web:redesign:howtohelp

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Want to join the www.php.net redesign effort?

There a bucketloads of things left to do for the www.php.net (http://prototype.php.net) redesign.

The frontpage is stabilizing these days, but the code behind it hasn't been fully implemented.

Random things that need to be done
  • Use the moderated flickr group feed (http://www.flickr.com/groups/elephpants) for the elephpant pics
  • Implement better calendar system, and show UG meetups and conference more prominently
  • Create a list of User Groups
  • Fill out the Lorem ipsum text for the 4 boxes, add more icons and things to rotate regularly
  • Mobile device friendliness
  • Update the design on the mirrors page (dragoonis)
  • Add light-dark overlay over the elephpant pictures so they don't distract the eye to much
  • The documentation pages look can be improved
  • Add a new box under 'Quick TOC' within doc pages, for things like “report a bug” and “edit this page” (dragoonis)
  • Design better sidebar navigation for man pages, example: A B are both bad. Consider only listing method names under the class name?
  • Decide about elephpants and implement them
  • Fix spacing and indentation in mega drop down
  • Identify content missing from current php.net homepage that should be in the new version
  • Decide where to put this missing content (e.g. in the footer?)
  • Provide content for 'get involved'
  • Provide content for 'need help'
  • Provide content for 'tips/tricks'
  • Make pecl/pear section a dynamic list of recent package changes
  • Make news dynamic (dragoonis)
  • Make conferences section dynamic
  • Make user group events dynamic (preferably localized somehow)
  • Revisit styling of manual pages (e.g. move language selector)
  • Revisit styling of sidebar on manual pages (readability of green links)
  • Revisit styling of comments on manual pages
  • Revisit styling of other pages (e.g. sites, downloads, tips, etc.)
  • Identify and fix broken links in navigation
Known issues/bugs
Tweeted concrete feedback
Howto hack on stuff?

Execute https://wiki.php.net/web/mirror#i_m_lazy_just_give_me_something_to_execute

The frontpage beta code is located in index-beta.php Other things should be trivial to figureout where is.

Just go crazy. Hack on whatever you don't think is pretty, or add functionality you want.

Once you have something you would like to share, create a patch (`svn diff > my.changes.patch.txt`) and send it to php-webmaster@lists.php.net

I want to share my 2cents regularly

Subscribe to the webmaster mailinglist (send blank email to php-webmaster-subscribe@lists.php.net) and participate in the discussions there :)

I want to modify this page

Register for an wiki account (https://wiki.php.net/start?do=register) and send a quick “I am human” email to php-webmaster@lists.php.net confirming your wishes to edit this page.

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