[wp-docs] The Codex Main Page

[Morgan Doocy]

On Dec 18, 2004, at 11:36 AM, Craig Hartel wrote:
> - I favour the shaded DIVs, although I'm not crazy about gray. I also 
> wonder if they shouldn't be the width of the page rather than 50%?

I think the gray is appropriate considering the color scheme of the 
Admin pages (and of wordpress.org too, for that matter). How do you 
mean about the widths, like one box with one border stretching across 
each row? I'd prefer it like it is.

> - I don't like the (more...) because it implies that other subjects 
> aren't important enough for the front page. The Main page is 
> essentially the ToC, no? We are just forcing readers to yet another 
> click in their hunt for the information they seek.

The TOC is Special:Allpages. It's just not possible to fit everything 
on the Main Page; doing so would create a page so huge, with so much to 
digest, that it would far negate any usability gained by reducing 
everything to one click. And there _is_ an order of importance to the 
articles: those that are very popular or frequently read are more 
important than those with very specific answers to questions only a few 
people ever ask. There is always an order of precedence.

> - We had discussed and agreed long ago that we would avoid sub-pages, 
> but now I see it brought up again in this thread. When/where did that 
> change?

I think this discussion was before my time, but I can see that there is 
still active development on the Template Tags sub-pages. I don't see 
anything wrong with the sub-page structure being used there.

> - The "hacking" versus "modding" argument happened long ago. We 
> decided then that we would, as Mr. Mullenweg suggested, take back the 
> term from the scum of the internet and make it a positive thing. 
> Besides, it helps geek-wannabes like myself feel cool when we hack our 
> files...

I think attempting to change the public's definition of the word 
"hacker" is an exercise in futility, as a definition is already very 
firmly implanted in the mind of everyone, whether correct or not. But, 
like most other OSS projects, enough of our audience is probably 
cognizant of the "real" definition that it would be easy enough to use 
in our case, so I have no problem with it.

> - I'm so impressed and proud of the work that has been accomplished in 
> the last while. You folks ROCK! (more...) lol...just kidding. ;)

Isn't it sweet? I second this. (smile)

Cheers,

Morgan