About page: Finalize Drupal Features sections

Findable content is the only one of this list that I struggle with. All others have my +1.

Perhaps Search Integration rather than findable content if search alone was not descriptive enough?

I'd like to suggest dealing with these items in a slightly different way, that will hopefully cut down on the length of the titles, which I feel should fit on one line (prob. 2 words max). First, I suggest changing the first line from "Drupal Features" to "Content Management Features" (I don't think you need to say Drupal again there, it says "About Drupal" directly above).

I'd then suggest something along the lines of (as well as some of the items I'd see falling under each category- this is not in any particular order):

BUILD (or SITE BUILDING) - Rapid prototyping, menus, Panels(?), Blocks(?)

CREATE - web based interface, custom content types

ADMINISTER - Site config, user and role management, ease of use

EXTEND - API/Framework, Modules, Themes, 3rd Party integration

DISPLAY - Theming, views, jQuery

COLLABORATE - Content permissions, users roles, OG, Drupal community

ORGANIZE - Taxonomy, Pathauto, Content Relationships, Context

FIND - Breadcrumbs, Search/Solr

Thoughts?

I like this approach as well, but I think the word Design should be called out. Would Design and Display work?

@farriss - Design & Display works for me.

@lisarex - I was thinking that "Collaborate" would include "Social Publishing" (since the "social" part is really referring to collaborating).

I think an intro paragraph is a great idea. When I go to an about page I expect there to be a 1-2 paragraph 'elevator pitch', and I'm sure others are looking for the same...

One thing I still think we need to to add "Content Management" to the "Drupal Features" header, otherwise the titles are a little less clear to me. I'm happy to start adding these pages, but what's the best way to do this? Do we have an "about" book started for the redesign someplace (assuming we're using a book for this)?

Yes, I'm suggesting we go with something like "Drupal Content Management Features", or something similar.

I don't have access to that Features page. What permission on d.o. do I need to see it/edit it? I'll request that permission so I can be a better help here (and elsewhere). I'm already on the documentation team, but I suspect I may need access to another input filter...

I don't object to having a features page, but I definitely think it's a very bad idea to limit the features to one page, at the very least from a search/seo perspective. If I was building/architecting the site outside of the context of d.o. I would create a Core Feature content type and then have a couple of views displaying each level of explanation, with taxonomy and/or node relationships creating the structure. The end result is that you catch the people who search for one of Drupal's features and come to find this powerful, free, and widely used application that gives you 'so much more', and you also make it easier to traverse the myriad of features that Drupal offers (via Solr/Search, or simply clicking around). Come for the features, stay for the code, or something like that... ;-)

Either way, my opinion with content is that as with Drupal itself, the more modular and self-contained it can be, the better...

Hi Lisa,

Achieve would like to help. Unfortunately we're joining the party very late and think it would be best if we did a test before we commit to Jacob. Since we're new to this side of the project I want to make sure we don't duplicate any current efforts. Can you give us guidance on one of the section we can take a crack at? Something related to the work Bill is doing on Solr Search would be ideal.

Thanks,
Ron

I am open to working together on it or even letting you run with it. At this stage of the game we should just try to bang out as much as we can.

In the meantime I will post anything I complete so we don't overlap...

I hate to do this, but after trying (and largely failing) to write the 'Organize' section, I think it would be much better to combine Organize and Find. These are really flip sides of the same coin (i.e. you organize so that you can find), which is really "Content Scaling". So, how about 'Scale' instead of 'Organize' & 'Find'? I.e. something along the lines of:
"Drupal makes it easy to manage sites as simple as a brochure or as big as your imagination (and content) can take you..."

I'm not 100% sure what I think should fill in the empty slot if this is acceptable, but I was thinking that we could use a dedicated page for "Connect", which could focus on RDF, feeds, social media/networking integration, CRM integration, etc.

Hi Lisa,

I had our technical writer look at this project and I think his head actually made a full rotation. Bill get's back tomorrow and if he can shed some light on the subject then we'll take a shot.

I'll let you know more tomorrow,
Ron

Hi Lisa,

Doesn't look like we're going to be much help on the writing portion of the project.

Ron

This is marked has needs review, but the discussion continued for several posts after that...

Anyway, I have a suggestion, the only title that's breaking the layout is "Dedicated Security Team" and I think it can be changed to just "Security Team".

Other than that the page looks good and ready to go.