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== Q3 09 Sprints == | == Q3 09 Sprints == | ||
'''1. Mid August:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/ | '''1. Mid August:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/DownloadStats Download Stats] | ||
*refine the existing [http://downloadstats.mozilla.com http://downloadstats.mozilla.com] page and integrate it more into the mainstream of mozilla.com<br> | |||
''' | '''2. Late August:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/PluginProblem Plug-In Problem] | ||
* | * create dynamic content that will notify people when their plug-ins are out of date (https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:ThePluginProblem) | ||
'''4. Late September:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/ | '''3. Mid September:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/BuzzPage Buzz Page] | ||
*small JS-based promo on the homepage to show what's going on...clicking on it would then link to the larger Lizard Feeder. | |||
*give casual visitors a better idea of what's going on in the Mozilla universe by making syndicated content more prominent. Will create a Buzz Page that displays activity in an interesting and engaging way (like a Wordle?). | |||
'''4. Late September:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/NewsTicker News Ticker] | |||
*building on the Buzz Page, create a small JS-based promo on the homepage to show a constant feed of what's going on around Mozilla...clicking on it would then link to the larger [http://feeds.mozilla.com Lizard Feeder.] | |||
== Q4 09 Sprints == | == Q4 09 Sprints == | ||
'''1. Mid October:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/ | '''1. Mid October:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/CommunityPage Community Page] | ||
*create more comprehensive directory of Mozilla-related sites...possibly tie in to the feeder/buzz page. | *create more comprehensive directory of Mozilla-related sites...possibly tie in to the feeder/buzz page. | ||
'''2. Late October:''' [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/PressCenter Press Center] | |||
* update and improve the press center pages | |||
== Ideas for Future Sprints == | == Ideas for Future Sprints == | ||
(please add more as you think of them, and be sure to add your name when you do) | |||
* chofmann: lets do a sprint that gets us some content to help address the plugin updating problem. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:ThePluginProblem there is an immediate need for this right now. 98% or so of firefox users are exposed to a current zero day exploit running in the wild. adobe released a fix last week, but as usual uptake is slow. | |||
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Website/Sprints/WeHeartTheWeb We <3 the Web] - Twitter visualization showing off community activity. | |||
*faaborg: improve the news ticker to be all information visualization-y kind of like the digg labs swarm and stack visualizations, so that people could watch Firefox development, and have a very visceral sense of what open source is. | |||
*use technologies like canvas, <video>, etc to add non-Flash motion to the site...what if we could animate the homempage illustrations so the hot air balloons floated up & down, for example? | *use technologies like canvas, <video>, etc to add non-Flash motion to the site...what if we could animate the homempage illustrations so the hot air balloons floated up & down, for example? | ||
*periodically "take over" homepage with project-specific content...something for Mozilla Service Week, for example | *periodically "take over" homepage with project-specific content...something for Mozilla Service Week, for example | ||
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*pulling in content from various microsites - AMO, QMO, SFx, SUMO, etc - and displaying on the homepage | *pulling in content from various microsites - AMO, QMO, SFx, SUMO, etc - and displaying on the homepage | ||
*improving search...fix results, and create pages to match popular search terms (especially when current searches aren't producing accurate content) | *improving search...fix results, and create pages to match popular search terms (especially when current searches aren't producing accurate content) | ||
*polls...getting people more involved in the site | *polls...getting people more involved in the site | ||
*more user agent sniffing to serve up alternate versions of the homepage | |||
*improving page load times. faster pages == more downloads | |||
*page for nightly builds ({{bug|413572}}) | |||
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