Component Selection

Components are the pieces that shape a page. Each component has a function and usually is placed always in the same place. An example of a component would be a search bar. The document provides the selected components proposed for the http://www.gnome.org (wgo) website regarding the home page and secondary pages.

Common Components

Common components are included in the home and secondary pages.

  • General navigation bar - The same in all pages, in all the GNOME subsites.
  • wgo primary navigation bar - To browse between sections. Big GNOME logo + sections.
  • Search bar - Search form, search button, perhaps "advanced search" link.
  • Language selection - Where the user can define her preferred language.

Homepage Components

Specific components proposed for the wgo home page (this also includes the common and possible optional components).

  • Banner area - Could include just one big banner or several smaller. It should be possible to have text-based banners with no designer intervention.
  • Slogan - The magic sentence and screenshot that sums up the best of GNOME.
  • Banner Block.
  • Planet GNOME Block.
  • News block - Latest official news, link to news page, feed icon, subscribe to receive news.
  • Upcoming events - List of events where you can meet GNOMErs.
  • Get involved block.
  • Featured product block - Name, logo, brief description and link to the product page.
  • Large Footer: GNOME Logo, Copyright, "Hosted by RedHat", Last Edit Date, "Edit this Page" link with small icon, License, Sitemap | Contact | Legal | RSS Feeds.
    Actual Discussion and Screenshots in Bug 461606

Secondary Pages

The components below are specific to the wgo secondary page (this also includes the common and possible optional components).

  • Secondary navigation bar - To browse within a section.
  • Small Footer: GNOME Logo, Copyright, Last Edit Date, "Edit this Page" link with small icon, License, Sitemap | Contact | Legal | RSS Feeds.
    Actual Discussion and Screenshots in Bug 461606

Optional Components

They appear just in some pages or circumstances when required.

  • Document navigation - Previous and next for pages needing it, or page numbering system.
  • Related Links Block - In those pages where we offer links for further information i.e. in other wgo sections, other GNOME subsites or wherever in the Internet. Could be also a passage of text that explains what the visitor can do from this page.
  • 404 Component - A good 404-page with information and a feedback form.

Comments

  • It has also been suggested to use an RSS Link Button (the standard square orange one) as an alternative to the link "RSS Feeds".
    • I think it would be better to not have the Orange RSS Logo and just have the link as proposed below for wgo home. -- LeeTambiah

      • Isn't it confusing to have 2 links that contain the word RSS (RSS and RSS feeds), instead of a recognizable icon? -- Marco Louter
        • My idea is to display an "RSS Feed" link which links to a page of all RSS Feeds for wgo home (for example go to the http://www.apple.com site and there is a link in footer "RSS Feeds". Clicking this takes you to a page with all feeds for the apple site.) removing the need for the feed icon. There would only be one link "RSS Feeds" ;-). The Secondary Pages can also contain the links: Sitemap | Contact | Legal | RSS Feeds. -- LeeTambiah

  • "Hosted by RedHat"? I have asked the Board about this in order to know what are our compromises. -- QuimGil

    • Yes a strange one that, but if Red hat host the site perhaps they want recognition? It could also confuse people to think GNOME is part of Redhat. -- LeeTambiah

      • You can put the link in the footer and write some text on the 'legal' page that Redhat doesn't own GNOME. -- Marco Louter
        • "Hosted by RedHat" needs to go in the homepage footer, probably not in the secondary pages.

    • They host lots of servers (even provide a few), provide loads of bandwidth and we every once in a while wake them up in the middle of the night. The 'Hosted by' is a thank you and I find it strange that consideration is given that it is either removed or is considered confusing. A thank you is not a board decision. -- OlavVitters

GnomeWeb/ComponentSelection (last edited 2010-03-30 19:26:10 by TobiasMueller)