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This is where the discussion of ''business'' vision, scope, and user stories will converge into an outline of the website redesign.
This is where the discussion of ''business'' vision, scope, and user stories will converge into an outline of the website redesign.


= proposal by a.l.e =
= General Notes =
 
* multilingual (en, de, fr, nl, es, it, pt, ...); how to manage the workflow?
* as little content as possible (the real content should be in wiki.scribus.net and docs.scribus.net)


== Targeted users ==
== Targeted users ==
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* Potential and current contributors
* Potential and current contributors
* Potential developers
* Potential developers
[[User:Gpittman | gregp]] 10 Dec 2010 – This may need some fleshing out. I can imagine that there are those who are reading about Scribus somewhere and out of curiosity click a link to us – not exactly users just yet or ever, "just to see what it's about." There may be someone who writes about software, or graphic arts, and is trying to see if Scribus is something worth writing about. So you need to satisfy in some way these casual, half-accidental, inquisitive types. They should at least be able to quickly poke around a bit and see what there is to see.


== Navigation paths ==
== Navigation paths ==


In section I define the path each type of user is expected to follow when navigating the scribus website.
[[User:Malex|malex]] 10 Dec 2010 - As the use of Drupal has been scrapped in favor of static/wiki front site let's determine the path as if were in a wiki.
 
* multilingual (en, de, fr, nl, es, it, pt, ...); how to manage the workflow?
*en.scribus.net (a.k.a "www" and equal to www) - the home page. xx.s.n are translated sites in supported languages.
*www/wiki - user wiki entry point.
 
How do we want to handle the landing pages? We need a list here:
*/support
*/community
*/download
...
*/end
 
=== Users coming from the world of free software ===
 
==== Who are they and what do they want? ====
* New users who already have Scribus installed in they computer through the package manager and want to know what they can do
* Potential users who want to know if Scribus fits their needs before installing
* There are also those who may have heard about Scribus, may be quite unaccustomed to downloading software, but first want to get a sense of what Scribus is or is for. These people might be encouraged to view some examples of various sorts of Scribus-created projects.


==== What does Scribus want to show them ====
* Overviews. Perhaps using a graphical approach to illustrate some overall concept (we are often dealing with those who are highly graphics-oriented).


==== Ideal paths trough the website ====


=== End users coming from the world of free software ===
=== Alternative graphic artists ===
=== Alternative graphic artists ===
=== Companies and public agencies looking for a cheaper solution ===
=== Potential and current contributors ===
=== Potential developers ===


== Structure and content ==
==== Who are they and what do they want? ====


=== Homepage ===
* Graphic artists who already use other libre graphics software
* Graphic artists who are exploring the free software world for "ethical" reasons


==== Draft screenshot ====
[[Image:Website_proposal_ale.png]]


[[Media:Website_proposal_ale.svg]]
==== What does Scribus want to show them ====


==== Content ====
==== Ideal paths trough the website ====
* scribus logo
* a top navigation
** about
** download
** community
** development
* a short description of scribus (300 to 500 chars)
* a feature list (3 sections with few words and a link)
* bigger download button with link to the current stable version for the visitor's current system
* one or more screenshots presented in a fancy way (transparences, irregular form)
* One highlight (300 to 500 chars)
* list with max 3 news (not older than 3 months)
** title + short description + link (+ picture?)
* a "beginning with scribus" button
* a keywords cloud (manually defined)
* bottom link list (more on the administration side...)
** contact
** sitemap
** sponsors
* a "standard" way to show special promotions (like the lgm pledgie, the new book)
* if no special promotion show one sponsor randomly picked each time + link to all the sponsors
* a top navigation bar with some special links


==== Graphical page structure ====


[[Image:Website_proposal_ale_description.png]]
=== Companies and public agencies looking for a cheaper solution ===


=== about ===
==== Who are they and what do they want? ====
==== What does Scribus want to show them ====
==== Ideal paths trough the website ====


