Closed Bug 559596 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Rename Mozilla Development Forums to Forums

Categories

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Product:
www.mozilla.org
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: davidwboswell, Assigned: gerv)

References

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Details

There are many non-development focused forums listed on the forums page, so I suggest we change the name to Community Forums (and possibly also change the URL to be mozilla.org/community/forums.html). We're pointing new people coming in from the Get Involved page to this forum list and I want to make sure it is as useful and non-intimidating as possible. (Along those lines I'll open a bug soon to tweak the intro text -- it seems like there's a bunch of text before you get to the forum list).
Small change in suggestion. I'd rename the page to simply 'Forums'. Since the breadcrumbs are right over the page title and they say 'Our Community' it seems redundant to call the page Community Forums.
Summary: Rename Mozilla Development Forums to Community Forums → Rename Mozilla Development Forums to Forums
David: The other option is to have a separate page for non-developer forums. After all, that page is already probably too long and complicated. Perhaps End-User Support, Drumbeat, Regional and Feedback could move... Gerv
Personally, I think it's bad to have two different pages for forums. A better option would be to redesign the page a bit to have something like revealing divs that show forums based on interest (i.e., "Developer", "Drumbeat", "Support", etc.). I'm no designer, but I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to do... That page needs a little love anyway.
Oh, and not trying to be stop energy here. I don't see value long-term in breaking up the page into more than one. I'd much prefer one page that was better designed. Renaming it now is a good short-term solution.
I'd prefer to improve this page instead of splitting things up, since a goal for the Community section is to make things easier to find. I think fighting against splintering will help with that.
OK, done - new URL is http://www.mozilla.org/community/forums/ , and a .htaccess-based redirect is in place. Gerv
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Component: www.mozilla.org → General
Product: Websites → www.mozilla.org
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