[openbeos] Re: The Wiki (or MediaWiki-powered semi-wiki)

On 9/30/06, Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
It's sort of funny - we had almost these exact conversations back when we
built the last site. How do we arrange all of the data? What menu headers
do we use? What sorts of people will visit the site? :-)


So, it's not an easy topic. ;)

That's why I would propose a menu structure (with quality ascii art!) like
this:

Developer      |    User          |    Community        |   Corporate
---------------+------------------+---------------------+------------
HaikuBook      | Tutorials        | Forums              | About Us
Tutorials      | Users Guide      | Links               | Donate
Build Fact.    | HW Compatibility | Bug Tracker         | Contact Us
Code Tutor'l   | Newsletters      | Banners/Buttons     | Marketing
Code Guideln   | FAQ              | Associated Projects |


I have the impression that this step only introduces an improvement
for developers, but it won't change a lot for end-users. I think we
can achieve the same by adding a "Development" menu tree to the
navigation block (where you have "logout", etc.) or by adding an extra
menu block for development links (always visible).

I've setup a similar menu structure, so we can directly compare the
two navigation schemes. BTW, for the final site we should probably
have the navigation block on the left and "Similar entries", etc. on
the right, so the navtree is more accessible.

I still don't quite see why we would want a wiki. We could easily add a
tips section under user or community that people could submit to.


How can people submit questions without answers, then? Should we have
create a "Put your questions here." page and use comments to ask and
answer questions (and later move interesting, answered questions to a
separate page)? Is that open enough? A wiki would at least allow for
everyone to directly make these edits.

Bye,
Waldemar Kornewald

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