* about scribus (2'000 chars description)
=== Potential and current contributors ===
* team
** name, nickname, competences, picture
** how to contact the team
* scribus association
* complementary projects
** fontmatrix
** littlecms
** gimp
** inkscape


=== download ===
==== Who are they and what do they want? ====
* download
==== What does Scribus want to show them ====
** short introduction to download according to the visitor's current operating system + link to the documentation for more infos.
==== Ideal paths trough the website ====
** bigger download button with link to the current stable version for the host system
** stable version
*** for each platform
** unstable version
*** for each platform
** development version
*** link to the latest available snapshot for each platform
*** svn link + link to how to compile from svn


=== comunity ===
=== Potential developers ===
* community
** link to documentation
** why and how report bugs + link to bugs
** link to ML and to our web irc client
* eventually user friendly subscribe / unsubscribe form for the mailing list
* web irc client
 
=== development ===
=== contact ===
=== sitemap ===
* sitemap
** entries are manually added (not generated)
** several columns


=== Ssponsors ===
==== Who are they and what do they want? ====
* sponsor
==== What does Scribus want to show them ====
** list with logo, name, website and a description of what the sponsor is doing for scribus
==== Ideal paths trough the website ====


= examples: =
= todo=
* http://www.ginetta.ch/
* find a way to show testimonials...
* http://mypaint.info/
* http://www.nathive.org/

Latest revision as of 20:48, 5 January 2011

This is where the discussion of business vision, scope, and user stories will converge into an outline of the website redesign.

General Notes

Targeted users

I have identified five typologies of users which should be targeted by the scribus website:

  • End users coming from the world of free software
  • Alternative graphic artists
  • Companies and public agencies looking for a cheaper solution
  • Potential and current contributors
  • Potential developers

gregp 10 Dec 2010 – This may need some fleshing out. I can imagine that there are those who are reading about Scribus somewhere and out of curiosity click a link to us – not exactly users just yet or ever, "just to see what it's about." There may be someone who writes about software, or graphic arts, and is trying to see if Scribus is something worth writing about. So you need to satisfy in some way these casual, half-accidental, inquisitive types. They should at least be able to quickly poke around a bit and see what there is to see.

Navigation paths

malex 10 Dec 2010 - As the use of Drupal has been scrapped in favor of static/wiki front site let's determine the path as if were in a wiki.

  • multilingual (en, de, fr, nl, es, it, pt, ...); how to manage the workflow?
  • en.scribus.net (a.k.a "www" and equal to www) - the home page. xx.s.n are translated sites in supported languages.
  • www/wiki - user wiki entry point.

How do we want to handle the landing pages? We need a list here:

  • /support
  • /community
  • /download

...

  • /end

Users coming from the world of free software

Who are they and what do they want?

  • New users who already have Scribus installed in they computer through the package manager and want to know what they can do
  • Potential users who want to know if Scribus fits their needs before installing
  • There are also those who may have heard about Scribus, may be quite unaccustomed to downloading software, but first want to get a sense of what Scribus is or is for. These people might be encouraged to view some examples of various sorts of Scribus-created projects.

What does Scribus want to show them

  • Overviews. Perhaps using a graphical approach to illustrate some overall concept (we are often dealing with those who are highly graphics-oriented).

Ideal paths trough the website

Alternative graphic artists

Who are they and what do they want?

  • Graphic artists who already use other libre graphics software
  • Graphic artists who are exploring the free software world for "ethical" reasons


What does Scribus want to show them

Ideal paths trough the website

Companies and public agencies looking for a cheaper solution

Who are they and what do they want?

What does Scribus want to show them

Ideal paths trough the website

Potential and current contributors

Who are they and what do they want?

What does Scribus want to show them

Ideal paths trough the website

Potential developers

Who are they and what do they want?

What does Scribus want to show them

Ideal paths trough the website

todo

  • find a way to show testimonials...