Website redesign

What's happening now

Current phase: #Get.fp.o feedback and #Spins.fp.o feedback

Introduction

This is a project to redesign http://get.fedoraproject.org and http://spins.fedoraproject.org that is being undertaken during the F12 release cycle by the Websites team with assistance from Design and Infrastructure.

Goals

Redesign the get.fedoraproject.org and spins.fedoraproject.org sites in a way that fits the requirements. We will determine metrics for improvement during the feedback-gathering phases, but in general, we want more Fedora contributors, and our strategy for this is getting more Fedora users.

The Board's goals in the Website redesign are^[1]:

To make Fedora fresh, attractive, and inclusive for potential participants and contributors
To more effectively promote a single instance of Fedora that satisfies the computing needs of the average person
To provide an improved showcase opportunity for Fedora spins created by the community

History

2009-07-30 Board meeting - Board decides to do project; initial requirements discussion
Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-08-13#Spins_and_Download_site_redesign - first mockups presented
Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-08-20#Spins_and_Download_site_redesign - formal requirements approved
Websites weekly meeting, Fri 2009-08-21 - schedule created

Schedule

DONE: #Requirements gathering
DONE: #First design mockups
Aug 21 - Aug 28 : gather feedback, determine metrics, usability testing for get.fp.o (mizmo)
Aug 21 - Sep 04 : gather feedback, determine metrics, usability testing for spins.fp.o (mizmo)
Aug 28 - Sep 20 : Final design mockups for spins.fp.o (mizmo)
Sep 04 - Sep 27 : Final design mockups for get.fp.o (mizmo)
Sep 20 - Oct 20: convert spins.fp.o and get.fp.o to html/css (hiemanshu)
Oct 20 : get spins.fp.o and get.fp.o onto infrastructure (ricky)

Requirements gathering

See Website redesign 2009 requirements for get.fedoraproject.org and spins.fedoraproject.org design requirements.

First design mockups

Mockups currently found here: http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/

Site map

(from Mo)

http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/wwwfpo_diagram.png

I numbered the pages to hopefully make for easier discussion.

Here's the current mockup for each page:

1) http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/page1.png

2) http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/getfpo-16.png

3) http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/spins-directory.6.png

4) no mockup yet

5) this is the actual ISO file

6) http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/page3.png

7) no mockup yet

8) no mockup yet

9) no mockup yet

10-13) mockup sorely out of date but: http://fedorapeople.org/groups/designteam/Projects/Fedora% 20Spins/Wireframes/spindetailsmock4.png

Let me tell you where I intend to go from here, in order:

- I'm going to update the spins directory page (#3) to list the spins in order of popularity by default, and also let users tab over to view the spins in alpha order

- I'm going to add a content block to the spins directory page to explain what a spin is and link out to other spin-related resources (e.g. wiki page on how to roll your own)

- I'm going to use some of Toshio's suggestions for the get-fedora page (#2) and play around with the balance between the DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!111 option and the 'other options' option. I'll probably make a few iterations here and solicit your input.

- I'm going to create an updated mockup for the spins details pages (10-13).

- I'm going to solicit feedback for all of these by posting stuff to this list when it's done as well as making posts to Planet Fedora.

- By next Friday I am hoping to close out the feedback period so I can crank out the rest of the work (which is hopefully less controversial) so I can get the websites team a solid set of mockups by Sept. 20 for the spins and by Sept. 27 for the FPO-related stuffs.

- F12 comes out and the new site design comes out. Hopefully you don't all hate me at this point and we have a website that at least most if not everyone can be proud of (if not at least unashamed of. :) )