[OSM-talk] Main page (www.openstreetmap.org)

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

     www.openstreetmap.org drops you right onto the map display at  
the moment - the result of a conscious decision or has someone  
accidentally removed the redirect to the Wiki?

I would like to use this opportunity to revive the discussion about  
the (vastly superior IMHO) three-panel entry page that was floated  
here early this year; the initial design was something like this

http://higgy.bandnet.org/openstreetmap/draft-index3.html

and then someone (Kristian?) improved a bit on that (the page with  
the woman in the dark alley...), but the URL from that posting,

http://www.dyoh.com/osm-draft-index6.html

has reverted to seedy domain parking adverts in the mean time.

Maybe I should not say "revive the discussion" because, as far as I  
remember, we all were of the opinion that we want such a three-panel  
page ASAP, there wasn't, I think, a single voice against - and still  
it somehow hasn't materialised.

May I ask for

1. a quick review of the layouts proposed - especially the lost  
"woman in alley" version
2. a quick decision on which whe like best
3. a quick technical feasibility check (I think some versions had  
"our next event..." on them, would that have to be updated manually  
or can it be pulled in from the Wiki?)
4. fast-track installation of the three-panel start page?

I'm willing to do my part of this if someone tells me what my part  
could be ;-)

Bye
Frederik

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