughts-on-the-OFBIZ-org-site-redesign-tp168708p168711.html

Very weel said, Si !

Jacques

> 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.
>
> Again, I'm very excited about the site redesign and the new logo and  
> really appreciate your work on this.
>
> Si