I think there is a need for change to the Drupal.org Index (homepage) layout a Drupal site expands
its not perfect but here i try to explain as plain text mockup (look at it as 2 columns layout)

DRUPAL (∞) druplicon
________________________________________________________

DOWNLOADS________FORUM______________________
................................................................................create new topic
(display by)
latest or version no /date ⊻⊼ latest or version no /date ⊻⊼
drupal_core................................ (forum node)................................
4.5................................................ (forum node)................................
4.6................................................ (forum node)................................
4.7................................................ (forum node)................................
cvs/head..................................... (forum node)................................

MODULES___________________THEMES________
upload new >.............................. upload new >
latest or version no /date ⊻⊼ latest or version no /date ⊻⊼
4.5................................................ 4.5.................................................
4.5 cvs, ....................................... 4.5 cvs, .......................................
4.6................................................ 4.6................................................
4.6 cvs......................................... 4.6 cvs........................................
4.7 ............................................... 4.7 ..............................................
4.7 cvs......................................... 4.7 cvs........................................

COMMUNITY______________ CONTRIBUTE________
Drupal Japan (日本語)............ Support..........................................
Drupal Hungary..................... Donate Money...............................
Drupal Italia (Italiano)........... Help Documentation...................
Drupal Brazil .......................... Help market Drupal.....................

SUPPORT___________HANDBOOKS__________
Documentation..................... Updates............................................
Security.................................. Comments.......................................
Bug reports........................... Issues................................................
Feature requests................

PLANET DRUPAL__________ DRUPAL TALK_________________
displayed by date ⊻⊼.......... displayed by date ⊻⊼.................
................................................... ...........................................................
................................................... ...........................................................
................................................... ...........................................................

notes:
- this is just a mockup to give a general idea
- XMLHttpRequest ad toggle should be used to expand/fold items which is alreaddy used on 4.7
- this layout eliminates the right column on the right of the current layout
- this layout should be represent best in drawing that intent to some point if necessary
- please chip in your additions and comments

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#5 drupal.org-mockup-modules2.png44.52 KBica
#4 drupal.org-mockup-modules.png28.64 KBica

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ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented
Priority: Critical » Normal

Please try to make a mockup of what you mean in a graphics program, this does not make sense to me, and it is actually my daily work to translate designs into HTML ...

I don't really think it is critical if nobody cared to work on this for more than half a year, so I marked it normal.

ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented

also, please try to explain why your mockup would be better than the current page.

FiReaNGeL’s picture

FiReaNGeL commented

While i didn't took the time to look at the proposition (as said, a screenshot plz), it is true that there's tons of wasted space on the drupal.org frontpage. The "Drupal 4.7.3 and 4.6.9 released" is huge, has been there for ages, and isn't providing much more than the nice looking "download" block. We could just add 4.6.9 as a link in this block. Right now, one must scroll down to view the news. The padding between the top row of blocks (download etc) and the next block is also too big.

Providing a better view of the news of the community by adding these changes would improve user experience on drupal.org, IMO.

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ica commented
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yes you are right ontwerpwerk + FiReaNG3L, it needed a graphical mockup than i could not find time..thanks foor reminding this

attached mockup showns only the MODULES 'block'
and proposed site tempate made by 2 columns equally divided a block for the each
Blocks are current tab items+rearrange sub above on this site with a re-layout with the help of the views.module comes into use!

so you get

MODULES | FORUM

SUPPORT | HANDBOOKS

GROUPS | CONTRIBUTE

each need its own mockups similar but with slight different feature to fit the section needs
if it makes sense i'll do (when i have time) other section mockups to makes the whole layout put together.

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ica commented
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additional mockup attached
Just some additional thought of colur coding to versions (there was an idea to nickname/coding each versions -ala mac 'panther' or windows 'vista'- on forums
so a colour code also can be an addition too) and better for the point of view of UI

- I also altered the ordering of the versions -latest should come on top!

ontwerpwerk’s picture

ontwerpwerk commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

I'll guess this issue can be closed - the module index has seen under continuous improvement and unless I'm mistaken this issue has received little interest and is still unclear.

ica’s picture

ica commented

Yes its both true my post and the mockups received little interest and there has been some improvements on that area altough its not exactly same direction on my post
i think on Joomla site -with their 'extentions' section has better UI on their site on that front
I tried to interpret similar approach for Drupal structure and format as structural and UI improvement
also Jommla has feature of star rating -which there was may requests to employ the same for Drupal modules

http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&ca...

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