[sakai2-tcc] Improve the welcome page experience

[Steve Swinsburg]

For more context, check out this Facebook thread, which is where the discussion was/is happening:
https://www.facebook.com/steveswinsburg/posts/10151581403690648

I've made the thread public so you can read it without selling your soul to Facebook.

cheers,
Steve


On 30/04/2012, at 9:56 PM, Adrian Fish wrote:

> +1 to that
> 
> On 30/04/2012 12:45, Steve Swinsburg wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I've just been having a discussion with a member of the Moodle community about how the default Sakai front page isn't really that exciting. This applies for both the default QA page and the normal install. I tend to agree and think we can do better.
>> 
>> Some thoughts:
>> * We could provide some info about how to login straight away.
>> * We could also provide some more demo accounts, with users added to sites like the mercury site, and have them available on the front page as well. This would be in line with the OOTB uPortal install.
>> * Maybe some more info about what you'll find inside.
>> * A few images wouldn't hurt.
>> * We could drop some of the pages on the left (like features and training) and incorporate those onto the front page.
>> 
>> Compare:
>> http://qa.moodle.net/
>> 
>> And:
>> http://qa3-us.sakaiproject.org:8086/portal
>> 
>> I'd be prepared to do any code mods required if we can get a UI person involved as well, perhaps Gonzalo? We have made a good move with the neoportal, lets go a little further!
>> 
>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22122
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Steve
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