Xubuntu 15.10: Website
Website projects during the Xubuntu 15.10 cycle.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Simon Steinbeiß
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Pasi Lallinaho
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Xubuntu Website
- Definition:
- New
- Series goal:
- Accepted for wily
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Pasi Lallinaho
- Completed by
- Pasi Lallinaho
Whiteboard
Ongoing projects:
– Be in touch with external website editors to update information about Xubuntu
– Distrowatch: email sent 2015-06-13 - DONE
– Ubuntu Italy: http://
– Create new content for the "FAQ" section:
– Settings: Most common settings that people want to change and some words on defaults
– Xubuntu in virtualized environments (see bug #1299286)
Potential improvements for the website:
– Fix footer navigation to work with all column counts (r73)
– Lightbox(-like) image viewing for galleries
– Featured blog articles on the front page?
– Use featured images?
Xubuntu-related websites:
http://
CD/DVD/USB resellers:
– Be in touch with the resellers and ask them to not sell EOL products (they can empty their current stock if any)
– If they do CD/cover labels, cooperate with them to use new and team-approved branding (artwork team can help create a template)
Improvements for the status tracker:
– Pull data about latest uploads to
a) the Xubuntu packageset
b) the Xubuntu staging PPA
– Data from the QA trackers via XML-RPC
– Method to get active milestones per series per product?
Work Items
Work items:
[knome] Plan a "Developer area" for the Xubuntu website: DONE
[knome] Start the progress to set SSL up for xubuntu.org: DONE
[knome] Update the "Get Involved" section: DONE
[knome] Look to add more artwork to the website: DONE
[knome] Set up a Xubuntu status tracker: DONE
[knome] History/burndown for status tracker: DONE
[knome] Investigate pulling data from the QA tracker XML-RPC to the status tracker: DONE
[knome] Pull data from the QA tracker XML-RPC to the status tracker: POSTPONED
[lderan] Improve the QA tracker XML-RPC methods and interface documentation: POSTPONED
[knome] Create a timeline of finished work items in the status tracker: DONE
[knome] Set up email reminders for open work items: DONE
[xubuntu-website] Community funded hosting for the status tracker: POSTPONED
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.