[documentation] [Documentation task] We should re-work the 'Contribute' link.

[Gary Feldman]

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http://drupal.org/node/84172
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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Misc
 Category:     tasks
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  webchick
 Reported by:  webchick
 Updated by:   Gary Feldman
 Status:       active

I like it - a lot.




Gary Feldman



Previous comments:
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Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:08:32 +0000 : webchick

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/contributions idea.pdf (104.66 KB)

Back at OSCMS in Vancouver, a gentleman (I believe Dale?) pointed out to
me that the "Contribute" section is rather un-friendly for new users. As
someone who genuinely wanted to contribute to Drupal, he was stuck
scratching his head about what to do with the plethora of links. There's
no real indication of "context" in terms of what these links are
actually for, nor a sense of "first do this, then do that." For some
reason I forgot about this until just now. :P


So here's an alternate idea of spiffying this up a little. It's in PDF
form just because it was easier for me to mock this up in Illustrator in
4 minutes than actually doing it. ;)


So basically, this page becomes a "jump-off" page to all the various
ways you can contribute to the project, and then each sub-page contains
more specific information. The "Contribute to documentation" page, for
example, would talk about how people should first join the documentation
mailing list, about the overall goal to incorporate comments into
handbook pages, and various tools we can use to gauge what are popular
pages, etc.


Thoughts?




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Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:15:43 +0000 : webchick

a) Someone with actual graphic design skills should tweak the graphics,
colours, etc. :P


b) There would also be other sections like "Developing," "Testing,"
"Donating," etc. I was just trying to mock up something quickly.