Re: PHP.net beta to-do items before launch

Thanks for putting this into a list, I'm scheduled to get back to the tasks mid-week. On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear list, > > I've been really bad about communicating my work on the php.net beta > site; I'm sorry. This email is intended to give a vision of what I think > still needs to be done before we can go live. The responsive branch of the > php-web repository houses the work I've been doing. It's up-to-date with > everything I've done except for adding some content on the homepage; I'll > get that back up in the next day or two. > > Some things that I think need to be done before going live: > > - *Go through https://wiki.php.net/web/redesign and > https://wiki.php.net/web/redesign/howtohelp* and decide what > items on > there we want to implement / finish. We should also update it with other > to-dos. > - *Search-box needs autocomplete*. There are a host of bugs with the > previous implementation on beta php.net so I removed it. I believe > Paul Dragoonis is working on search, but I'm not 100% sure. > - *The navigation needs some attention* because I removed the > drop-down menu. > - Get Involved should probably be renamed "Community" and have a > page that includes information such as latest conferences, events, ways to > get involved in the project, etc. Basically place the drop-down menu > content on a page. > - The Documentation page should be restyled to better convey the > documentation areas. Perhaps split it into columns? I'm not really sure. > Maybe a new page would work better. > - The Downloads page should list the GPG keys in the version section. > This page could use some love in general. > > I think we should really try to focus on that first item. As far as I > know, there have never been clear goals for this project, so we don't > really know what should be done before we go live. We should try to > solidify some milestones and work towards launching. > > Please respond to this email with goals you have for this project, and > discuss mine. > > We also need keep people informed of what we are working on. As a > reminder, I am working on updating the homepage at the moment. > > Cheers, > > Levi Morrison >