On 06/08/13 14:25, Alan wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> to address "Better visibility of links on top of the /contribute page"
>> (#6165), carmie (Cc'd) has crafted some nice early proposals:
>>
>> http://people.zoy.org/~carmie/tails/index.html
> Thanks carmie !
Yeap, thanks a lot for working on this.
>> Questions:
>>
>> 1. do we like the pictures concept?
>
> I like the idea of pictures. I think I prefere monochrome symbolic
> icons as at the bottom of https://tails.boum.org/support/index.en.html
The black-and-white icons where taken from The Noun Project [1]. Since
then it seems like it go bigger and they now have paying programs. But
the images are still creative common so I guess we can still reuse the
small versions on the website.
[1]
http://thenounproject.com/
>> Note that all pics were edited to match our website color scheme :)
>>
> I tried to start grouping items to improve readeability
> in doc/contribute-split branch. I'm not super-fan of my categories, but
> I think the idea of categories is good. Here they are:
Yes. The idea is to make it easier for someone to navigate amongst all
those options. So I think that making categories is a requirement. Only
adding pictures won't solve the structural problem.
> There are many ways <strong>you</strong> can contribute to
> Tails:
Great. I'll build up on your proposal. I think we should try to limit
the categories to the minimum. I also propose to use the skills people
have to build them, a bit like you did.
> Have some time?
>
> - [[Report bugs|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]
> - [[Provide needed input to developers|contribute/how/input]]
> - [[Help other Tails users|contribute/how/help]]
> - [[Spread the word|contribute/how/promote]]
That could be renamed "Tails user".
The icon could for example any of those:
http://thenounproject.com/noun/user/#icon-No419
> Write well?
> - [[Improve documentation|contribute/how/documentation]]
> - [[Improve Tails in your own
> language|contribute/how/translate]]
I'd rename this "Have language skills". And move "Spread the word" in there?
The icon could be:
http://thenounproject.com/noun/translation/#icon-No16718
http://thenounproject.com/noun/pen/#icon-No18907
http://thenounproject.com/noun/writing/#icon-No17014
> Know coding?
> - [[Fix a bug|contribute/how/code]]
> - [[Implement a new feature|contribute/how/code]]
>
> Have a server?
> - [[Setup a BitTorrent seed|contribute/how/mirror]]</li>
> - [[Setup a HTTP mirror|contribute/how/mirror]]
Do you think we can merge those two. I understand the difference between
the two but if we want to have one less category, we could call it "Have
computer skills" and combine both. For example, people running a mirror
have to be good sysadmins, and we also have some sysadmin tasks.
The icon could be:
http://thenounproject.com/noun/code/#icon-No15003
> Have money?
> - [[Make a donation|contribute/how/donate]]
I'd maybe move this one into "Tails user".
If we expand our list to include web and graphic design tasks, we can
add another category for that. But there is not content to put in there
yet. The icon could be:
http://thenounproject.com/noun/web-design/#icon-No18203
So that would be 3 or 4 main categories, under which we have between 4
and 5 items. Sounds like a nicer tree.
