www.gnucash.org simplification proposal

[Christian Stimming]

Hi Josh,

as already mentioned on IRC I generally agree that most of that content 
should indeed be removed from the menu. Just a couple of remarks:

Josh Sled schrieb:
> - General Information
>   - Home / News
>     - Keep, of course
>   - Features
>     - Keep, simplify
>   - Screenshots
>     - [+] Kill; merge with features.
>   - Donations
>     - [+] Keep, but just point to sourceforge.
>   - How To Help
>     - [+] Kill

Not quite. I think such a menu item should appear somewhere. Think of 
someone whoe browses to gnucash.org with the question in mind "How can I 
get involved in development here?". The wiki page is just fine for that, 
i.e. simply link there. This menu item doesn't have to appear under 
"General information", though. "Development" would be just fine.

>   - Software Dependencies
>     - [+] Kill 
> 
> - Documentation
>   - Wiki/FAQ [de]
>     - Fine; make the "FAQ" link seperate, though.

Yes

>   - Concepts Guide
>     - Fine.
>   - Help Manual [de]
>     - Fine.
>   - SQL HOWTO
>     - [+] Kill; dead and a FAQ.
>   - more...
>     - [+] Kill.

Yes

> - Help
>   [- retitle "resources"]
>   - Mailing Lists
>     - fine
>   - Bug Reports
>     - fine.
>   - IRC (Chat)
>     - fine.
> 
> - Downloads
>   [all fine]
>   - USA (master site)
>   - Europe
>   - SourceForge
>   - Australia
> 
> - Developer Information
>   -  System Architecture
>      - [+] Kill; Dead/moved to doxygen, "Source Docs", below.
>   -  The Road Ahead
>      - [+] Kill; http://wiki.g.o/wiki/Roadmap , but no nav-link needed.

Both absolutely yes.

>   -  Devel Wiki
>      - Kill; Ever used?

It has been used in the past, especially in those days before a 
gnucash-wiki. But now it's outdated and I agree that it should be 
removed from this menu.

>   -  Project Plans (old)
>      - Kill; Really dead
>   -  Source Docs
>      - Fine, but merge with "System Architecture" above.
>   -  Browse Source
>      - Fine.
>   -  Subversion Access
>      - Link to wiki; maybe merge with above as "source"?
>   -  Language Translations
>      - Fine.
> 
> - Other Information
>   -  Related Financial Software
>      - [+] Kill; They can use Freshmeat and Google.
>   -  GnuCash in the News
>      - [+] Kill; Google, RSS feeds, &c. 
>   -  GnuCash Banners!
>      - [+] Kill; who cares or uses?
>   -  History & Credits
>      - [+] Kill; in AUTHORS, no need to duplicate.
>   -  Survey Results
>      - [+] Kill; once interesting, now out of date.

All yes.

>   -  Sizing
>      - [+] Kill; Interesting, but in emailWho cares?  

Not quite. I think I do care, and it serves as part of the answer to 
"why did your gnome2 port take so long...". Could be moved to wiki, though.

> Notes:
> 
> - This proposal would eliminate basically all "novel" www.gnucash.org
> content except for the minimum necessary to promote the project
> (home/news + features, really.  Everything else is a link to bugzilla,
> svn, wiki, lists or google. )

Yes.

Christian