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Navigation Structure

The new navigation structure is Task Oriented. Informations should be where a user from our target groups expects them. This means that informations are linked on several places.

We broke down the main audience of opensuse.org to:

• Users
• Community
• Developer or Contributor

For more details go to "User Qualification Classes" on the main project page.

Based on this idea we have four main categories or clusters:

1. Downloads
2. Support (or Help)
3. Community
4. Development

Cluster Content

Downloads

Here users should find everything what we offer for download and cross links to support pages:

• Distribution download (software.opensuse.org)
• Developer Releases (software.opensuse.org/developer/)
• Software-Package download (software.opensuse.org/search)
• Links to related 3rd Party Websites

Support (or Help)

The Support cluster contains everything to help a user with his problem:

• openSUSE Wiki
• Simple tutorials (HOWTO-style, Screencasts)
• Forums
• Related mailing List (ML)
  • simple registration
  • ML-Archive
• List of related IRC channels

Community

All the Community related things with a social flavour are wrapped here:

• Blogs (e.g. news.opensuse.org, lizards.opensuse.org, spotlight.opensuse.org)
• "User Account/Whatever Management"" (users.opensuse.org)
• Upcoming events
• Merchandising (shop.opensuse.org)
• [Maybe] Feature Voting System
• Forums
• All mailing Lists
• List of related IRC channels
• Related Wiki categories
• ...

Development

In this cluster there should be everything a contributor/developer needs to contribute:

• Developer Center (Contributor specific documentation)
• Related mailing Lists
• List of related IRC channels
• Feature Overview (features.opensuse.org)
• openSUSE Build Service (build.opensuse.org)
• Related Wiki categories

Favorites - Function

The global navigation will also contain a "Favorites"-Button, which could by default contain the most views pages. A logged in User can edit his favorites and create on this way a custom navigation item.

Organisation Plans: Navigation Stucture

Organisation chart for opensuse.org