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= Improving maemo.org =

== Goals ==

We will:

* Reorganise existing content to allow most common use-cases to be fulfilled    easily
* Create new content where appropriate to fulfill use-cases
* Remove or move information which does not contribute to the most common  use-cases
* Make the site visually attractive and fresh, to match the maemo.org visuals
* Make different maemo.org sites visually consistent
* Ensure the site works well on the tablets

== Non-goals ==

We will not:
* Re-write all content
* Move away from Midgard
* Load the site with heavy content such as flash (see tablet goal).

== Use cases ==

The following are the core use-cases to be addressed by the website rework:

1. A new tablet owner wants to install some software on his tablet. He arrives    at http://maemo.org/downloads after a web search for "Nokia tablet software    download", and navigating through the #6 link. (NOTE: search for "Nokia     N810 software download", the download page on maemo.org is not on the first    10 pages).
2. An interested application developer comes to maemo.org to learn how to    write a new application for the tablet.
3. An existing application developer comes to maemo.org looking for    information on modifying his application for Maemo.
4. A Maemo Community member is looking for the latest news from around the    world of Maemo
5. An interested user wants to know how he can help make Maemo better
6. A community member wants to know what the future plans for Maemo are, and    wants to suggest features and priorities
7. A tablet user has a problem which they would like to resolve.
8. A site maintainer or community member wants to create a new news item, or    promote new important content so that it gets more attention.

== Current maemo.org website ==

For reference.

Content:

* Introduction
* Dowloads
* Community
* Development
* News

Sub-menu: 
** Documentation -> Development/Documentation
** Tutorials -> Development/Documentation/Tutorials
** Roadmap -> Development/Roadmap
** Lists -> Community/mailing-lists.html
** Bugzilla -> http://maemo.org/bugzilla
** Wiki -> [[Main Page|http://wiki.maemo.org]]
** IRC -> Community/IRC
** SDK -> Development/SDKs
** Repositories -> community/wiki/applicationrepositories

=== Disparate websites ===

* http://maemo.org
* http://bugs.maemo.org
* [[Main Page|http://wiki.maemo.org]]
* http://planet.maemo.org
* http://garage.maemo.org
* http://www.internettablettalk.com/
* http://maemo.org/downloads
* http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470

Plus: External articles, reviews, blogs, press, tutorials, FAQs, wikis, ...

== Proposed steps for revamp ==

1. Pages we need to revise substantially:

* Front page - see [[Task:Improving_maemo.org#Maemo.org_Homepage_refresh]] and [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-community/2008-September/000955.html this mailing list discussion].
* Development - see [[Task:Improving_maemo.org/Development]]
* Community - see [[Task:Improving_maemo.org/community]]

We don't need to substantially revise the Intro, News or Downloads pages.

The front page will primarily be portal pages to help get people where they want to go, but also to let people get a flavour of the Maemo community.

The community page will show the Maemo community in all its glory - covering communication, people, projects, what's new, what's cool, what we're up to. The page will be almost entirely dynamic and will reflect the current state of Maemo.

The Development page should respond to four different needs - getting software development kits and images for development, getting general introductions, tutorials, overviews of the platform and other general information, exposing searchable reference documents for the Maemo platform APIs, and finally (but very importantly, giving a visitor a map of the developer-focused communication forums that exist in Maemo, including itT, mailing lists, IRC and the wiki.
 
2. Theme:

We need a refreshed look & theme corresponding to maemo.org visual identity
change.

Proposal: Open proposal for community generated mock-ups, and one or two Nokia
sponsored mock-ups from INdT.

INdT have started work on at least one proposal, which will be forthcoming very soon, and which will be influenced by the content of the maemo.org front page.

3. Content Organisation

There are two aspects: content and its organisation.

* Content: Need to evaluate existing content for its usefulness for common    use-cases. Need to ensure it is obvious when content is out-dated/deprecated.
** Delete old wiki content completely - it is polluting Google    juice, and confusing users who see it as new information
** News page should include links to outside articles, blogs, official   announcements, high-ranked ITT threads, etc. It should be a window on the   highest-ranked Maemo time-sensitive content
* Sub-sites:
** Midgard vs Wiki vs gtkdoc vs ...
** Ask gronmayer to take site off-line, in favour of a really useful extras (we're getting there)
* Organisation: Existing content should be presented and linked to in a way   that makes popular tasks easy, and unpopular tasks available through   linking, and also through search (site search and web search).
** We will reorganise information on tutorials, SDKs, and platform APIs so that the site user will encounter the most up-to-date information by default, and must dig a bit deeper to get out-of-date legacy information
** Link to HTML reference documentation in favour of PDF
** Promote useful wiki pages to http://maemo.org/documentation

We need to look at 3 things:

* Clean page layout for all portal pages - pages must bring you easily to the    content you're interested in, if you are in the most common use-cases
* Efficient search on website
* Web search indexing of Maemo content
* Ensure all outdated content is removed from the primary navigation paths of   users interested in common use-cases.

=== Proposal ===

* Proposals for information to be given place of honour on the  maemo.org front page, and on each of the sub-portals, in particular documentation, news, community (see proposal by timsamoff at [[Task:Improving maemo.org/Community]]) but also review intro in light of redesign.
* Proposal for hierarchy which makes most useful information easily available

Proposals due for October 1st.

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 The following are the core use-cases to be addressed by the website rework:
-# A new tablet owner wants to install some software on his tablet. He arrives    at http://maemo.org/downloads after a web search for "Nokia tablet software    download", and navigating through the #6 link. (NOTE: search for "Nokia     N810 software download", the download page on maemo.org is not on the first    10 pages).
+. A new tablet owner wants to install some software on his tablet. He arrives    at http://maemo.org/downloads after a web search for "Nokia tablet software    download", and navigating through the #6 link. (NOTE: search for "Nokia     N810 software download", the download page on maemo.org is not on the first    10 pages).
-# An interested application developer comes to maemo.org to learn how to    write a new application for the tablet.
+. An interested application developer comes to maemo.org to learn how to    write a new application for the tablet.
-# An existing application developer comes to maemo.org looking for    information on modifying his application for Maemo.
+. An existing application developer comes to maemo.org looking for    information on modifying his application for Maemo.
-# A Maemo Community member is looking for the latest news from around the    world of Maemo
+. A Maemo Community member is looking for the latest news from around the    world of Maemo
-# An interested user wants to know how he can help make Maemo better
+. An interested user wants to know how he can help make Maemo better
-# A community member wants to know what the future plans for Maemo are, and    wants to suggest features and priorities
+. A community member wants to know what the future plans for Maemo are, and    wants to suggest features and priorities
-# A tablet user has a problem which they would like to resolve.
+. A tablet user has a problem which they would like to resolve.
-# A site maintainer or community member wants to create a new news item, or    promote new important content so that it gets more attention.
+. A site maintainer or community member wants to create a new news item, or    promote new important content so that it gets more attention.
 == Current maemo.org website ==