RE: Structure of hurd.gnu.org

[Jim Franklin]

Hi Ognyan,
 Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. I have the next two days free and
will be pushing on the web pages during this time. I personally like the
xhtml concept because of its versatility in adding languages. I don't think
it would be well accepted by the gnu webmasters though. One of the basic
guidelines is to use as simple and backward compatible html as possible to
be able to reach as diverse a spectrum of people as possible. I think we can
get away with using html 4 but I think that is the extent of it. I was
hoping to use XML but had to discard the idea because of the gnu guidelines.
Also since paulv is help us with hooking the source code in, I reckon we
should follow the guidelines whenever possible.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of
Ognyan Kulev
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 8:19 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Structure of hurd.gnu.org


Hi,

I'm reading a book about web design (Jakob Nielsen's "Design Web Usability:
The Practice of Simplicity", see http://useit.com/) and i'll try to make one
based on XHTML, i.e. all content is XHTML and it is used to generated static
HTML.

Page layout:

-----------------------------------------------------------
GNU Hurd Logo > Install /* navigation */

About                                INSTALL
Features /*it's stable...*/          See also:
  Design /*Toward...*/               * status
  unlimited                          Sections:
  Translators                        * download
  4th bit                            * compile
  authentication (many ids)
  subhurd
Installing                           content here....
  Download /*Mach&Hurd*/
  Compile /*Mach&Hurd*/
FAQ
Documentation
  Utilities /*rpctrace, etc*/
  Servers /*ext2fs, etc*/
  HOWTOs
  What Is
Status
  Tasks
  Links /*here?*/
Development /*here?*/
Microkernels
  GNU Mach
    ...
  L4
This site
  Contribute
  Site Map
  Print

Copyrights, last modify, written by
--------------------------------------------------------------

The second level must not be shown.  It is recomended pages to have see also
and sections lists.

The starting page have to be a bit different.  What about <pre>d structure
of a GNU system?  This way people will know visually where is the exact
place of Hurd in a GNU system.  Something like

Application programs     ,--app1      app2     app3
                         |      \     /         |
GNU C Library            |       glibc <--------'
                         |         |
                         v v-------+------v
Hurd Servers             proc    auth     ext2fs   ...
                          |        v         |
Microkernel               `-----> GNU Mach <-'
                                   v
Hardware                           PC

And now the star of the night: all this XHTML can be translated to TeXinfo
and converted to PostScript.  This way someone can just print the site and
will have better look over all.

What do you think about that?

Regards
--
Ognyan Kulev <address@hidden>, "\"Programmer\""

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