MediaWiki/Homepage redesign

MediaWiki Homepage Redesign

 * Public URL: Initial considerations
 * Design Document

Synopsis
The mediawiki.org Main page needs a redesign to reflect better our project an the activities done by our community. There have been some proposals to improve it, but not much progress has been done. This project requires to analyze the current problems, propose a solution and implement it, being all these steps done with the participation of the community.

Information courtesy: Quim Gil

The MediaWiki Homepage Redesign project aims to redesign the homepage MediaWiki to express for community the full potential of MediaWiki. The homepage is the first contact that community has with the tool, is in this moment that we need awakening the interest to know and use the it.

Steps
Initials steps: Iterative steps for the construction of mockups: Iterative steps to implementation: Finals steps:
 * Gather problems and improvement suggested by community
 * Document what was discussed
 * Disseminate and encourage the participation of community in the project
 * Compile and document the advice received
 * Create a mockup based on what has been discussed
 * Submit the mockup for community
 * Collect feedback and document it
 * Compile and document the advice received
 * Implement the new layout based on what was discussed
 * Test the generated version
 * Present the implementation of the homepage for the community
 * Collect feedback and document it
 * Get the final approval from the community
 * Run final tests
 * Update the documentation
 * Deploy the final version