.ORG(an) TRANSPLANT
Why you'll love the new silverstripe.org
By:
Uncle Cheese
aaron@silverstripe.com
(will do anything for croinuts)
The history
- Silverstripe.org didn't exist!
- Silverstripe.com was a monolithic representation
The first Silverstripe.org
circa 2009
Current Iteration
circa 18 June 2014
2012: Talk of a makeover
- SS canvasses the community looking for feedback
- Many participated in a user testing experiment to reveal deficiencies
Findings
- Content was rough around the edges: terse, ambiguous labelling
- Users struggled to find ways to connect with others
- Excessive reliance on site search
- Dated design elements
CHEERS BRO THX FOR THE FEEDBACK LET'S MAKE A NEW SITE SWEET AS!!!!!
Two years Later...
No substantial progress.
What happened?
"There's no such thing as too busy to do something.
You just didn't prioritise it."
- Sam Minnée
But here we are...
circa 2014
- SilverStripe makes a concerted effort to redo silverstripe.org
- A dedicated team is formed
- Lots of talk about strategy, marketing, and the bigger picture for the SilverStripe core product offering
- Updates will be highly iterative, with incremental improvements coming rapidly after initial release
Phase One
- Primarily a new coat of paint. Features will stay largely unchanged
- Responsive design
- Adaptive content
- Creating a foundation for much more effective user engagement
What's Next
- Defragmentation of information: subsites will all become integrated into silverstripe.org.
- Go back to one monolithic site for ss.org and ss.com.
- Overhaul of the add-ons section
- More features of online community fabric
- Meetups near you
What's next
- Numerous frequently updated channels for learning SilverStripe, laser-focused on early adopters
- A library of course-driven screencasts
- Overhaul of the forum
So... When?
Tomorrow.
bro r u srs
totes.