What's happening now
We've completed the http://spins.fedoraproject.org and the http://get.fedoraproject.org redesigns; we are currently working on mockups for the new www.fedoraproject.org and fedoracommunity.org.
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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
- DONE Aug 21 - Aug 28 : gather feedback, determine metrics,
usability testing for spins.fp.o(mizmo) - DONE Aug 21 - Sep 04 : gather feedback, determine metrics,
usability testing for get.fp.o(mizmo) - DONE 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
Owner: Mo Duffy
Old
Feedback
There was an extended feedback thread on the fedora-advisory-board list, discussing both pages.
The 2009-08-27 Board meeting was devoted to design feedback, also on both pages.
Out of scope, but related: a design discussion on the main Fedora Project webpage that brings up many of the same design goals.
Get.fp.o feedback
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
See the survey, results, and discussion.
Spins.fp.o feedback
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
Mo's blog has some discussion on the first proposed spins design.
Final design mockups
This task is owned by Mo Duffy.
Convert to html
This task is owned by Hiemanshu Sharma.
Sijis Aviles is driving heavily in the conversion of the get.fp.o site. Completion now expected for that site for F13 GA.
The main fedoraproject.org site implementation will start post-F13 GA.
Get on infrastructure
This task is owned by Ricky Zhou.
Old Design
Old design for reference:
