Michael Spunt schrieb: > > * The new layout should not break the existing URLs. Many people have > If a user requests a page not available on the server, he / she gets > redirected to "news", "404", "we have changed" or whatever from where he > / she can navigate to the required page and realizes that it's time to > update bookmarks. Backward-compatibility isn't cool. :-) Also, a new > navigation structure would really force a new file naming and all. a "please update your bookmarks" page would be the best choice, IMHO. > > Maybe it could be interesting to have a look at the web sites of the > > companies selling similar products... You will see that all of them > > I fully agree at this point. Only that Gimp isn't a commercial product > and needs some more comprehensive online documentation, external links, Maybe look at other free software projects websites? For example: The documentation section on http://www.php.net/ is a great example for functionality but perhaps a bit overcrowded. But I like the annotated documentation. Why not have something like that too? Christoph
