MediaWiki/Homepage redesign/Design Document/Texts



This page contains the definitions of specific text used in MediaWiki Homepage.

Introduction
The introductory text should briefly answer the questions: "What is MediaWiki?" and "What are the problems it solves?".

Text
Which text to use on the download button?
 * Download
 * Get MediaWiki

Previous versions
The current homepage contains a link to last version of MediaWiki and two links to the previous versions. Moreover has a download button that redirect to Download page. Keep just a prominent download button give more highlight to "How get MediaWiki?" and occupies less space.

Extra information
Near the download button should have extra information about release number, date of the last release and links to related pages. What links need to be near the download button?
 * Try online
 * Prerequisites
 * Features
 * Report a problem

Benefits
Which benefits will be highlighted on homepage?

Features
Which features will be highlighted on screenshots?

Sidebar
Which links are needed to keep on the sidebar?
 * APIs
 * Bugs
 * Frequently Asked Questions
 * Help:Contents
 * IRC channel
 * Mailing list
 * Support desk

Sites using MediaWiki
Which sites using MediaWiki we will keep on the homepage?
 * CUSTIS
 * End Point Corporation
 * Intel Corporation
 * KDE
 * Mono
 * Novell
 * OpenStreetMap
 * OpenSUSE
 * Vistaprint
 * Wikia
 * Wikipedia
 * WikiVote!